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redofromstart

Does anyone else remember Simon and the Witch and Mrs Err?  Or the 'Great Razzle Dazzle?' Johnny Briggs?

EssexHebridean

🙋🏻‍♀️ Johnny Briggs! 

Humdinger1

Or - a TV series-  Lizzie Dripping and the witch that only she can see?!xx

WinterWarrior

I had a Johnny Briggs book 😁

Alchemilla

Humdinger1 said:

Or - a TV series-  Lizzie Dripping and the witch that only she can see?!xx

I LOVED Lizzie Dripping.

redofromstart

Helen Creswell wrote some great stuff, loved the Bagthorpes too.

I tidied the kitchen cupboards today. I do not need to buy red lentils, chopped tomatoes or tuna for the foreseeable future, and I need to actually plan to use them up instead of them filling cupboard space. The kitchen is next on the great 'actually finish the house' plan. 

Lots of garden tidying yesterday and a small fritter on some dianthus for the drive pots. The green waste bins are full, and every nettle root I dug up is one less to fret about later. I remain allergic to every third plant which is most annoying.

moving_forward

Plants are as essential as chocolate. I hope they bring you lots of Joy ☺️

redofromstart

thanks - I agree although I usually kill things before I plant them but for once I gave them a good soak and potted them on. £2.50 for 4 so not bad.  They are at waist height in a sheltered spot so they should be fine. 

redofromstart

Dinner tonight, before I forget how I made it.

finely diced onions, 5 minutes of sweating in a little oil.  Added chicken stock 300ml, mixed Italian herbs, garlic powder and gave it a couple more minutes. A squirt of tomato ketchup and a pack of passata. Gave it 15 minutes to thicken.
chicken cut into thirds, then flattened out with a rolling pin. Browned in frying pan before adding in a layer on top of the tomato base. Grated Parmesan on top, lid on and 15 minutes at 180, lid off and another 10 to reduce and brown.  Served with more grated cheese, over pasta for those that eat it.  In a bowl for those that don't.  Enough texture from the onion to eat with fork.  

Cubes of pepper might be nice just before the chicken stock. 

Sun_Addict

That sounds a bit like the “pizza” chicken my DD sometimes makes. I do something similar with cod, it’s delicious 😋