Cooking for one (Mark Three)

Farway

Wednesday2000 said:

I remember being so stressed about my GCSEs. Are they identical twins Farway? My husband has an identical twin brother.

Not identical, chalk & cheese in most respects.

I think PN has nailed it, one is blonde blue eyed tall & slim, the other is dark hair etc, still tall and sadly for her parents will be a boy magnet

Very windy here this morning, my runner beans have toppled over again but left them this time because they'll only blow down again

Brambling, thanks for roast fig suggestion, I did that yesterday and they are as nice as they sound, even had Greek yoghurt in the fridge to plop on top

I've enough baked fig LO for another bowl later today

Lazy late up this morning, no reason for it, just slept on. But the only thing I "have" to do is put the waste bin bag out

Lunch, YS mini pizza defrosting, basic cheese & tom cheapo

Dinner, not sure, if it stays dull I may use a pie from freezer & have it with some HM chips. It's that sort of day

Wednesday2000

I find my husband's twin unattractive, but to other people they look identical. It's weird.

I started off quite healthy this week but ended up ordering pizza and beer last night!

I had leftover pizza for breakfast along with a toastie and a packet of crisps.

caronc

Good morning everyone, 
Wet and wild here today, I haven't ventured to the veg patch but as far as I can see the beans are still standing (so far🤞).
Tesco order is due for a bit and once it sorted out I need to get back on the phone, I'm still chasing paperwork from my voluntary work's insurers!
My elder son and DIL-to-be are coming for dinner tonight before they head to Greece to see her family tomorrow. Roast chook with salad, corn and new spuds so not too much to prep & cook.
Lunch will be another corned beef and pickle sarnie.

Brambling

Wednesday2000 said:

I remember being so stressed about my GCSEs. 

   At the risk of sounding old I did 'O' Levels  and yes I remember stressing over them too.   A difficult time for anyone who should have been doing exams and a right mess with 'A' levels and university places and those waiting for BTEC results - They had 6 months to get this right 

Your future DIL will be pleased to see her family after all this time Caronc 

My runner bean wigwams are still standing, probably because I tied one to the fence yesterday, however my tomatoes took a bit of a battering with several pots blown over,  I wish I picked some yesterday which weren't quite ripe as I've lost some of those especially those in my hanging basket.  I've had a really good crop for outdoor tomatoes (they haven't always made it inside the house, a treat whilst watering) for out door it definitely pays to grow cherry and baby plum tomatoes

Lunch will be a slice of lentil loaf from the freezer with the last of the salad leaves, I may see if there is some chard and baby kale to pick but like Caronc I had leaves which bolted with the heat .  I also took a small beef joint from the freezer so plan to roast that tonight i have runner bean, courgettes and peas from the garden with the last of the French beans (which I though had finished but picked a handful last night) and I may pull some babycarrots as well,  no Yorkshire puddling as I CBA to make just for me and no ABs in the freezer.  I plan to have roast parsnips rather than roast potatoes but that could change by dinner time.  LOs won't be required for tomorrow's dinner as it's my nephews' birthday and I've been invited for a takeaway but I will cook enough for a LO roast dinner on Sunday.  

 Farway I'm glad you enjoyed the roast figs 

PasturesNew

Chocolate-gate solved. It's my gift  
Very windy last night, I got woken up at about 3.30 and stood at the window watching trees bend over for a few minutes.  

So far today I've scoffed: final piece of last week's bread & 3 scrambled eggs, 1/4 cheesecake, rest of my pastilles. EDIT: And, since, a banana and a cup-a-soup and 2 flatbreads (and now chosen a 4-finger kit kat).

Food with a limited timespan I have to get through in the coming few days are: 4 sausage rolls, 2 pieces of cheesecake, 6 flatbreads, 6 crumpets, 4 bananas, some tomatoes, a cucumber, 5 eggs.  That's the trouble with fresh foods.... time-limited.  It seems to be a never ending chore of eating up things that need to be eaten up.  Endlessly, week in, week out, year in, year out....

