Cooking for one (Mark Two)

Farway

Hollyharvey wrote: »

Breakfast was scrambled eggs on toast.


Lunch was a toasted cheese sandwich. I think I am about to start going through a phase of toasted sandwiches. This is the second one this week .

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Both of those are on my "to eat soon" list now weather is a bit cooler and I just fancy that kind of food

Another dampish day, no breakfast again

Managed to get in Lild on the way to volunteering jobby, scooped up 2 packs of lamb shanks, BBE sometime September so plenty of time to sort out when I eat them. Also onions & celery on offer at 39p so something in store as well, or even soup if really stuck

Lunch back to cheese salady sarnie, I know I eat one most days but it is so convenient

Dinner I think is frozen Morries liver / onion / mash ready meal, just needs nuking. With steamed fresh veg, still have runners on the go

And just one portion of the apple / blackberry crumble left, I may have it with last of the ice cream and that, with the liver meal will leave a nice space in the freezer because I have my eye on Iceland Oriental range, bloke I know reckons they are good at £1.50 so may check one out once freezer space is available

PasturesNew

Farway wrote: »

... Iceland ...

I've never lived near an Iceland but have had ideas of filling the freezer there. I've been in it a couple of times in the last 2-3 years, but they tend to be a long way away and without a car park... which means you have to really plan a trip for when the freezer's got space, you're going in that direction, local parking is fairly easy - and you know you can come straight home to stick stuff in the freezer.

Charis

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Keeping at it LL. Today so far is mixed - on the one hand I bought a charity shop skirt with a size 12 label on it (ie that means its size 16 then) and I can get it on and do up the zip but it's not "quite" yet for the size I'd pick in the first place. On the negative side - whoops....and treated myself to a bottle of designer beer. I'm not sure whether it cheers me up or depresses me that the average British woman in the 2010's is apparently size 16 - guess that means size 20 then (as I suppose they are going by 2010s label sizes??).

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I used to do my own dressmaking, so I knew there was something odd about today's sizes, but apparently they have never been accurate in any sense. Finding out who they used for the original sizes is eye opening. I am nonplussed to realise that even when I was a skinny, underfed kid, I was a size 6 by today's standards. I'm not big boned either. Nowadays I'm off the chart :rotfl:Oddly enough I'm healthier than my slimmer friends.

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moneyistooshorttomention

Out of interest - who did they use for the original clothes sizes?

PasturesNew

Being short, top heavy, small inside leg, apple shaped.... I gave up with clothes years ago... I just pull on what I think I can get away with each day, based on where I think I'm going.

Nothing fits, nothing matches, nothing suits me .... but I'm dressed.

poppystar

Oh so dithering tonight. Should I make the veg curry that was planned and will help with the 5/10 a day or just bung the last of the lasagna in the oven and not bother cooking - giving in to the cba mood?:(

Charis

Hollyharvey wrote: »

Waitrose do some lovely fish fingers in the chilled fish section their "chunky haddock fillet fingers in breadcrumbs" they are pricey though at £2.99 for 6.

Ten bob each for fish fingers! :shocked: (faints)

PasturesNew

Re dithering... that's where I fall down - lack of decision-making.

I've LOADS of food I can think of to make. But until I decide what I want, I can't muster any enthusiasm to make anything.

I've spuds ... so could do spuds/cheese, or spuds/beans. Or I could bake that into a spud/cheese pie ... with beans.

I've spicy rice, I've chicken strips in batter, I've got curry sauce - so could do that. Or an egg curry with that rice, or plain rice.

I've a Fray Bentos pie I never seem to fancy.... and a tin of chicken in white sauce ....

I've a cupboard stuffed with all sorts of pasta shapes/sizes, so I could make mac cheese, or spaghetti.

I've the makings of quiches ... sweetcorn, peppers, cheese, onions ... all sorts of combinations right there. Or potato/peas/cheese... no end of ideas.

I've three newly purchased burgers and six fat bread rolls they fit .... but I had those the last two days. I might even have some fish fingers .... which would go a treat in the bread rolls.

It's cold, I could knock up some stew and dumplings, or just dumplings.

All sorts of things..... but I've just dragged 3 crumpets from the freezer and thought "that'll do" - and I CBA to toast those right now either so they're sitting there defrosting for "later".

Charis

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Out of interest - who did they use for the original clothes sizes?

It was very US centric, excluded ethnic minorities, but included ex army women, some of the fittest in the land at the time. The penultimate paragraph in the link gives a full description. Add to that the 'vanity sizing' of some manufacturers and no wonder we get confused.

They seem obsessed with Marilyn Monroe, but I suspect she used a waist trainer to get her tiny waist, which is out of all proportion to her bust and thighs.

poppystar

Well, opted for the last of the fish fingers with a good helping of broccoli - so probably managed 2 or 3 of my 5/10 a day today.

No ketchup in house so a dollop of mango chutney on the side - actually went quite well. Helped by the red wine because, of course, it needed something red;)

Now there is a slice of New York cheesecake left with my name on it for afters, yum:D