Cooking for one (Mark Three)

Wednesday2000

I'm making wedges and having some of the Richmond vegan sausages and probably a side salad. Brunch. Some days I wake up starving.

caronc

Good afternoon everyone, 
After a wet & chilly day yesterday it's lovely and sunny here today. I've spent most of the morning on the phone but finally got the out of school club insurance sorted out - 7 calls and numerous emails & texts later!!!
No beefy LOs here, we scoffed our steaks . Tonight we are off to a local pub for dinner, it's a "chips with everything" kind of place but everything is freshly made and well cooked so the food is usually lovely, though portions tend to be not for the faint hearted!  Consequently lunch if just a couple of crackers with lobster pate and some fruit.

Farway

It's just hammered down here, just as I was thinking one of the flower pots looked a bit droopy. Job done

Completed my Asd@ on line order, due Weds lunchtime, I wonder if the bangers I keep ordering but always OOS will be dinner on Wednesday?

Brambling

Your rain hasn't arrived here yet Farway but it's on its way according to BBC 

i hope you have a good meal out Caronc 

I thought the courgettes were over but just picked two and there looks to be two more tiny ones. I uses one of the ones already in the fridge to make a lime and courgette drizzle cake, it's still cooling but looks very moist and I'm not sure how easy it will be to cut to freeze as I think it may fall apart  

lunch was boiled eggs and soldiers dinner cold chicken, airfried chips and runner beans which kind of answers the question which comes first the chicken 🐔 or the egg 🥚 😁 

Baileys_Babe

@Brambling could you partially freeze it before cutting the cake?

Brambling

Thanks Baileys I may try that - it's very moist my nephew suggested having it with custard 🙄 I'll stick to my courgette, carrot and orange if I make another- although hopefully the courgette glut is nearly over

Farway

Enough rain for you Brambling? It was tipping down & blowing a hooley, storm Frances I think

I was up during the night, possibly the baked figs but never had any affect before All seems well now thankfully

I heard the rain start, and my runners are down again but with the night's work I'm on a lazy day today anyway

I think today's meals will be kept light & simple

I've a tin of tom soup just for such a day. And two more tins in the box from Asd@ should I fancy more

I did have porridge for a late breakfast, which so far is not having adverse affects

Wednesday2000

I had some vegan sausages for breakfast along with some crackers that needed using up. I had to go and get my thyroid meds this morning. It's really blustery outside.

I've been trying to book a flu jab online at Boots but it's not working. I will have to try and call the local pharmacy. I should have done it this morning while I was in there!

Wednesday2000

They said it was too early to book it and to call back at the end of September. I think more people will want to get the flu jab this year.

I don't know what I fancy for lunch...

PasturesNew

Atrocious weather, now passed.  Did a quick run out to Mr T for goodies and things.  Haul was: 
1 loaf, pack of crumpets, 2 pots of paste, tin of beans, tin of beans/sausages, 100g jar of coffee, 24 cans fizzy pop.
A chilled quiche, pack of chilled 8 cumberland sausages, frozen pepperoni pizza, frozen cheesecake, frozen lasagne.
That was somewhere between £13-14, with £6.50 being 24 fizzy pops.  The coffee is new to me, I usually grab 4ldi/L1dl cheapo granules, these are Mr T cheapo granules (70p/100g).  The frozen pizza I've put in the fridge and I'll cook that later today.

When you shop for one, especially with very limited storage, you're walking away from more than you're buying as you can't store/keep things, or find the opportunity to cook/eat them + there's the whole "can't eat everything your eyes see, you pig"
Today I specifically didn't buy: more bananas, bag of doughnuts, chips, burgers, more doritos, even more fizzy pop.  I also didn't buy spuds, still got the last one of the 4-pack bought a fortnight ago to get round to eating.... and, the weather's so variable, I daren't buy 2.5Kg of spuds in case it turns hot and I struggle to get through them.