Cooking for one (Mark Two)

Stoke

I'm still getting through my freezer and cupboards. Getting there now. Still loads to go though

PasturesNew

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Errrrm....Apji - don't suppose you're interested in vegetarian/very healthy type cuisine are ya?:rotfl:- and live anywhere in West Wales?:rotfl:

She offered her honour .... will he honour her offer?
And then ... will he be all night honour and offer?

MrAPJI

Haha, what are you ladies like .

Well, I hadn't eaten Lancashire Hotpot in donkey's years and it was delicious. This was followed by egg custard which was generously sprinkled with nutmeg - a bit of a blast from the past. Not a dessert I'm that keen on to be honest, but I felt I had to show willing.

Not sure what I will have to eat later - I've just completed my tax return and rather lost my appetite lol

Farway, you did well picking up all those bargains. Glad that your yogurt has turned out so well.

moneyistooshorttomention

PasturesNew wrote: »

She offered her honour .... will he honour her offer?
And then ... will he be all night honour and offer?

Pastures - you've been on the booze gal:rotfl::rotfl:

Irenadler

Ha, saucy lot!

Food wise today started well, then went a bit off-diet:

Porridge oats, milk, semi-skimmed, linseed mix sprinkles, blueberries, banana and tea (no hang-over).
Lunch aka Burg K1ng, tea, with chicken and cheese and caramelised onions in a bun, fries, well, shopping with mum who insisted on treating us both....

Tea, glass of milk and finished off lemon cake (well, best before 31st, so it might go off otherwise).

Might dig out the sloe gin later (does it go off?)

mcculloch29

We escaped fairly lightly from Eleanor, as far as I can see. Last year, one of the storms turned both my wheelie bins through 90 degrees, and lined them up on the garden path, whereupon the lighter recycling wheelie bin pushed the heavier rubbish wheelie bin down the path and out of the gate. Fortunately neither of them can manage steps, and they both fell over, one behind the other, going out of the gate, which was bolted open, to prevent wind damage.
Getting them both upright and tucked into a sheltered corner at 3 am was 'interesting' in a 70 mph wind, especially as I need two sticks to walk.
No repeat for Eleanor, thankfully.

I have a very simple CFO recipe for lambs' liver 'bits' as sold by Heron Foods. Simply layer the liver pieces with 'cooking' bacon in a small casserole, pour over gravy or stock, and top with either mashed potato or my favourite, made up sage and onion stuffing. Bake for about an hour in a moderate oven. Enough for two very generous portions.
Might have that soon, as it's an ideal winter dish. Can't think where I got this recipe from, possibly Shirley Goode or Jocasta Innes, as I've used it for many years.

Irenadler

I like your signature McCulloch,

Totally agree - using the 'best china' now, not 'saving it for special occasions'. Which never came for me and the OH....

Still in the 'what the heck' mode living in the moment....

PasturesNew

Maths Test: Which is the smallest quarter?

Answer: The last one.

The first quarter of a trifle is the largest..... the next two are about the same size as each other .... but when you look at the final quarter in the bowl you realise that quarter is definitely smaller than the previous three

moneyistooshorttomention

Well - guess I score pretty highly on the Healthy Eating Scale today.

Had the rest of the courgetti and sauce recipe for lunch today - decided it was even better cold actually.

Dinner was the snack meal today. A banana, then decided it was about time I tried the smoothie pack of Tesco own brand stuff (including mango, kale, spinach) that I'd bought some time back - and so blitzed it up with bit of milk and yogurt. Actually it wasnt as bad as I feared - having realised what a high proportion of kale it contained (like kale - but raw???) - but it did come a bit under the "Well I ate it" heading and not sure whether I'll finish the pack or no. Followed by some of homemade wholemeal bread toasted and this time I was trying out some super seedy type bread spread I'd bought in the health food shop (not sure - verdict still out on that)...

Guess that maybe cancels out the bottle of beer consumed at lunchtime?:)

Trying to remember what it was that we got given with bread at breakfast back when I got conned into attending Macrobiotic Summer School some years back. Yep....I turned up thinking it was exactly what it had been advertised as - ie a general New Age variety of topics and it was only to find out it was annual Macrobiotic Summer School (ie when rather a lot of those topics were to do with macrobiotic eating:cool:). At which point I thought "Well - they shouldnt have done that really - but its just a few days and I'll make the best of it whilst here then....but I'm not falling for that twice....:cool:" Think what came with the breakfast bread was a sort of miso and tahini spread - so shall have a go at re-creating that at some point.

Definite discovery time that there's two things I seem to be a bit addicted to - cheese and bread....:cool:

Irenadler

Not really healthy day for me today. If the gin says 'Botanical herbs' on the side, does that count? : )