Cooking for one (Mark Three)

Farway

Brambling said:

Is you're local hospital QA Farway?

Yep, that's it, are you familiar with the normal parking chaos?

Hoping that whatever the NHS is doing now regarding prompt & seen on schedule appointments continues post covid and doesn't revert backwards

Having a holiday in a lock down while WFH sounds like holiday robbery, but at least you don't need to be available on the computer I suppose

The X ray results will be about a week they say.

I failed my blood test so have to get a full on fasting one next week, these days it's at the GP surgery so anticipating quick in & out as before

Small excursion this morning, milk is running out, I have more coming tomorrow but thought it may not last to then

I had hoped for banana in the Co-op but just an empty banana shelf.

Topped up with couple of packs of multi-buy offer on PB baguettes, BBE is end Jan 2021 so good for XCFO standby

Plus a nice pack of YS on the vine toms. The Co-op toms so far are nice but not cheap

Lunch was last of the PB rolls, with cheese & Branston filling

Dinner, frozen formed from cod fillet, with HM AF chips & frozen peas

Yesterday's deluxe Ice£land lamb moussaka was tasty, I'd buy that again

It was part of a multi buy, still have the deluxe cauli cheese to try

Brambling

Farway I was a student in Pompey many many years ago and a friend who lives near gosport threatened divorce last year after her husband lost his cool over waiting for her to have a minor procedure at QA and the parking, I think he drove round and round he car park 🙄 and got really annoyed as they were running very late.  

It a case of use the holiday or lose it, I will also be carrying 13 days over into next year as well, although 5 days will be taken the first week of the new year to extend my Christmas time off 

Caronc I hope the mattress turned up ok and you have a good night sleep 🙂

I'm still looking for my get up and go I think his lordship may have stolen it as he was full of beans today and a real PITA 😳 I had to rescue my keyboard cable from his mouth this afternoon and he somehow managed to put me on mute twice by trampling over the keyboard🙄 

I used the last of the LO beef for lunch and dinner, lunch was a roast beef and horseradish sandwich and dinner I added a jacket potato and LO cabbage and green beans

geminilady

Brambling De lurking to say I feel your pain about the cat I sit at a desktop and mine is always stepping on my keyboard and turning the computer off,then I have to wait ages for it to start up again.I would post but usually only have one meal a day unless I am on holiday then I have the cooked breakfast

caronc

Good morning everyone, 
Hello geminilady, I was looking after my sister's pooch yesterday and he spend a chunk of the afternoon sitting on my son's lap while he was in a Zoom meeting with his work mates.
Dry and cold here this morning though it's to rain this afternoon.
My stove is being swept today so I need to get cracking and sort the room out so they can get a clear path to it with their kit. A  first is needed though.
My new mattress arrived and was able to be used straightaway. It feels strange but is very comfy.
Breaded haddock from the freezer for dinner with baked spuds, spinach, peas and green beans.

Farway

'morning all, I'm having maintenance heating work as well Caron, gas boiler service, he's in the cupboard right now as I isolate in the front with door shut

Trouble is my boiler is in the airing cupboard so I've had to decant all the contents this morning with job for later of stuffing neatly arranging them back in

This afternoon is @sda on line delivery, my dinner depends on the Use by dates on the chilled items, use earliest first

So could be salmon fillet or vegan bangers tonight, will be with HM AF chips either way, the rest will vary depending on main item

Lunch is the old CFO standby of LO cold pizza from Sunday

Farway

Update, boiler completed without hassle, groceries delivered, failed on vegan bangers, OOS, subbed Asda 2 x C & O pasties for 1 x Ginster's

Thus dinner is salmon fillet fried in butter & olive oil, with HM chips + salad

caronc

Glad the boiler service was hassle-free, ditto the chimney sweeping. In and out in all of 20 mins apparently I look after it really well! House insurance valid for another 12 months

threepenny_bit

Hello everyone from a chilly but sunny Canada. Have been reading and running every day and glad to see the boiler and chimney sweeping went well Caronc. Reminded me to get the furnace serviced so have made an appointment - thanks!  Not much cooking this week as we are trying to use up leftovers and odds and ends from the fridge. Our  monthly fruit and vegetable box arrives today and it is always a mystery as to what we get - it is put together by local businesses and no 2 months are the same. We always get basics with a few added bits which are interesting - last month we got 2 courgettes the size of a rolling pin and three times as fat, the month before we got lots of beetroot and before that squash. Just depends on what there is a surplus of.  

Brambling

Hi geminilady I'm not sure if the cat will miss me when I finally go back to the office or appreciate having the house to himself 🤔 he wasn't allowed on the table but I gave up by April on that 🙄 luckily my work calls are vocal only although he has joined me on personal zoom calls, I'm told it's disconcerting to have my voice and all you can see is his face

are you sure they weren't marrows threepenny_bit 😁 I grew some courgette that size, they hide under the leaves. 

I seem to have killed my shredder 🥺 TBH I think I did it last time I used it, I usually take the paperwork to work so I've been collecting it for months, it shreds about 3 inches than stops and makes a lot of noise whilst doing nothing, in trying to fix it I made a mess of the floor before giving up.  I've been told curry's recycle some small electrical goods so after lockdown may ask our local store if they do as it will be less painful than a hour queuing at the tip.

Lunch was falafels which have been lurking in he freezer with salad, dinner was also from the freezer stuffed pepper and beef tomato with rice, vegetables and feta. 

Edit - I seemed to have blue text 🤔 not something I know how to do 🙄

Loanranger21

Brambling, have you tried spraying a little oil directly onto the cutters in your shredder? They need oiling periodically. I use a bit of spray cooking oil. Worth a try?