Cooking for one (Mark Three)

Brambling

I regretted not buying the gammon almost as soon as I left the shop Caronc :cool: I love roasted cauliflower with spices but there's only so much a person can eat, and cauliflower soup is not one I want to take to work . It will have to stay lurking in the fridge until Thursday night whilst I have a think :think:

I ended up freezing the beef joint I'll do a roast one Sunday, therefore dinner was a slightly strange combination of LOs stir fried cabbage with bacon and onions and crumbed chicken thighs

Wednesday2000

I just had a Gregg's vegan sausage roll for breakfast. My husband brought them home for me last night but I was in bed by half nine.

Farway wrote: »

Yes, I'm on episode 3 or maybe 4 of series 2, but now High Castle's back I'm mixing & matching at the moment

I read that the show Condor is meant to be similar to Jack Ryan. I might watch that at some point.:)

caronc wrote: »

Good evening everyone,

Oh Wednesday I love cauliflower tempura and also pakora after cauli cheese it's my favourite way to have it.:)
As CFO I can struggle to get through a full cauli though do sometimes get one. I do like to keep a bag of the frozen stuff in the freezer as I find it is great for cauli cheese or soup. Though I find it less good for roasting etc. or as a plain veg.

Yes, I find the flavour isn't as nice as fresh but it is more convenient.

Wednesday2000

I just went for a brisk 30 minute walk. Man, it is cold out there today!:eek:

I'm going to make spaghetti tonight with a HM tomato and black olive sauce and some wilted spinach on top.

Farway

Frosty start as promised, warmed up now
Into L's, loads of stuff I don't need, Xmas mainly of course
I did buy some extra mature cheddar on special as XCFO standby.

The only things I wanted, dishwasher salt & tissues I failed to find, with the Xmas stuff. Hardly a body blow as I'm in town on Thursday anyway so task will be completed then

I just fancied fish & chips for lunch given the weather & lack of YS from L's. However another let down, parking spots full, so drove by:(

Lunch was thus ham & tom sarnie, nice enough but not what I'd fancied

Due to lack of F & C for lunch I need to think about dinner, and because the ham, egg, chips combo was so tasty last night I'll repeat it tonight.

No mushrooms though, used them up. Possibly crib Caron plan & grill a tom to go with it

Wednesday2000 wrote: »

I'm going to make spaghetti tonight with a HM tomato and black olive sauce and some wilted spinach on top.

Sounds nice, I've fancied spaghetti lately but none in the house, it was [STRIKE]chucked out[/STRIKE] tidied up by my offspring when I was in hospital & I've never replaced it due to CBA cooking it


Talking TV, I was watching the War of the Worlds on Beeb and thought I recognised the observatory area near the beginning, with telescope taking photos of Mars.

It was RHS Wisley in the greenhouse, I was in the same spot only last Monday, but filled with Halloween LO stuff then

PasturesNew

Farway wrote: »

....I've fancied spaghetti lately but none in the house, it was [STRIKE]chucked out[/STRIKE] tidied up by my offspring when I was in hospital & I've never replaced it due to CBA cooking it

Nuke.

I have a dish half the length of strands, so I snap the strands in half and lay them in the dish.... not deep, this won't work by over-stuffing loads into a tight dish.

Small splash of oil, small sprinkle of salt (both optional really).

JUST cover the strands in boiling water.

Nuke 2 mins, check/stir/splash more water so it all remains just covered.
Repeat 3-4x until it's done. I just test a little bit to see.
Drain, serve.

caronc

Good evening everyone,
Your pasta dish Wednesday sounds lovely just my sort of flavour combination .
Thanks to the "wonky donkey" who decided to have a bit of party in the early hours today's plan went a bit pear shaped.:( Meds finally locked it back up but knocked me out for a while and it was mid-morning before I surfaced still feeling dopey but the spins had gone. Consequently apart from basics I've not done much today and had another snooze in the afternoon - I do feel much better now though so don't mind losing most of the day if it does the trick. Breakfast/lunch was a ham & tomato roll followed by some LO rice pudding and the last of the mandarin oranges. The pudding had gone a bit stodgy so the couple of spoonfuls that remain will be binned rather than frozen as I don't think they'd survive well and would defrost into sludge:eek:. It was apparently frosty first thing but it was away by the time I got up and it's been gloomy & damp though still bitterly cold. Although the temp reached 4C this afternoon the "feels like" never got higher than 1C! It's supposed to get wetter and windier overnight which may warm things up a little but possibly not enough for it to make much difference.

Pea & ham soup for dinner which I'm having "Dutch style" with sausagemeat balls and mash. I had intended to make potato dumplings but cba. Gnocchi would probably make a good sub for the dumplings but I don't have any in the freezer which is unusual, I must add some to my next food order. :cool: There is more sausagemeat than I need for the soup as annoyingly I didn't portion it properly it before freezing and the pieces had clamped together but I'll use the surplus in a pasta sauce tomorrow.

Brambling

Sorry to hear the damn donkey has been playing up again Caronc <hugs>

PN sorry but your way of cooking spaghetti looks more of a hassle than sticking it in a pan of salted boiling water for 8 or 9 minutes

Fire drill at work today which at least got us out of the office for a while, a bit nippy but at least it was dry, getting my lot out can be like herding cats :cool: I have been known to raise my voice at senior management, the yellow fire marshal jacket gives me the power

I'm not long back from the local theatre it was an Evening with Eric and Ernie tonight with half price tickets using my friend of the venue card :money: it brought back loads of memories from my childhood where we all sit down to watch the Morecambe and Wise Show on Saturday night and obviously being a audience of a certain age we all knew what was coming next and it finished with everyone singing along to Bring me Sunshine . Just what was needed after today

Lunch and dinner were the same, LO mixed grains, vegetables and bacon, I was late home so pinged the last of the grains/vegetables. A bit boring but 2 minutes in the microwave was worth it, I haven't planned on making three portions (well more like two and a half) but these things often happen as you know

Farway

Dull outside, but I'm in anyway, boiler service later this morning so I've the airing cupboard to clear out, the boiler's in there and access is impossible with clothes in there

Porridge etc breakfast, and I've made more yoghurt

I'm another who still laughs at Eric & Ernie despite knowing the punch lines

Fire drill, the power of fire or Safety Marshall is intoxicating:D I once forbade the managing director from entering a fuelling area because he was not wearing the required clothing, a silver fire fighting suit.

Lunch is using up last of the ham, in a sarnie with a tomato I think

Dinner, again last use up ham, but this time in a cheesy omelette, with compulsory HM chips

My Actifry is making a very unhealthy noise, if it were a car I think I'd pull over and await breakdown service:(
I can live without it but rather not, maybe so called Black Friday look around?

caronc

Good morning everyone
Not so good re the Actifry Farway no doubt the sales will start soon so hopefully you'll get a bargain.

Damp and dreich here - I see "dreich" has been voted the favourite Scottish word. My favourite "scunnered" came third https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-50476008 :cool:
I'm off to the dentist shortly, always a trial for both parties as I don't tilt well..... Apart from that I've no real plans as no doubt a lie down will be needed when I get back.
Soup for lunch and probably pasta for dinner

unrecordings

unrecordings wrote: »

Still exceptional after nearly 48 hours...

After a bit of a tangle with the NHS I'm back and happy to report that the victoria sponge made about a week ago is still good - designed for a crisis these things...