Cooking for one (Mark Three)

caronc

Good morning everyone
Heavy frost here this morning it was -3C first thing, it's sunny now but still icy in shaded areas. I don't mind the cold if we get sunny weather to go with it. k.
I've a grocery delivery due this morning and then I will get wrapped up a potter in the garden for a bit. Even if I don't get much done I like to get out in the fresh air whenever the weather allows during the colder months.
Leek & potato soup for lunch and something involving eggs for dinner tonight.

Farway

No frost but cold. Up & about earlier,

Post porridge breakfast went out to post my tax return & wanted a "proof of posting" to show, if needed, I returned it before the 31st

Then for a change, not my normal direction, I went into Morries for milk & a mooch. With hospital tomorrow AM this week's going to be a bit topsy turvy from my usual [STRIKE]rut [/STRIKE]routine

Morries seems to have some sort of sales on, somehow found Mackay's ginger preserve [£1] & Roses lime marmalade [£1] in my trolley
Must also be pie reduction month or something, all the pies are on offer, but tempting as it was I left them alone;)

candygirl wrote: »

Had cheese on toast with HP sauce for dinner, n think it'll be a veggie burger n salad for tea

Thanks, now I know what my lunch is going to be, toasted cheese & brown sauce:T

Dinner, could be the L & P Pukka pie, but the cooked YS beef is staring at me every time I open the fridge and it is getting to eat or bin it stage.

I could freeze it but that's only postponing the inevitable, bit like an election:D

candygirl wrote: »

FARWAY I'm not a fan of French fries either.I love air fried spicy wedges

I like air fried wedges, what spice do you add? I just bung a teaspoon of curry powder in but always willing to try something else

Wednesday2000

I keep thinking about getting an air fryer.:)

I have put the pet blankets on to wash. It's sunny today so I might be able to leave them on the washing line to dry.

I have leftover stuffing from yesterday so breakfast will be a stuffing sandwich.:D

I have to have a bath, get dressed and go and drop off a donation to the charity shop. I then have to pick up some meds for my dog at the vet and then see if my medication is at the pharmacy.

I might go and look in Lidl depending on what bus turns up on the way back.

I have to buy bin bags and celery. I wanted to make a salad with chopped celery, peanuts and green apples in a vegan mayo dressing as I had a craving.:A

I'm also going to make a veggie Shepherd's pie later for dinner. I'm going to use a mixture of lentils and veg mince as the base.

Wednesday2000

That all took a lot longer than I expected. I was out for more than 3 hours. Everyone was being annoyingly slow.

I went to 3 shops looking for celery and didn't find it. I was feeling really hungry so I bought a tin of vegetable soup and had it with bread and marg when I got in.

I'm going to make the Shepherd's pie later.

It's quite cold here today, much colder than yesterday. Coat weather.

unrecordings

I'm still working on that fantasy salmon, rice & capers, but things went a bit wrong: Fishandchipsnomatterwhat on Friday was obviously immoveable, then I made a series of shopping errors meaning that Saturday involved a rather excessive fried breakfast. I was a little too tired to make the curry I'd intended to make on Saturday night so decided to order one instead. Last night was a rather light ramen. And tonight is the second attempt at the curry I need to make to use up some chicken (OOD tomorrow) and the last of my tomatoes. Should get 2-3 portions out of what we make. Mrs Un will be helping as I keep developing a terrible cramp in my one good hand (steroids...)

Went shopping today and got these for the freezer
https://www.iceland.co.uk/p/iceland-luxury-4-aberdeen-angus-quarter-pounders-454g/66934.html#start=1
Now who do I blame for that..?

caronc

Good evening everyone,

I do like a good veggie shepherd's pie Wednesday - I usually use lentils and diced mushrooms as I'm not that keen on veggie mince. It's been a while since I made one so one for "to make" list.:)
Hope between you & Mrs Un you get your curry made tonight unrecordings sometimes an extra pair of hands are just what's needed.:)
Brrr it's cold here tonight, even though it was sunny it never really got warmer than a few degrees above freezing today and the frost started coming down pretty much when it got dark. I did manage to spend a short amount of time in the garden but being slow moving it wasn't long before I was thoroughly chilled and headed back indoors to warm up. I'm kind of stuck now anyway until my garden waste bin is emptied in a couple of weeks as it's full and I've enough green waste in my compost bins at the moment. My shopping including a new toaster (yipee) arrived as planned so it's eggs, beans and mushrooms on toast for dinner tonight to test it out.:D

Brambling

I planned to finish tidying the spare room before my sister comes on Wednesday but got sidetracked going through stuff so I'm currently at that messy before tidied stage :cool: I've abandoned upstairs as it's spreading across the landing in piles :eek: I'll have to finish around shopping for her birthday present tomorrow and lunching with my other sister . I think my cookery books have been breeding in the spare bedroom I can't possibly have brought that many :whistle:

Lunch was sardines on toast and dinner some of the vegetables and lentils LOs from yesterday with a lamb steak. There's enough LOs of the lentils to have with the LO tofu tomorrow night after tai chi

caronc

I can testify that cookery books definitely do breed when you're not looking :whistle::whistle::whistle:. Of course not having nearly enough I've my eye on one that may well find it's way onto my "Secret Santa" wish list:cool:. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Oven-Table-Simple-dishes-themselves/dp/1784725846/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Brambling

CARONC You're a cookery book dealer, stop feeding my habit :rotfl: I had to click on the link didn't I :wall: now walking away from amaz*n :whistle:

caronc

Sorry (not):rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: but guilty as charged , it does look fab though and she's a beautiful writer. I have "Roast figs, sugar snow" (now out of print I think) *and it is a beautifully readable book with lots of very gorgeous but doable recipes. I've cooked a good few from this so don't think the new one will sit unloved on the shelf especially as I'm fond of an "oven bung it in":D (That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it:p)
*ETA though you can get it for just over a fiver inc delivery secondhand on Abe books, well worth it even if just for the tartiflette recipe;)