Cooking for one (Mark Three)

caronc

Farway said:

But doubtful I will buy again because it is a large 400g size, and being frozen could only be divided once heated, then left with what do I do about this LO smallish portion of cold curry?

Toastie or baked spud filling that's what I tend to do with small portions of LOs ?
Good morning everyone, 
AWOL yesterday between two sets of visitors for a cuppa in the garden (if the restrictions remain I must look out my thermals!) and trying to decide on kitchen paint the day disappeared.
We have a new family member, my sister has adopted a street dog. He arrived yesterday and is very sweet. He's had a very long journey and will need lots of training and tlc but I'm sure he'll soon settle. He likes cats though I'm not so sure her cat feels the same!!
Our HM pizza on Saturday was delicious but even more yummy was the dough balls stuffed with mozzarella and pesto we made with some spare dough and toppings. Yesterday I marinated a butterflied turkey breast in harissa, yoghurt, lemon, garlic and oregano which I griddled hot and fast so it turned out a bit like tandoori. We had some of this in brioche buns with salad and AF potato lattices for dinner. There's LO turkey for lunch today. Tonight I'm trying out JO's cauliflower risotto.

Wednesday2000

I had mashed potato with baked beans for breakfast.

I made tortilla wrap pizzas for lunch when I got in from my walk. I had sweetcorn and pineapple on them. It's a lovely day today. It feels like Spring!

PasturesNew

Farway said:

 They are nice & easy those pizza subs, I think we can safely recommend them PN once you get settled. Handy grab & go when CBA to think about it

 

I have been mentally building a list of food I could cook in my room in a SC that creates zero mess, zero washing up and zero/little smell.... and one thing I'd thought of was: line with foil, get some part-baked baguettes/slice down the length, shove stuff in there (ketchup, cheese, maybe something else if I stumbled across it)... that'd work.  But I'll not do it.  The SC's in storage and then I'd need to lug it up and find a space for it and as it's "an unexpected item" I'd always fear being "caught" "cooking in the room" by the LL, who'd have not expected that and I'd hate to cause embarrassment if she felt I'd crossed a line.   

PasturesNew

Crumpets topped with spag bol.  I'd not recommend it.  It doesn't sound as if that'd not work, but it wasn't as nice as it sounded. 
 

Still loving the Mr T 40p spag bol.  This was the half can remaining that I'd opened about 2 days ago, so I was keen to just get it used up - and I had no bread and didn't want to "waste" a flatbread on it as they're better off used as burger holders or fishcake holders.... so it was crumpets and spag bol. 

EDIT: About 11pm I opened another tin of rice pudding and added in some jam.  I've a big mug that holds a whole tin, which is handy.  Ate it cold, which is nice. Need to buy more rice pudding.
I also scoffed some Doritos, just one pack of those left now.

caronc

Good morning everyone, 
After such a manky day yesterday it's dry and milder here today though it's supposed to rain again later. I've been up since silly o'clock as the guys were coming to replace my back fence first thing and I wanted to be dressed and functioning before they arrived.  I've had a productive morning including making a bit pot of L&P soup. 
My elder son is back to the fracture clinic this afternoon for more x-rays and hopefully a smaller walking cast put on. 🤞
Soup with HM rolls from the freezer for lunch and pasta with a spinach, pesto and broccoli sauce for dinner. The JO cauli risotto we made yesterday was lovely - another one added to the "make again" list. So far all the recipes we've tried have been keepers  

Baileys_Babe

Which Jamie Oliver book is all these recipes from @caronc?

caronc

Baileys_Babe said:

Which Jamie Oliver book is all these recipes from @caronc?

The "7 Ways" one BB https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ways-Easy-Ideas-Every-Week/dp/0241431158/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=1291926507456029&dchild=1&hvadid=80745491389988&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=69270&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-80745604543035:loc-188&keywords=jamie+7+ways&qid=1603194719&sr=8-1&tag=mh0a9-21 . It covers 18 ingredients each of which have 7 different recipes. I'm really enjoying making things from it

Baileys_Babe

caronc said:

Baileys_Babe said:

Which Jamie Oliver book is all these recipes from @caronc?

The "7 Ways" one BB https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ways-Easy-Ideas-Every-Week/dp/0241431158/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=1291926507456029&dchild=1&hvadid=80745491389988&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=69270&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-80745604543035:loc-188&keywords=jamie+7+ways&qid=1603194719&sr=8-1&tag=mh0a9-21 . It covers 18 ingredients each of which have 7 different recipes. I'm really enjoying making things from it

Thank you, that looks like something we would use. I think I will borrow it from the library first and if it is for us I will buy it.

Farway

Mild here as well, took steak & a gammon joint out to defrost, then up to volunteer border garden, quick weeding, then over Co-op for milk etc, checked cream cheese price fro soup ingredient, two quid!!, blow that

E mail offer from Morries, shop before Friday & fiver off, just in time.

I keep "trolleys on the go in all the on line shops without checking out, just have to take care offers are still valid

So my Morries delivery is Friday PM, including Savers cream cheese @62p

Quick shuffle with W8rose, put delivery back a week early November & remove expired offers, no doubt fresh ones will appear before delivery so I'll grab them if suitable, cheese seems favourite for reductions

Lunch was frozen Gregg's C + O pasty

Dinner will be the steak, salad & HM AF chips

The steak is one of the FR posh ones, but it's topside so will have to take a bit of care cooking or get steel teeth fitted like James Bond "Jaws"

The gammon joint is for tomorrow, wind & wet due by then. Probably parcel in tin foil & bung in the SC

PasturesNew

I took a run out to Mr T.  Was surprised to see the freezer section mostly empty of cheapo readymeals. Somebody's cleared it out entirely of spagbol, omelettes, curry and lasagne. I was there to mull over a lasagne.  Nearly all the sliced beef was gone too, I didn't fancy that as I'd have to think about what to serve it with.  There were just about 20 sweet/sour chicken boxes there, so I grabbed one of those. 
Total haul was: 
1 sweet/sour chicken, bag of cheapo chips, cheapo cheesecake, cheapo pizza.
3 bananas, loaf of bread (25th), pack of flatbreads (25th) - these not being 27th/28th meant I had to go without crumpets. 
4 rice puddings, 3 spag bols, 2 marrowfat peas. 2 100g jars of coffee.
Jelly sweeties, 6x Doritos. 
Came to just over £10. 
Only just managed to squeeze my frozens into my freezer, it was touch and go if I'd have to cook the pizza tonight.

To get through that bread, I'll be switching to eating more scrambled eggs/toast for the next 3-4 days as I bought 15 eggs last week and haven't started them yet.... so "better crack on"    Poached egg on spagbol on toast might make an appearance.

EDIT: Had 4 pieces of toast + marg for tea.  Four's too many, I knew that when I put them on my plate to take to the kitchen..... two would've been enough today.  Toast "goes funny" too, by the time I'd chomped to the end of the 2nd slice, the rest were quite rubbery and difficult to rip with my teeth. Oh well, at least that's tea done.