Cooking for one (Mark Two)

caronc

Good evening everyone,

Farway - should have said that's a splendid looking apple cake.:D I wish my garden was at the gentle tidying stage - still lots to do before winter!

Holly - being awakened at silly o'clock brings back not-so-fond memories of having the boys at home. At least there wasn't a squad of mates all starving.....:eek:

No gardening done this afternoon - I kind of lost my oomph, so a pretty lazy day has been had:o.
Most of the pot of lentil soup has been dispatched to my sister just kept a couple of portions back (no doubt one for me and one for my Dad ). Dinner tonight is steak as planned with a few fried potato slices, mushrooms and tomato. Tomorrow I must have a good rake through the fridge as I seem to have lost track (not sure why) of what's there and needing used up!

SquirrelSmall

Having a bad time with MH. Not being nice to anyone, or to myself, hence in hiding.

Tonight was Bambi burger, oven chips and salad.

Cooked up a storm yesterday - vats of chilli in the freezer, which have benefited from the overnight maturing.

Both cats are doing well. Boy Cat seems to have developed an addiction ti crisps, together with a full on mugger mentality. Girl Cat is just as sookie as ever.

poppystar

SquirrelSmall wrote: »

Having a bad time with MH. Not being nice to anyone, or to myself, hence in hiding.

Tonight was Bambi burger, oven chips and salad.

Cooked up a storm yesterday - vats of chilli in the freezer, which have benefited from the overnight maturing.

Both cats are doing well. Boy Cat seems to have developed an addiction ti crisps, together with a full on mugger mentality. Girl Cat is just as sookie as ever.

(((hugs)))

At least you're eating well meals sound lovely:)

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yesterday food was a success, smaller meals spread through the day, I think I ate less overall because I was not hungry at any time but the main thing was that my stomach was happier and I was able to lie flat all night. I`ll probably do it this way as much as I can in future, I never felt deprived

Today started well with muesli plus rolled normal oats soaked in almond milk overnight. I`ll get the berries out in a mo, for later, the nuts are easy to grab anytime. My treats for the day could be flapjack topped crumble, made and in the fridge and a couple of small slices of spelt with damson jelly, I`ll be treating these as mini meals, those and the berries and nuts and the 85% chocolate

Freezer diving, I unearthed pork sausagemeat and streaky bacon, I`ll turn those plus grated carrot, onion and herbs into pasta sauce to freeze in portions, To join the 6 rm turkey meals I prepared yesterday. I had one for my last meal with no grains of any sort, not even thickened and went to bed 4 hours later, no gerd/heartburn. Any grains I eat are being eaten before mid afternoon

Coffee at 9.30 and then a cycle ride for health and well being, few uphill slopes to make the heart tick faster and that`ll be it for the day, done and dusted

Farway

Morning all

Breakfast was the very last of the apple cake, with Greek yoghurt. That cake didn't last long, but it was very moreish

Busy making a couple of corned beef salad rolls for lunch at RHS Wisley today. If anyone saw Gardeners' World on Friday one of the things I will be looking at is the new "tropical" area before Autumn really gets going. At least sun is out for the moment

Need2bthrifty

caronc wrote: »

My salted brisket experiment worked really well - one I'll do again with a larger piece next time as the bit I used was only 700g so just enough to split for some between myself, my son and my Dad who happened to arrive while it was being sliced

Can I ask how you did the brisket, any recipe I found on t'internet seemed very complicated and used saltpeter :think:

caronc

Need2bthrifty wrote: »

Can I ask how you did the brisket, any recipe I found on t'internet seemed very complicated and used saltpeter :think:

Hi I used this one - saltpeter is optional (I didn't have any but I did use a teaspoon of "curing salt" to help keep the pink colour. It should be fine without will just look greyish in colour http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/recipes/9064030/Hail-to-the-beef-sandwich.html I used Schwartz pickling spice which I got in Morrisons (I think:) ). I cooked it in the slow cooker (3 hours high, 3 hours low - though mine was only 700g so a bigger piece might need longer), I did think it was worth the effort


Good morning everyone,

Not much by way of cooking happening today as I've various bits in the fridge needing used up

SquirrelSmall - hope you feel more like it soon x

missychrissy

I cooked brisket yesterday. I sealed it in a frying pan, sprinkled it with black pepper, then put it in oven at 150C for 5 hours.

I'm not sure how heavy it was but it cost just over £15 and was enough to feed 6 well.

Need2bthrifty

caronc wrote: »

Hi I used this one - saltpeter is optional (I didn't have any but I did use a teaspoon of "curing salt" to help keep the pink colour. It should be fine without will just look greyish in colour http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/recipes/9064030/Hail-to-the-beef-sandwich.html I used Schwartz pickling spice which I got in Morrisons (I think:) ). I cooked it in the slow cooker (3 hours high, 3 hours low - though mine was only 700g so a bigger piece might need longer), I did think it was worth the effort

Thanks Caronc, you are the first person I have heard mention it; I've been meaning to give it a go for years following on from a visit to NZ where they call it corned beef - no resemblance to the tinned stuff - and I think they can buy it prepped and ready to cook. I already have pickling spice in the cupboard so will give it a go in a couple of weeks time when I have gone through some of my freezer supplies

Wednesday2000

I made myself a crisp sandwich when I got in earlier.:o:o:o