Cooking for one (Mark Three)

justkeepswimmimg

Oh yes, stock rotation is very important...and there’s nothing worse than stale tonic 😉

I have treated myself to takeaway home cooked dinner from a local enterprising lady so it’s curry here tonight.

Brambling

I may have wandered over to the 'jungle' shop to look at crinkle cutters 🤫

Advantage of lockdown Caronc as much garlic as you want 🧛‍♂️ 

I hope you enjoyed the curry JKS 

I think my tablet is about to bite the dust  it is getting on a bit but the battery doesn't hold its charge for long and it takes a little wiggling of the cable to get it to charge.  I didn't replace my elderly laptop a couple of years ago when it died and I would prefer not to use my work one too much for personal stuff. I've also gotten use to using a tablet for basic stuff, some investigating needed and hopefully it will last until lockdown finishes but it could be touch and go 

A busy day at work, which meant working through lunch so I was prepared and lunch and dinner were both HM RMs from the freezer it also freed up some space 🙂  I made a half batch of cheese scones about 9pm last night (I found grated cheese in the freezer which I had to use  ) I had one for supper, one for breakfast and the last for lunch with a mug of HM tomato soup.  Dinner was a portion of lasagna with some lurking LO veg. I had thought it was mushroom lasagna but it was a traditional one, I'm sure there's a lurking mushroom one somewhere 🤔

Baileys_Babe

Brambling said:

I think my tablet is about to bite the dust  it is getting on a bit but the battery doesn't hold its charge for long and it takes a little wiggling of the cable to get it to charge.  I didn't replace my elderly laptop a couple of years ago when it died and I would prefer not to use my work one too much for personal stuff. I've also gotten use to using a tablet for basic stuff, some investigating needed and hopefully it will last until lockdown finishes but it could be touch and go 

It sounds like a Chromebook or similar would suit your needs. We have a basic model my parents have a high end model with touch screen, 360° hinges and masses of other loveliness.

Farway

Another wet day after a wet night, just a good job I had my gutters cleaned out yesterday , mine were the gutters with grass growing out of them you may have spotted out walking?

Brambling said:

I may have wandered over to the 'jungle' shop to look at crinkle cutters 🤫

I think my tablet is about to bite the dust  it is getting on a bit but the battery doesn't hold its charge for long and it takes a little wiggling of the cable to get it to charge.  I didn't replace my elderly laptop a couple of years ago when it died and I would prefer not to use my work one too much for personal stuff. I've also gotten use to using a tablet for basic stuff, some investigating needed and hopefully it will last until lockdown finishes but it could be touch and go

Crinkle cutters can be addictive, as someone pointed out  everything gets crinkled once you start

My tablet must be in sync with yours, mine only has only 16Gb of internal storage so keep getting "full" messages  despite having fitted SD card seems no way to move stuff over, one of the problems of buying things & not knowing anything about them at the time

Chromebook has appeared on my replacement radar but I'm hesitant, mainly installing apps from G00gle Playstore, seems some do & some don't, one of those things the more I look the more I get bemused and head goes back into the sand

One thing I can be sure of today is CFO

Lunch, I've taken a small LO lump of roast beef out to defrost, which will be in a sarnie with some horseradish sauce

Dinner, I have LO savoury mince to nuke

Plus I've taken a tub of last summer's stewed blackberry & apple out to defrost, which I may just eat as is, or if I CBA bung a crumble topping on it

Either way it will be accompanied by instant custard which by coincidence is at BB this month

Gradually making freezer & cupboard space

candygirl

I've not got a crinkle cutter, but did get a julienne peeler last week, which is fab for shredding veg n salad .
Also managed to snaffle a free wok from ICELAND, with Mr Ben products 😉
Still haven't worked out,   my Pressure King Pro yet .Cba at the mo 😊

caronc

Good morning everyone, 
My gadgets abound in CFO land, I may have a few myself and both my kids have inherited my love for all things kitchen related. 
Damp, cold and grey here today. Tesco have not long been and my groceries have been put away, so time for a cuppa before we head to the fishmongers when my son breaks for lunch. My son has a notion for mussels which sadly I've become intolerant to so I'll see what else they have to tempt me for dinner tonight. AF HM skinny fries will feature no doubt and if I CBA (probably not) I might make some mayo. It's "pay day" today after what feels like a very long month so I fancy a treat. Lunch when we get back will either be a toastie or beans on toast.

justkeepswimmimg

Last night’s curry was lovely. Will definitely order again at some point, supporting local enterprises is very important 😉

Had some of the samosas for lunch today and then made fajitas using leftover (obviously) roast beef from the freezer. As I was naughty and had a glass of wine last night, I refrained this evening 😇

Brambling

Farway said:

My tablet must be in sync with yours, mine only has only 16Gb of internal storage so keep getting "full" messages  despite having fitted SD card seems no way to move stuff over, one of the problems of buying things & not knowing anything about them at the time

Chromebook has appeared on my replacement radar but I'm hesitant, mainly installing apps from G00gle Playstore, seems some do & some don't, one of those things the more I look the more I get bemused and head goes back into the sand

Gradually making freezer & cupboard space

Mine is the same Farway it is also just 16GB so complains every time it tries to install updates or sometimes just because I click on a link, it's nearly 7 years old so I've had my money's worth.  Today it took ages to start charging and involved me wiggling the cable, blowing into it and then turning off and on again when it started to make a funny noise   Thanks for the Chrome suggestion Baileys_Babe 🙂  my techy nephew suggested a iPad which has good reviews and is the suggested replacement for my current one it you only want a basic one although it has considerably more than 16GB 🙂 so after wading through technical magazines and reviews one fell into my online shopping basket  delivery tomorrow 🙂  It's a good time to buy thanks to a £100 Premium bond win and two council tax free months, Sod's law will probably mean the FF will now die  :

I'm also working through my freezers/cupboards, a lunchtime rummage brought a courgette cake to the surface as well as a basic menu plan from stores. A trip to T Express tonight for milk also bagged me French beans, broccoli florets, vine tomato's, new and jacket potatoes and ricotta cheese and custard slices all YS for pennies 😁 so no need to go to town tomorrow.  

Lunch was a portion of broccoli soup from the freezer and dinner a trout and veg risotto using the odds and sods of bags of peas, broad beans and spinach as well as some sad mushrooms from the fridge.  The trout was cheaper than the salmon 🙂 there are enough LOs for lunch tomorrow. There was a custard slice for supper with a cuppa 

candygirl

Oooh I love courgette n lime cake BRAMBLING .My fave coffee shop makes a divine one 😋

Farway

Chucking it down again, good job your trip into town is not needed Brambling, nice YS haul there

Don't you also get "free" streaming Apple TV + with buying an Apple product Brambling? Or maybe you already have it?

I know my son is an Apple product fan and they have it but they have streaming everything it seems to me, I'd never find time and TBH most of the stuff I see advertised just does not appeal to me, I seem to spend a lot of time watching the first five minutes of rubbish before flicking on

Food today is more use ups

Lunch, toast topped with grilled cheese and probably piccalilli

Dinner, last of the LO savoury mince + LO apple & red cabbage

The HM blackberry & apple defrosted + instant custard was nice yesterday with plenty left for today if needed