Cooking for one (Mark Three)

Farway

Still in use up XCFO mode here. I'm even getting fed up with YS Celebration chocs now

However I opened a jar of pickled onions given by DD, they cleared my sinuses toot sweet:eek:

Also tried some of the pressie local New Forest honey on this morning's porridge, it's lovely scented stuff

Lunch will be some everlasting turkey & stuffing, in a sarnie
Dinner, may be the same, I could make a cold turkey salad but CBA at the moment

Dull & slightly damp outside, no need to venture out yet.

Wednesday2000

I've had wholemeal toast with marg and marmite.

I am going to have some leftover pasta in a minute.

I am going to have a veggie burger in a bun for dinner.

caronc

Good evening everyone,

My son and I are having a quiet night after a busy few days. We're matching each other in the yawning stakes....
I had a lovely meal last night at the local tapas place though may have drank a tad too much wine:o as I felt rather sluggish this morning though nothing a large mug of tea didn't sort out.:) I'm not sure if it was the wine or niggling back ache but I had didn't have the best sleep so it will be an early night tonight. My back has been iffy for a week or so and if it's still painful in the New Year I think I'll book a physio appointment - well worth cash IMHO as he's very thorough. Hopefully though it will have settled by then.
Lunch today was lovely the HM sausage rolls although rustic looking went down well as did the Christmas dinner LOs soup. Along with those I made a big bowl of salad, cooked a very small gammon joint and we had a cheese board & pate. Dinner tonight is not required!:cool: My friends' brought lovely Christmas pressies for us including a big bag of HM goodies including Sloe Gin, cassis, various jams, chilli jam and cinder toffee.

YS Turkey has been portioned and squeezed into the freezer. The carcass was roasted yesterday and before I settle on the sofa this evening I'll get it and some pot veg into the SC to cook overnight.

Tomorrow I'm planning a very lazy day, my pjs may feature for most of the day.;) My son is cooking tomorrow night - HM wonton soup.:) He had to go to Glasgow this morning so nipped to the Chinese SM for wrappers and a few bits he wanted to stock up on. Most of the meal is being made from what I already have and I'll be leaving him to it. He's promised me surplus wontons for the freezer - I love them but will happily leave the putting them together to someone else!

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Farway wrote: »

However I opened a jar of pickled onions given by DD, they cleared my sinuses toot sweet:eek:

Also tried some of the pressie local New Forest honey on this morning's porridge, it's lovely scented stuff

Coincidentally two of my presents were a locally produced mixed pickle, and some honey from just over a kilometre to the east. Turns out I know the guy who made the honey, so must email him (i think I've also still got one of his BBC engineering manuals

Farway

The YS turkey has gone, either eaten or frozen so back to normal CFO style food now, only one mince pie left and it will not see midnight

Porridge, sliced banana + honey for breakfast
Lunch, I've some stale crusts so looking like toast + jam
Dinner, thinking at the moment is use up mushrooms & bacon in an omelette with a side salad, really should have something green inside me apart from Green & Blacks:D


Feels mild out, sun was promised but it seems to have missed the memo. Just maybe get out & dig up the unwanted currant bush this afternoon?

Wednesday2000

I had a tin of baked beans with a roll with marg for breakfast.:)

caronc

Good afternoon everyone,
A slight drama here this morning, my washing machine started leaking.:( My son has headed to B&Q to get a new connector thingy. I'm very glad he was here to sort it out.:D
My promised lazy day hasn't really happened yet - it will start shortly!;)
Bacon and eggs for brunch using up the last of the butcher's lovely streaky and OOD eggs.
Wonton soup for dinner tonight.

Farway

caronc wrote: »

A slight drama here this morning, my washing machine started leaking.:( My son has headed to B&Q to get a new connector thingy. I'm very glad he was here to sort it out.:D

Good job he's there, from your description I assume it's the supply hose that has split? Hope it is 'cos it's an easy cheap fix

Sun did peep out so the currant was dug up, my it gets harder as one gets older:( Once upon a time a few quick plunges with the spade would do the job.

At least it's done and now thinking what to put in the space, I may go for more rhubarb if I spot a nice variety about

Must be near spring, spotted daffs showing green shoots above the soil, time to net them to stop cats using them loo markers

Still omelette & salad for dinner and may dive into the Stollen if peckish later

Brambling

I hope your washing machine got mended Caronc as you said at least if it had to go it was good timing

After a bad couple of nights sleep wise I was shattered yesterday after a trip into town to return a gift so I cancelled going out (pizza and board games) for a night in. I put the TV on just after 6pm and next them I knew his lordship woke me and it was 7.45pm not a heavy sleep as I was aware that the TV was on but I was stiff. I had a slice of bread and marmite and went to bed until someone woke me talking outside at 11pm then I couldn't get back off :cool:

Other than a quick trip to the garden centre and their farm shop I've stayed in today, lunch was a nice piece of chicken, ham and leek pie from the farm shop £1 rather than £2.50 and a piece for the freezer, I was tempted by a slice of their quiche Lorraine or spinach feta quiche also reduced but I didn't want to shoehorn it in the freezer. Dinner was a small piece of beef which was half price at T Express with roast parsnips (7p at M&S yesterday) root veg mash from the freezer and green beans. A nice piece of beef but I think the one from W8itrose before Christmas was a better :think:

I'm hoping to bribe his lordship with some of the beef as i was caught cuddling the next door's kitten when I put the bin out in my defence it was pick it up or fall over it, as I turned back up the path I realised I was being watched out of the bedroom window :rotfl: and he's not best pleased with me at the moment

Farway

Another dull morning weather wise but only mooching around indoors today anyway

My mini oven has followed the domestic appliance failures transmitted on CFO:( I was going to warm up some pressie cheesy biscuits in it yesterday and it failed to heat.

Not yet checked but it's probably the fuse, however what the cause of fuse blowing remains unknown.

It won't take me long to diagnose but given cheapness of oven it maybe beyond economic repair even assuming I could find parts. I'll oik my multi-meter out and have a bash after lunch


Porridge breakfast
Lunch, a tin of use up soup is looking likely
Dinner, use up cheesy beans on toast very likely