Cooking for one (Mark Three)

Glad

Fish curry was lovely I found a naan bread n the freezer and managed to snap it in half, so half left for tomorrow
the yoghurt maker has been on all day so just made up my overnight oats for tomorrow, the yoghurt is quite runny but rather than sieve it and have less, I put it on the oats as it is and it soaks in and thickens up by the morning

Brambling

I seem to have intermittent internet but no phone 🤔 so hoping to get this typed before it drops off again

I thought it was strange this morning that his lordship had completely cleaned his dishes whilst I was upstairs showering however tonight I realised the cat crunching biscuits was grey and white rather than the silver tabby I live with 🙀 yep the kitten has worked out how to use the cat flap 🙄. I put him out the front door and he ran straight round the back and in again before I could sit down.  His lordship just sat there with a slightly stunned look on his face.  I see trouble ahead, after I locked him out he spent time battering the cat flap and crying 😢 I feel so mean 😕

Lunch out was at the new Turkish restaurant in town, just as well we don't do starters, big portions and really lovely food, definitely one to go back to and their shared platters looked amazing although I think I would require elasticated waste trousers if I share one 🐷🐷  Good value for money as well 😁. Dinner will be a cup of tea and maybe a apple if I get peckish later 

I needed to cook some pork mince so I've just made some Nasi Goreng which will do for a couple of work lunches next week.  I've a small beef joint so I plan to roast that tomorrow and cook enough vegetables for LOs 

Wednesday2000

Brambling said:

I thought it was strange this morning that his lordship had completely cleaned his dishes whilst I was upstairs showering however tonight I realised the cat crunching biscuits was grey and white rather than the silver tabby I live with 🙀 yep the kitten has worked out how to use the cat flap 🙄. I put him out the front door and he ran straight round the back and in again before I could sit down.  His lordship just sat there with a slightly stunned look on his face.  I see trouble ahead, after I locked him out he spent time battering the cat flap and crying 😢 I feel so mean 😕

I'm surprised it took him so long to figure it out!

Aw, I would feel sorry for him too, but you have to put your cat first.

Wednesday2000

I just had houmous on toast with a cup of tea.

Farway

And back to wind + rain this morning I had nothing planned so not a problem, just glad I did the gardening spot yesterday

Porridge breakfast as usual,

Glad said: the yoghurt maker has been on all day so just made up my overnight oats for tomorrow, the yoghurt is quite runny but rather than sieve it and have less, I put it on the oats as it is and it soaks in and thickens up by the morning

Glad, I make my own yoghurt and it turns out thick without straining, what system do you use? I use one like this and make a week's supply to sit in fridge

Lunch, because I cooked all 6 of the bangers yesterday i now have cold cooked banger LOs, thus two will provide the filling for a sos & pickle lunchtime sarnie

Dinner, still pondering, as mentioned I have LOs so could be LO bangers / mash, or LO banger + AF HM chips + eggs, or s0d it & nuke a frozen RM sweet & sour chicken. Today is really a day I could do with a cooking fairy plonking a meal in front of me and all I have to do is scoff whatever it is

PasturesNew said:

I'm still collecting lists of great foods I could cook in an air fryer if/when I get one.  Having built my list I can really see the benefits of me having one and am convinced I'd give it good use.  I think, mostly, for quicker sausages and roasties + the difference between bothering to crisp up nuked jacket spuds or not + making chips from raw spuds + bothering to make my own scotch eggs.  So it's still on the list of things I plan to buy next year. 

PN, if one near you I noticed in Robert Dyas AFs are on display and accessible for peering & poking as I know you want to examine elements and the like

Brambling said:

I thought it was strange this morning that his lordship had completely cleaned his dishes whilst I was upstairs showering however tonight I realised the cat crunching biscuits was grey and white rather than the silver tabby I live with 🙀 yep the kitten has worked out how to use the cat flap 🙄. I put him out the front door and he ran straight round the back and in again before I could sit down.  His lordship just sat there with a slightly stunned look on his face.  I see trouble ahead, after I locked him out he spent time battering the cat flap and crying 😢 I feel so mean 😕

I've heard of cat flaps that are only triggered by a collar on your cat, not idea how effective they are but just a thought. It's s0d's law isn't it? When we had a cat the blighter would never use a cat flap despite shoving him through it a million times

unrecordings

yep the kitten has worked out how to use the cat flap 🙄. I put him out the front door and he ran straight round the back and in again before I could sit down.  His lordship just sat there with a slightly stunned look on his face.  I see trouble ahead, after I locked him out he spent time battering the cat flap and crying 😢 I feel so mean 😕

I've heard of cat flaps that are only triggered by a collar on your cat, not idea how effective they are but just a thought. It's s0d's law isn't it? When we had a cat the blighter would never use a cat flap despite shoving him through it a million times

There are flaps that are triggered by microchip which work really well. If you have lurking enemy cats some flaps allow you to adjust the unlock time so that they can't follow through. They need power though, which can be a faff

caronc

Good morning everyone, 
Kitty sounds very determined Brambling, obviously aspiring to be "top cat"! 
It's not quite as wild here this morning, just a lull before the next round of gales coming tomorrow - this time with snow though we will probably escape the worst of that! I made the most of a gap in the hail showers to do a bin run and top up the indoor log stack. I shouldn't need to venture back out today.   
Bacon and egg in a toasted muffin for lunch today and later I'm going to turn the fish stock into a soup/sauce and have some of that over hake, langoustines, spinach and spaghetti. 

Brambling

Back on the phone this morning as I can’t even hot spot my phone to my iPad, think I need a small boy to do that.  I wonder if it’s the rain upsetting cables  🤔

I’ll have to think catflap options as I evicted the PITA from next door 6 times in less than an hour before 10am even with his lordship guarding the cat flap.  He was coming straight in and heading for the food dishes until he realised by attempt 4 that if he let me catch him I would put him out the front door.  My tough guy hides from him and glares, I’ve told him it’s is duty to protect his home 🙄. Unfortunately it took me over two months to train him to use the catflap when I got him and he doesn’t like it so the new one can’t delay in opening.  magnetic ones rely on the cat not losing their collars which my last cats use to when I had one in my previous home.  I’ll have to investigate  when I have proper internet access.  First world problems 😏

I woke with a headache so I’ve brain fog today and can’t concentrate on anything, I’ve a book I need finishing as my sister is chasing to borrow it so that’s what I’ve planned for this afternoon.  

Lunch was scrambled egg on toast.  Dinner if I cba will be roast beef, if I don’t fancy that it doesn’t need to be eaten today.  

unrecordings

I was going for scrambly this morning, but had a craving for mortadella so had sandwiches, and crisps - just because I can. Tea will be some kind of cauliflower cheese with defrosted Waitrose cheese sauce

Glad

Glad said: the yoghurt maker has been on all day so just made up my overnight oats for tomorrow, the yoghurt is quite runny but rather than sieve it and have less, I put it on the oats as it is and it soaks in and thickens up by the morning

Glad, I make my own yoghurt and it turns out thick without straining, what system do you use? I use one like this and make a week's supply to sit in fridge

I've got this one it's hit and miss with how thick it is but I think that instead of straining some whey off I just put it on top of my oats and the whey sinks into them and soaks them