Cooking for one (Mark Three)

Farway

3d, that looks tasty, hope it was

Wet & rainy here this morning, ideal day for a stew like 3d's, not that I have one

I received the refund from Asda without any bother, mind it was only £2.50 so not going to bankrupt them, or me come to that

Actually now I look at the pie dish although too small for a "proper" pie it is ideal size to stick a couple of bangers / posh fish fingers in to oven cook

Yesterday's meals failed, I scoffed all the HM use up rice pudding, sneaky spoonful by sneaky spoonful, and that was dinner, along with warmed LO beans eaten direct from the pan

Hoping to do better today, lunch could be grilled cheese on toast

Dinner, toying with using the LO XCFO not so fresh cauli in a cauliflower cheese. It will depend on the state of the cauli, looks OK but so did the Iceberg the other day, it wasn't until I cut into it that the truth was revealed

caronc

Good afternoon, 
Yikes I misread and had a horrible vision of HM rice pudding topped with baked beans for a moment! 
Back to bright and frosty here this morning. After all the rain yesterday it's very icy underfoot but it's good to see the sunshine. My balance is still a tad iffy but better than yesterday, I'm hoping that I've persuaded the "wonky donkey" that it doesn't been an outing!
Our cheesy nachos, refried & veg  beans last night were really tasty. I usually buy taco shells but the tortilla chips made a nice change and used up most of a bag that had been lurking in the cupboard for a while.
My son is in charge of dinner tonight and we are trying a new recipe from one of his Chinese cook books - braised chicken thighs and chestnuts. It uses a pack of vac packed chestnuts rather than water chestnuts which handily I also have lurking in the cupboard. We'll have it with steamed rice and savoy cabbage. HM soup for lunch with some toast to dip.

Brambling

I spent the day on a conference call between  9.15 - 6pm we were allowed a hour for lunch 😐 but I did decamped to the sofa with the laptop for the afternoon where I tried not to doze off due to the exciting topic, especially difficult due to cuddles from his lordship 😁 luckily I stayed alert enough to chip in when needed.

lunch was a mug of turkey soup, this has been a lovely one 😋 I would ask my sister to get me another turkey drumstick if she goes to the farm shop first although they don't always have them, but I'm afraid she will turn up with two so I can make her soup as well 🙄

Dinner was the last of the cold chicken with stir fried veg and noodles.  Annoyingly I broke the lid of a glass casserole dish, my own fault as I haven't put it away probably and it fell out of the cupboard when I was rummaging  I used it a lot to roast individual items, maybe I need to look out for one of your dishes Farway 

Farway

Wet & rainy start and wet forecast all day, which is a slight bummer because I have to go to hospital this afternoon to get 24 hour ECG monitor wired up, fingers crossed the Covid is continuing to keep car park clear

I did make the cauli cheese last night, and it was just the right CFO size, eaten in PN CFO style, right out of the dish it was cooked in, literally oven to table

Lunch I think will be marmalade on toast, just fancy that with a cuppa

Dinner, probably LO ham, HM chips, fried eggs & maybe open tin of beans

caronc

Good afternoon everyone, 
Hard to beat a good turkey soup Brambling, I must make a pot soon.
Good luck at the hospital this afternoon Farway.
It's tipping it down with sleety rain here today, I chanced a very brief lull to retrieve the recycling bin after it was emptied and just about made it back in before the skies emptied again. My son did similar at lunchtime to bring in more logs and promptly got soaked. 
Last of the current batch of HM soup for lunch. My son had his with some LO rice from yesterday. The braised chicken and chestnut dish was very good. It was this recipe Braised Chicken With Chestnuts | Guest Recipes | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson halved which worked well. In the actual book it says serves 4 served with other dishes or two as a main which was the case for us though we only used three thighs. I'd have been happy if there had been LOs
Another new recipe is being tried tonight JO's "White fish tagine" from the 7 Ways book.

Brambling

I hope QA wasn't too busy Farway 

Funny enough Caronc I was looking at some cod in my freezer last night and thinking about JOs tagine I look forward to your review tomorrow 😁  I did look at a sachet of chestnuts in T Exp earlier having checked out your Nigella recipe then couldn't remember if I had a lurking pack, so that could be on next week's menu as I have the other ingredients 🙂

Just a quick trip up to T Exp tonight, I noticed my milk was dated today, it's still ok but would hate to have no cuppa in the morning.  I may copy Farway and make some rice pudding tomorrow with it to avoid wastage 😁 15 mins in my pressure cooker 

Lunch was the last of my turkey soup and dinner roast veg lasagna from the freezer 

threepenny_bit

We need a turkey soup here as we have freezing rain today and everywhere is just cold and icy. My fruit and veg box is delayed due to bad weather and I dont have any potatoes so will have to wait for soup or stew lol! Think it will be gammon slice with eggs and beans for hubby, eggs, beans ands maybe a turkey sausage for me instead. 
Could do to shop and get milk but too yucky outside to venture out again really. I have some items I sold ready to post but will do that tomorrow as well. 

Farway

Wet & grey here again, but I see plenty of snow up near Caron so while I may not get to see the aurora I don't get the snow weather warnings either. Silver linings I guess

Brambling said:

I hope QA wasn't too busy Farway 
Just a quick trip up to T Exp tonight, I noticed my milk was dated today, it's still ok but would hate to have no cuppa in the morning.  I may copy Farway and make some rice pudding tomorrow with it to avoid wastage 😁 15 mins in my pressure cooker

QA was a doddle, another silver lining right there. Lots of parking available, in & out PDQ, all social distanced with minimum waiting. If only it would remain like this once the world gets back to normal.

CV jabs have started round here, local ones, and the reports so far are they are going well & very organised. maybe the CV has forced organisers to get organising and planning?

Hope any rice pud in pressure cooker went well

Food today will be hit & miss, my appetite has gone AWOL for the moment.

Lunch I think will be a Cheapo Smart price cheese & onion pasty

Dinner, not sure, I'll wait & see what I fancy, plenty of choices & options, just CBA to prep it

Covid update, all my daughter's family of five now have it, SIL is the worst with cough & aches. Teenagers no smell or taste

One of the my daughter's friends died from it a week back, only 36, fit, athletic etc, went to bed & dead in the morning which has shaken a few of the it's only a sniffle people up

caronc

Good afternoon everyone, 
How sad for your daughter's friend Farway, glad all went well at the hospital.
Brambling - the tagine was really tasty and very quick to put together & cook. I used green beans instead of asparagus which worked really well.
Lumpy rain here today and blooming cold. I've been as far as the bin and that will do.
I'm having a bit of a clear out and rethinking how I use my larder cupboard space. What worked well when there was just me has become really cluttered. It's a large space so really no excuse not to be able to find things!
Cheese & pickle toastie for lunch and Ham & leek frittata  with baked beans for dinner.

Brambling

Thanks Caronc 🙂 I would probably do it with green beans to 

Another wet day and a very soggy trip across the lawn to the compost bin, although I did spend a few minutes watching a woodpecker on the lawn which cheered me up 🙂 we used to hear one all day last summer pecking until my neighbours oak tree was declared unsafe and had to be taken down

lunch was a portion of veg soup from the freezer.  Dinner a loin pork chop (unfortunately not a FR thick on) with new potatoes, and carrot and swede mash and broccoli