Cooking for one (Mark Three)

caronc

Good morning everyone, 
I'd email the SM Farway and let them know that the button had popped, could be a defective batch.
Yes I've noticed a few of the online retailers I use have stopped free delivery, delivery on my last order was £3.99 which I felt was reasonable.
I got most of the meat sorted out yesterday, just two chooks to joint today. There a small gammon joint in the fridge to slow cook then glaze and roast tomorrow.
Zooming again this evening with the family to "share" a meal. We're having HM jerk chicken burgers and my son has a batch of dough proving to make some HM sub rolls.

Brambling

Evening all 

another quiet day, just a bit of gardening and tidying indoors. I caught up on some reading and TV late afternoon.  As I'm now allowed to (just ) I've booked my CV vaccines this morning 16th March and 1st June, as I used the NHS online booking it's at the hospital in the next town and not here, if I waited for my 'invite' I could get it at the largest Dr surgery in town but it's only 7 miles away and the car will appreciate the trip down the dual carriageway and at least it's all booked  

Lunch was jacket potato with tuna Mayo. I fried the vension haunt steak I took out the freezer for yesterday and had it sliced over a vegetable stir fried rice with a 'Chinese' style sauce.  The trip to the SM last night gave me a good selection of vegetables 😋

justkeepswimmimg

Snap, Brambling - jacket potato with tuna mayo for lunch here too 😀 oh, snap on a quiet day too, although I did have the excitement of a bit of ironing...

Prawn and cherry tomato spaghetti, served with salad and garlic bread, tonight 

Farway

Good you've got your CV jabs booked Brambling, seems to be running smoothly doesn't it? Round here a lot have been saying just how cheerful the centres are, a lot are volunteers and are "happy to help", like Asda colleagues , plus well organised

I'm still waiting for second jab booking but not worried because so far it's been well organised & no reason to think it won't happen

Hard overnight frost but nothing planned anyway except a bit of reading / watch TV & mooch about on line

Meals are going to be very CBA today

Lunch I intend opening a tin of Asda own P & H soup, never tried that one, but can't ever see me making P & H soup anytime soon and just fancied some as i was clicking away the other week

Dinner, maybe mushroom omelette + cheesy chips + beans

caronc

Good afternoon everyone, 
I've had a very lazy start to the day but have been busy for the past hour or so cleaning up the kitchen and doing some laundry. If it stays dry (doubtful) I might get a bit done in the garden this afternoon. I'm just having a quick cuppa before doing some prep for dinner. The gammon will be slow cooked for a few hours so I can get stock for soup then I'm going to roast it glazed with mustard, dark brown sugar and pineapple . My son has requested cauli cheese as a side and as the oven will be on I'll make roast spuds. With some steamed green beans and carrots it should be tasty.
LO jerk chicken for lunch with salad in the last HM roll for lunch. I have to say the rolls my son made yesterday were his best ones so far shame he only made a 1/2 batch! 

justkeepswimmimg

Lunch was a piece of cake while out on a lovely walk 😉, was another beautiful day. 

Pork shoulder steak in cider and creme fraiche sauce tonight, served with mash and green beans. Plenty of leftovers...

Just need to wash the pans then I can settle down to McDonald and Dobbs 😀

Brambling

It seems us 56-59s crashed the nhs online booking this morning, I'm glad I did it yesterday 🙂 

i borrowed my sister's muscles today 😁 to help move three items from the lounge to the garage which is in a block behind the garden, once things open up again I'll get a charity to collect them.  I think I owe her lunch now 🙂 we won't talk about lurking dust bunnies 

She didn't leave until after 1pm so lunch was a quick tuna Mayo salad using up the rest of the tuna from yesterday lunch.  Dinner was roast beef, I brought a small joint 1/3 off in W8itrose on Friday and feeling a little CBA I took root veg mash and braised red cabbage with cranberries from the freezer with some HM runner beans, rather than roast potatoes I did roast parsnip using the last small bendy one I found under the cabbage 

JKS - I haven't made pork in cider for years, I use to have a recipe for Normandy pork I used a lot, I wonder where that's gone 🤔

Farway

Somehow I've woken up with a sore left hoof, I can't think how that was caused, it's not like I've been out running / cycling etc. Most annoying nagging ache when I move it

Just have to rest it more than usual now, thanks for memory jog JKS, I've recorded McD & D  so no problem resting the foot for today

Plenty of space in the fridge now the mushrooms & surplus eggs went in last night's omelette, must be nearly time for another shop

Spot of "gardening " today, seed sowing indoors because I discovered an old [2014] pack of sweetcorn seeds so I'll try them this year and reduce the Runners

I've just taken a pre pack loaf out of the Panny, looks nice & should be cool enough for lunch time sarnie

Maybe last of the tinned chopped pork [fake Spam] & pickle

Dinner is frozen pizza time, probably Asda mixed veg which will be new one to me, sounds a bit healthier than bog standard, five a day etc

caronc

Good afternoon everyone, 
Hope your "hoof" isn't too sore Farway.
Oh pork in cider, I used to make that or chicken & bacon in cider many moons ago not sure why I stopped as it's so tasty. One to to revisit at some point I think.
Dull and wet here though not too cold just miserable, I'll not be doing any gardening today though might have an online noodle at bedding plants.
A pan of ham, veg and lentil soup is in the pressure cooker and will be ready for lunch.  Yesterday's ham joint was gorgeous one of the best I've had. I was recommended a new  butcher to try by a friend and so far I've been really impressed with their stuff though they offer a fairly limited range online.  Although it was a small piece it didn't shrink and their was minimal waste yielding enough for two decent dinners, LOs for a couple of sarnies and good sized chunk to chop through the soup. It was definitely value for money and cost the same as the standard SM ones.
Tandoori spiced chicken legs, with aubergine curry, rice and HM flat breads/naans for dinner this evening. 

justkeepswimmimg

It was very definitely pork in cider rather than Normandy pork, it was literally an onion, the pork and the cider with a blob of creme fraiche stirred in at the end. I used to make it a lot and it was a bottle of cider that came in a case of wine that inspired me this time. Might try the chicken and bacon version another time, never tried that.

Not a bad day here, managed a short walk at the end of the day and although there was a chill in the air, the sun was out, really nice to be out in 🌞

Lunch was scrambled eggs and mushrooms on toast. Spinach, pepper and Stilton puff pastry tart with salad tonight. Felt like a spring like meal 😊

Hope you enjoyed McD & D, Farway - I find it very good Sunday evening watching.