The Simple Bare Necessities feat. Gratitude & Recipes

in_need_of_direction

For all you polenta haters, deep fried polenta is so so good.

greenbee

After the polenta discussion I did actually have some today. With a chicken/pumpkin/aubergine casserole from the freezer and cabbage cooked in butter it was delicious

Upsidedown_Bear

Good evening lovely people

Just wanted to share this as it has made my day and makes me think there is hope for the human race after all.

Have you been following Marc Carter's search for a LittleBlueCup for his son Ben?

BBC story

Well, tonight he posted with HUGE news.

How awesome is that :T:D

BOBS

What a positive thing to do each day to post what you are grateful for !!- I havent read through your other blogs - but do plan to hopefully have a flick through soon.... assume this is something you post often ?

beanielou

Bear~~ haven't heard the latest update on the littlebluecup so thanks for sharing.
How heart warming.

Greying_Pilgrim

Good Morning :hello:

in_need_of_direction wrote: »

For all you polenta haters, deep fried [STRIKE]polenta[/STRIKE] ANYTHING is so so good.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Upsidedown_Bear wrote: »

Good evening lovely people

Just wanted to share this as it has made my day and makes me think there is hope for the human race after all.........

How awesome is that :T:D

I hadn't seen that story Upsidedown Bear. Thanks for posting. Awesome response indeed

BOBS wrote: »

.... assume this is something you post often ?

I try too do it daily. I live in a *rich* country, There is plenty to be grateful for - but it is usually the small, seemingly insignificant things that make the most difference, particularly when you stop, and give them some focus.

Thursday. My friend, the Learned Lady of Letters (and e-mails!) is coming for a visit today :jSo looking forward to her company

We will try and pop out for some fresh air this morning, We have no need to go up the high street. DH will pick up some bits from mrL - including, hopefully, some carrots :j

Tea this evening will be a buddha bowl. I've found a new recipe 'idea' which I can't follow to the letter, as i no longer have a grill pan - how do you keep them from going manky - no matter how hard I scrubbed it, or how hot the water, there would always be a grease residue, which - in our damp kitchen - would become home to mould It was kept in a cupboard. Would hanging it up have saved it? Anyone got any ideas?

Anyway, I am using chia seeds for the first time, and before you tell me off for using *poncy* ingredients, I only have these because h0m3 barg1ns stock them at £1.39 (or so) a packet. The packet is already 3 months out of date as I bought it ages ago I am also using Quinoa, again, only because HB stock 300g bags for £1.49 - although the SEL said £1.29 - and I didn't pick up that I had been overcharged They'll do that to me once.........

Got to put my thinking cap on to what else to put on the plate to pull it all together.

Right, best shift-a-tail-feather. Daylight is a-burning and I've a ton of things to do.

Ta for popping in, reading and relaying good news stories to us. All good. All appreciated. Muchly.

Greying X

greenbee

I put chia seeds in my porridge GP

And you can make porridge with Quinoa too

I have a cast iron grill pan (currently rusting in the garage as my hob is electric at the moment). I didn't have problems with mould or rust because I seasoned it and then kept it in the top oven (hardly ever used, but gets warm when the other over is on). So that might work. Every so often I would wash and re-season it.

Katzen

I am amazed that HB sells those things, especially for so cheap! I've never seen them in mine but I've never known to look either. Thank you for the heads-up

EssexHebridean

I wonder if treating a grill pan the same way I treat my wok would work? I break all the rules regarding washing - it gets a good scrub in hot soapy water each time, BUT afterwards I dry it over a gentle flame on the hob, wipe round thoroughly with a sheet of kitchen paper with a dab of oil, making sure every bit has a light film of oil on it, heat again to just smoking, give it another wipe with the non-oily side of the kitchen paper, and then leave it to cool before putting it away. I can't answer the question in sentence 1 there, because my grill pan is currently rusting away quietly in its box, at the side of the dishwasher, I suspect. It's been there long enough that I can't *quite* pluck up the courage to pull it out and take a look...Job for MrEH, that...

Just stop it already with the polenta stuff, too. :rotfl: (Deep fried sounds vaguely acceptable, mind you...)

I love the gratitude thing Greying. It does make me think, even though I rarely comment on it.

I'm tempted by the Haddock on the "Pick o'the week" non F&V stuff this week. If I'm passing by then I *might* grab some of the peppers again, but beyond that I'm not particularly struck by this weeks offerings. I need to have some definite ideas on how to use 1kg of carrots because of MrEH's aversion to them.

EssexHebridean

Katzen wrote: »

I am amazed that HB sells those things, especially for so cheap! I've never seen them in mine but I've never known to look either. Thank you for the heads-up

Worth looking out for the Brown Basmati rice also - 99p a bag is cheaper than anywhere else!