Cooking for one (Mark Three)

Brambling

Farway I've seen the Ninja but I have too many gadgets already I'm still trying to find a home for the soup maker. I tend to use my pressure cooker more than the slow cooker these days I think it's something like 35 minutes for even tough beef like shin or beef cheeks 

Littlevoice I've never had a manual pressure cooker so I can't help with that, I was frightened off at school HE lessons by talk of them exploding 😳 I do like cold rice pudding and mine isn't too thick, it also doesn't have skin on

luckily work didn't go on too long today and we finished at 6.30pm we did have technical issues which needed a guy in India to fix.  I was also working with the boss who's my preferred partner when working on Saturday. Half way through the call with IT his lordship decided to get into a hessian shopping bag and then get caught in the handle getting out and panicked as it was 'chasing' him, my fault as I left it out to put back in the car and forgot 🙄 but we had to pause whilst I gave chase, attention seeking as I wouldn't feed him

lunch was a almost BLT  (no lettuce)  and dinner a HM RM from the freezer, I must start labelling as I had no idea what it was until I opened it, turned out to be a vegetarian rice with loads of HG veggies in it, I made a satay sauce to go with it

JKS I'm a little worried about lockdown if ironing is becoming exciting 😁 I had to hunt down the iron Christmas Eve as I couldn't remember where I had moved it too 

Farway

Bright & sunny outside, I may venture into the garden later, maybe bit of rose pruning?

Last night's dinner finished up with the Richmond vegan sausages, fried in a pan.

Not too impressed, they are OK, would do as hot dogs I suppose but as an omnivore I think I'll stick with high meat content posh ones, especially as I can buy those for similar price as the vegan ones

Meals are bit of a use up, lunch is LO HM cream of celery + ham soup

Dinner, unsure, if the weather holds I may have pan fried salmon fillet + salad, I'll decide lunchtime & then get the salmon out to defrost

Brambling said:

Farway I've seen the Ninja but I have too many gadgets already I'm still trying to find a home for the soup maker. I tend to use my pressure cooker more than the slow cooker these days I think it's something like 35 minutes for even tough beef like shin or beef cheeks 

Littlevoice I've never had a manual pressure cooker so I can't help with that, I was frightened off at school HE lessons by talk of them exploding 😳 I do like cold rice pudding and mine isn't too thick, it also doesn't have skin on

JKS I'm a little worried about lockdown if ironing is becoming exciting 😁 I had to hunt down the iron Christmas Eve as I couldn't remember where I had moved it too 

Pressure cooking instead of slaw cooker, you have set me thinking now, just had a quick search and my head is spinning, seems like something it would be easy to finish up with the "wrong" choice. This is where PN would score with her penchant for lists & suchlike

Cold rice pud is one of CFO pleasures, but I like cold custard as well so maybe it's me?

I honestly have no idea where my iron is, I put it away once I left work & have not bothered looking for it since, shirts are shake & drip dry and not much shows wearing a suit & tie anyway

purpleybat

littlemoney said:

Brambling said:

Thanks. I have an old prestige pressure cooker. I wonder how long I would need to cook it for and with what weight on the top to be the same as a "rice setting" for 12 minutes. As four portions would be too much, have you successfully reheated the rice pudding. I remember years ago my mums bwas very solid when it went cold

i dont use my pressure cooker to make rice pudding, i just cook it on the hob with lots of stirring.
when its cold it does suck up any spare milk but if you scoop a portion out of the leftovers, add a splosh of milk and reheat gently on the stove while breaking up lumps it'll return to its normal state.
i make dad a couple of days worth and keep it in the fridge. if i mess up amounts i'll freeze excess in portions for bonus puddings

caronc

Good morning everyone, 

Ironing - what is this?  I'm a shake and fold kind of gal whenever I can especially in the winter. I do iron in the warmer months as I love linen & cotton and there's a limit to how crumpled I'm prepared to put up with!

Dry here so far but grey and cold with more rain due this afternoon.

I've had a lazy morning noodling online for my sister's birthday present while my son, still in his pjs, prepped the base for tomorrow's lamb curry. It's simmering away now and smells wonderful.

Roast chicken for us tonight using JO's method in the 7 ways book of popping sausage meat under the skin and roasting veg & spuds underneath it. I'm just cooking a crown rather than a whole bird. I've leeks needing used up and will use these in a mustardy sauce to go with it. 
BLT again for brunch.

We have a family catch up via Zoom late afternoon but apart from that it will be another quiet day.

justkeepswimmimg

Brambling said:

JKS I'm a little worried about lockdown if ironing is becoming exciting 😁 I had to hunt down the iron Christmas Eve as I couldn't remember where I had moved it too 

I have to get my kicks where I can, Brambling, and it’s slim pickings at the moment 😂. What were you ironing on Christmas Eve? Your stocking to leave out for Santa
Anyway, CFO dinner tonight was leftover roast beef (from the freezer), roasted new potatoes/carrots/parsnips and green beans.

Brambling

justkeepswimmimg said:

I have to get my kicks where I can, Brambling, and it’s slim pickings at the moment 😂. What were you ironing on Christmas Eve? Your stocking to leave out for Santa

That's what gin is for 🍸 😁 unfortunately my sister has standards for Christmas Day which didn't include jogging bottoms 🙄 

Farway I'm a fan of cold rice puddling, custard and cold cooked fruit especially summer berries or rhubarb and strawberries  🙂

I was invited for a roast chicken lunch at my sister's today (support bubble) 🙂 always good not to have to CFA followed by a lazy afternoon gossiping, eating my main meal lunchtime makes me sleepy, we probably should have gone for a walk.  No room for dinner tonight 

caronc

Good morning everyone,
Wet and grey here but not too chilly,
We ended up being quite late with dinner so just left the dishes. In retrospect I do wish we hadn't as I loathe getting up to a messy kitchen, more  is definitely required before I put it to rights. Once that's done I want to get a pan of soup on the go - chicken, rice and lentil I think with various veg. It won't be ready for lunch but there is enough chicken LO to have in a salad wrap instead.
My son had a notion for Yorkshire Pudding , something tbh I tend to buy as mine can be hit or miss but I was really pleased with these  
Tonight we are trying the Lamb Saag from the "The Curry Guy Bible", the meat was stewed yesterday and the curry base sauce cooked last weekend so it should only take half an hour or so to put together. In the "British Indian Restaurant" section of the book he encourages you to make batches of base elements then use them in various ways to quickly assemble different curries as they would in a restaurant or takeaway. This struck me as a good approach for CFO, provided you have freezer space, as you are not stuck with a huge batch of a particular dish but once the initial work is done don't need to spend hours cooking if you fancy a curry one night.

Farway

Weak sun this morning with wet on it's way, but I completed all the outside tasks yesterday so not a problem, only slight problem is putting my wonky shoulder again out lugging a pot up some steps , but at least the garden is looking better now and I don't need to keep thinking "It needs doing"

Plus neighbour & I have booked for a bloke to come round sometime this week to clear the gutters, I can see the grass growing out of mine

Meals today are subject to change depending on CBA index

Lunch, possibly a cheese & pickle sarnie

Dinner, possibly use up Vegan bangers, use up fried eggs, use up LO beans & HM AF chips

Brambling, cold cooked fruit, one of life's pleasures, I've some stewed summer apples in the freezer & only this morning was thinking time to get defrosting, there's a crumble with my name on hovering around

justkeepswimmimg

Quiet on here today...meat free Monday for me - butternut squash and feta fajitas. What’s everyone else having?

caronc

I often do meat free Monday but not today, it's lamb saag, rice and naan for dinner .