The Simple Bare Necessities feat. Gratitude & Recipes

Greying_Pilgrim

Good Evening :hello:

Silver_Queen wrote: »

... but I'm told that toddling age is the best age for them to catch all the illnesses and develop immunity.

But I'm wondering if BG has set a personal challenge to catch all 200+ types of the cold virus this winter......... :eek:

Well, tea has been munched. We had Elizabeth Luard's version of Mulligatawny Soup, (a cook's year in a welsh farmhouse), which, regrettably, I cannot find a link to on the net But any recipe that starts with, 'take 4 or 5 ladlesful of leftover beans or lentils' is always gonna get my attention It was actually very nice, and used up some l/o rice out of the freezer too. It was sufficiently different to another mulligatawny recipe that I have - I suspect it is a Sarah Brown or Rose Elliot one - to make this a keeper. I added a squeeze of lemon juice in at the end, to prink it up a little, and didn't follow Elizabeth's method - but still a keeper of a recipe for me. I had been marvelling at BG's constant appetite during their cold, but it seems to have desserted them at tea-time, and all they would eat was some fruit and yoghurt But I'm satisfied that they have eaten enough over the course of the day to be ok.

Right, mustache. I've some birthday cards to sign, and a note to write - then it's my bedtime :j

Today i am grateful for these 3 things;

no awkward questions

thrifty soup fer tea

that BG is still smiling, despite feeling rotten

Thanks for popping by. Appreciated. Greatly.

Greying X

WannabeFree

Hope you get a good sleep

x

Greying_Pilgrim

Good Morning :hello:

So, the sleep thing didn't go according to plan, as I've come down with the lurgy........ However, the great news is that BG slept through the night :j:j I honestly thought we would be in for another night of shift work, but no :j BG is still snuffly and coughing, but somehow they found comfort in resting. I'm at the sore throat (swallowing razor blades feeling) and bunged up nose stage - hence why I couldn't sleep. I am as tired, but at least feel there is a *reason* for being awake. I know the impact is the same, but at least there is a reason (I can blame....... :rotfl:).

Urgh. Right. Today's plan.

I've got some letters/cards to post.

I have an item to donate to a local parent help group so must contact them to see about handing it over.

I've some money to move for BG.

Tea is going to be beetroot burgers and a salad bowl - a change from the tofu that was slated, but I forgot/ran out of time to press and marinate it, overnight, so that'll be for another day. I also need to get sorting a 'speedy' tea for tomorrow as we've got to do some running around with an appt for DH.

I need to meal plan for Thurs 8th - 15th going forward.

I've been thinking alot about plastics recycling and have thought about ditching buying yoghurt in pots and making my own. The only problem is with that is that UHT milk is the easiest choice to make yogurt with, and very often comes in tetra-paks, which contain plastic and aren't widely recycled (I don't think). I've already considered ditching buying passata in tetra-paks, and using tinned tomatoes (recyclable packaging), or buying bottled passata when I do actually need it (again, readily recyclable). But bottled passata is dearer, so I would have to up my game with, do I actually need it? Not easy is it?

I need to get a new kettle. Our £13 cheap job has finally given up. It did give up not long after we bought it, and DH was stomping about, complaining about cheap c**p, but as I pointed out, £30 kettles last no longer...... Anyway, it somehow sorted itself out and has lasted well over a year now - if not 2, so whilst the 'junking' annoys me, it would annoy me equally if it was £30 worth.

I need to get some exercise in today. If I wrap up warmly, fresh air will do me more good than harm.

Right, best shift-a-tail feather and get emailing, as my starter for 10.

Ta for popping in.

Greying X

try_harder

We used to catch every bug a going with our five children now we catch them from our grandchildren ,happy days.

WannabeFree

I really need a kettle too! It's been on my to-do list since October!

Hope you're feeling better soon, happy to hear BG slept through that must mean they feel better, even if only a little.

Have a lovely day

x

EssexHebridean

I can't imagine life without a kettle! All of ours have been the "mid range" type and I think I'm right in saying that in our time sine we got married we've had 3 of them...the current one being no. 4 - which means each one has managed in excess of 5 years on average. I'd certainly be complaining if one in the £25-£30 price range died at just over a year old!