EDIT: Chocolates ... are now in my room  
There are a LOT. a 4-pack of Rolo, a 3-pack of Fry's Choc Cream and an 8-pack of kit-kat but they're the full-sized 4-fingers apiece.
Decisions... decisions.... where to start  

Brambling

What a nice gesture/thank you PN she obviously knows you well enough to know you would prefer that rather than a small box of 'posh' chocolates 

I sure somewhere in my house is a new tub of beef gravy granules, I remember buying them in Sainsbobs after my last roast beef dinner as I had to have chicken gravy, I searched the kitchen so I'm either going to find it when I next go in the kitchen or once I've brought another one 😡 🙄 TBH it could be anywhere as I recently found the mayo in the bathroom cabinet next to the toothpaste I put away together.  First world problems   . Dinner still tasted nice but.....

PasturesNew

Brambling said:

I sure somewhere in my house is a new tub of beef gravy granules, I remember buying them .

This is why a single pantry's the only sensible design item.  Everything in one place, visible, easily found, nothing overlooked.... open one door and there's everything... nudge it along to make a bit more room or squidge it up when it needs less room .... and all gravy granules together  

Hope you find them.  Nothing worse than being 99.9999999999% sure you bought them and you've not left them in the shop or the car or dropped them ... and now you can't find whatever it is. 

Farway

More rain early on & still breezy. I think the runner beans will remain blown over for the moment

Missing gravy granules, I have a surplus because I always used to spot them on offer and top up thinking I was running out.

If the wind keeps up Brambling I could chuck some up in the air & they'd be with you shortly

Nice choccy bonus PN, does the recent rapid exit of fellow lodger mean the kitchen is available more often? No one else in there cooking ?

Today's meals are based on "use up" again

Lunch, use up last frozen Gregg's C & O slice.

They're OK as come in handy but I think I can find something healthier next time so doubt I'll buy them again

Dinner, use up last of the L & M veggie roast beef loaf thing, with baked spud & use up LO half tin of beans

Maybe with some side salad

Last night I had a frozen Asd@ meat pie, with HM chips & beans. Four in a frozen pack.

Just right CFO size, OK and as you'd expect for about 55P each, I have some others, C & O ones and depending on them I think they'd be better option then the Gregg's slices

caronc

Good morning everyone,
Lovely pressie from your LL PN, she knows what you like
I'm glad I'm not the only one who mis-files things in random places Brambling, hope the granules turn up
Damp and breezy here this morning after a very wet and stormy night.
I had a lovely evening yesterday with my son and DIL-to-be, the roast chook was well received.  My younger son arrives back this afternoon and my sister has invited herself for over this evening (again  ) so the leftover chicken will be used in a chicken and veg puff pastry topped pie for dinner and my sister will bring along something for pudding.
BLT for lunch I think.

PasturesNew

Farway said:

... does the recent rapid exit of fellow lodger mean the kitchen is available more often? No one else in there cooking ?

..

No, new one's a "take over everywhere/everything and cook vast quantities of food" type too.  e.g. 1½ hours this morning, cooked enough to feed a family of four for two meals...  when you stand at the hob it's at the start, so blocks any other access, so anybody else going in it's a to/fro moving situation.  But, prepping lots of fresh ingredients consumes every available worktop for at least an hour + more pans and cutlery stuff than you can shake a stick at, which end up piled here and there awaiting some final "wash it all up at the same time" event.  

Also, did I mention the 6 hour chicken left there last week?  Somebody was cooking one, a small one, it was in there for six hours.... then it was out/covered in foil for many, many hours... and the dish "left in soak" until the next day when it was washed.  Nobody knew who/whose, but I worked it out. 
It was in about 10am to  4pm in the oven, then in the turned off oven 3-4 hours, then on the worktop until >10am the following morning. 

Well .... this morning 3-4 chops put in the oven and out he swanned with his bf.... reappearing five hours later (just now) and only just remembered when he went in there... good job somebody else had spotted it after about an hour and turned it off.