Cooking for one (Mark Two)

Need2bthrifty

caronc wrote: »

Next door has a cat but it doesn't seem to make much difference. I'm afraid our local council don't do anything re mice only rats. Myself & my neighbour did get Rentokil out a few years ago, their advice was live with it and deal with as needed. Apparently my home area is notorious for it's mice population. It's only ever a problem for a few months a year, the rest of the time I suspect they decant to the railway embankment:)

My dad had the same problem, he lived in a very rural location and often had to deal with little visitors who moved in from the field over the garden wall from him when it got cold. They found a way in through the under stair cupboard until my brother lined it with plasterboard.

wort

My resident cat, is lying in my arms like a baby! His back again st my arm and head nuzzle into my armpit and 1 paw under his chin the other spread over my chest!!

My conservatory was built after we looked at others in our road who'd had the same firm build when the house was new, we only did ours when he'd been in a few years, so knew the workmanship. The roof and refurb was done by a builder rather than conservatory firm whom my friend had used. Next door had theirs done at same time and they used someone who came to door!! The roof on theirs is tiling on a roll, they left the original roof underneath, and inside instead of plastering they used plastic cladding!!!!

Had toast with cheese spread again for breakfast, and have 2 slices of genius seeded bread with garlic mayo smoked ham ,tomatoes and onion followed by bliss lemon yogurt to take to work.

Kittie , I love raspberries, I'll look for dried ones. I use dried cranberries in yogurt with omega seeds at the moment. The cranberries are cheap in home bargains

caronc

Need2bthrifty wrote: »

My dad had the same problem, he lived in a very rural location and often had to deal with little visitors who moved in from the field over the garden wall from him when it got cold. They found a way in through the under stair cupboard until my brother lined it with plasterboard.

Yes it's field mice escaping the cold weather rather than house mice.

wort wrote: »

My resident cat, is lying in my arms like a baby! His back again st my arm and head nuzzle into my armpit and 1 paw under his chin the other spread over my chest!!

How sweet

Need2bthrifty

Quite a pleasant day yesterday, I managed to catch up on a few chores and finally got around to baking some cheese scones, the cheese was desperately in need of using up . As the oven was on I did a casserole as well, had it for tea with some mashed turnips, brussels & mealie.

This morning for a change I had a boiled egg and an oatcake for breakfast, its been a while since I had one and thought how much I enjoyed it and really must have it more often.

Prawn salad for lunch, then I'll use the rest of the pizza mix and make one with some roasted veg from the freezer. Managing to get a bit of wriggle room in there so I might do some more baking and make another soup - supplies are getting low down to about 10 portions

Need2bthrifty

wort wrote: »

My resident cat, is lying in my arms like a baby! His back again st my arm and head nuzzle into my armpit and 1 paw under his chin the other spread over my chest!!

Aaawh lovely, mine was never as relaxed, but I would get a good cuddle from her when she would tuck her head tightly into the crook of my neck.

Hollyharvey

I'm being taken out for lunch today by a friend, so I won't have to cook a main meal. I just had scrambled egg for breakfast and will have some toast or crumpets for tea tonight.

That got rid of two of the eggs from the egg mountain, and if I have a couple of crumpets this evening that will be a little bit more space in the freezer. There is a bit of room in there now though so that's good.

moneyistooshorttomention

...and for those with resident cats - wondering how likely a resident cat with its "paws under the table" in caron's house would be to chase mousey intruders? I know a middle-aged cat a local friend adopted will chase and "beat the living daylights" out of anything nearby with four legs...:rotfl:and it's very much "her home = her territory" and only 2-legged visitors allowed:rotfl:

Admits to wondering at intervals whether I should get a cat myself - perhaps of the middle-aged variety from a shelter.

PasturesNew

Years ago everybody had a "lean to" ... random bits of wood and corrugated plastic sheets, tacked onto the house or the fence.

There's something lovely about seeing an old fashioned simple lean to...

My sibling bought a brand new house, on a brand new estate, with all brand new shiny houses .... and it made me smile when I saw the old fella, aged about 80, in the next street, had put up a lean to between the side of his house and the fence. It was only about 6-7'. But it's where you keep "all that stuff that's kind of outdoors stuff, but you want it handy".

Growing up, a woman in our street had a lean to against her fence, filled with old bits and bobs and random furniture. She used to have us kids round there, she was really nice. She'd tell us about Jesus, then we also joined the local Sunday School and coloured in Jesus pictures. Simpler times!

PasturesNew

I'm trying to go a bit easier, food wise, as I appear to have got carried away in recent weeks/months. Personally, I blame you lot/this thread. Without it I'd have eaten more toast.

I do like to clear the freezer down in November, so it's ready for anything randomly found just before Xmas - and if I find nothing, then at least it starts the new year almost empty!

Breakfast today was a big bread roll, from the freezer, spread with a dab of marg.

My meal will be: 1/4 portion of the pie I bought the other week and had frozen, the last four spuds mashed up (2.5Kg bag), the last four carrots I bought the other week (1Kg bag) ... and some peas and gravy.

Farway

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've had the Aldi Xmas catalogue slide into my letterbox and they have some smallish nut roasts, although I was confused by the advert. I won't be getting them, but you might like to check out/compare the price/size/flavours.


So they are a lot pricier per Kg than the morries one.

I'd just make my own .... in fact I think I will be making a nut roast this year.

Thanks PN, but I'm in an A£di & Tisco desert, what fun. Plenty of other S/ms, just not those two, unless I want a ten miles round trip, which I will not do to go shopping, especially as I generally loath shopping, very much a grabbit & go shopper

Having said that I went Christmas crazy this morning in Lild, bought a 4 pack of frozen salmon fillets, because I so enjoyed the one i had out last Sunday, thought I would get some in, give me wider option. Now I have them home I see they should be defrosted before cooking, what a bummer

Not having a lot of shopping luck this week, vile sausage rolls, now the salmon defrosting. Very much first world problems though, at least I have food unlike many in this world

Lunch was my annual pasty, it was Ginster's one, YS of course, quite OK but reminded me why I only have one or less per year

Dinner not sure, it will be a pizza, defrosting on kitchen top as I type. Probably add more cheese, toms + mushrooms, maybe have with a salad, I feel I should try & have something a bit healthy this week