Lots of questions being asked here about the plastic question too - although how relevant any of it is in light of the fact that it seems China are seemingly no longer accepting plastics from us for recycling anyway I'm not sure. I DO want to try to cut back, and it annoys me that I'm mostly forced to buy mushrooms in punnets rather than loose in order to get UK grown ones.

mcculloch29

I'm in a soft-water area and my kettles last a very long time, generally.
However, I have lived in hard water areas, which kills them quickly. I think the longest-lived kettle anywhere cost a fiver. Arg05 have them for £5.49, W!lko'5 for £6, next most expensive £10 and £12 respectively

I also have one that is still working, but got retired age 5 or so, when Am@zon offered me a new one.

My work as a registered childminder exposed me to so many bugs that I never get full-blown colds. I think I was smug about this once before. I got plenty of bugs during my time, though.
. I am of the 'exposure is better' school of thought, for healthy children. The benefits from socialising at soft play and the immunity boost outweigh the risks of picking up a bug, in my book.

Hope the kettle hunt goes well.

EssexHebridean

:rotfl::rotfl: Chap who repaired our shower last year told me that we've got some of the hardest water in the country - we do however only ever use filtered water in the kettle which may make a difference as they don't scale up.

Agree about exposure to bugs being the way forwards for kids too - obviously with exceptions for things that could be seriously nasty or for children who are more vulnerable for whatever reason. You can't lock them up and particularly only children like BG (and like me!) need that socialisation.

beanielou

Hope you are on the mend soon.

Greying_Pilgrim

Good Evening :hello:

Soooooooooo very glad to see that a number of DFW diaries have been returned to their rightful authors. Bravo :T Right and justice has prevailed.

And thank you to the tireless board guides, busy ferriting around knitting threads together, ensuring no stitch gets left behind

I've made headway with my list

Baby Greying posted the letter/cards into the postbox - bit of a joint effort, as their legs are a little too short to measure up to the slot at present, but they like to post things

I contacted the local group to ask about donating an item. As they are volunteers I'm not expecting a swift response, but I have set the ball rolling.

Money is moved

Tea has been munched. We had the remaining walnut, lentil and beetroot burgers, with Indian Sprout and carrot curry and beetroot and apple salad (Happy Pear) A sliced avocado half and a dressing made out of miso, mayo, yoghurt and the last of the lemon/mint dressing from m&$. Bit of beetroot overload - as I forgot the beetroot burgers, um, had beetroot in them........ :rotfl: But the dish was full of turmeric, cruciferous veg, beetroot, avocado, omega 3 seeds and generally was cryptonite in a bowl........ :rotfl:

I haven't done my meal plan yet, but we'll be having bolognese for tea tomorrow (bought the bottled passata today).

I bought a new kettle. I went for the same model we had before from A$da - purely because although it hasn't lasted long, it did have a good pouring action. I got a grey one, as the white and grey ones were on offer for £9. A black one (like we had) was still £12.50. Ideally, if I got my act together, I would research a better quality kettle (now that we have the means to make a cup of tea again) - that has a decent spout. I have found, looking around, that price is not always an indicator that you can get the water from the kettle anywhere near your mug, instead you end up flooding the counter each time you pour I also bagged a YS net of clementines that were 57p for 500g - which is cheaper than the current mrAl offering and I bought a punnet of 'ripen at home' plums (?) to make a crumble - if they ever ripen.......

In purchasing kettles, and eggs, and dates, and clementines and brussel sprouts etc etc I did get my walking exercise done for the day, although by any stretch of the imagination, nobody would have hollered 'you're a fast walker' at me today I could but manage a swift plod. But as beanie always implores, plodding is good

BG has been OK today. A bit fractious at times, but they are coughing less and their little nose has been a bit less like a tap. I broadly agree with exposure to germs etc etc, it was how we were raised, and I think after a few years on the farm, we developed cast-iron constitutions. But it's just been a bit full on the past 3 weeks,so I'm just feeling a bit flagged. This too shall pass

I'm flagging at the mo, so I'm away to my bed in a min.

Today I am grateful for these 3 things;

that the right thing was finally done.

for a lovely, kind, supportive text

Bright, warm sunshine, despite the cold

Ta for popping by and joining in with the discussion on such a wide range of topics. Always appreciated.

Greying X