Cooking for one (Mark Three)

Farway

Great work on the potting Caron, that is a lot of work but come summer very rewarding results. I have a zillion coleus seedlings to pot on soon if you fancy popping down?

Sun is just peeking out, once it does I have to water some fruit in pots and that’s it for the day

I’ve taken cooked roast chick & raw bangers out to defrost for meals later today

The bangers will be lunch, sausage sarnie, cook the bangers in the AF I think

Chicken will be reheated in foil parcel in the steamer along with cauli [if it’s not gone manky], savoy & broccoli, with roast spuds, parsnips & carrots sort of tray baked

Got my personalised W8rose vouchers on line, trouble is they expire before I need any shopping so I’m probably leaving them and perhaps use Asda again, last night’s steak from Asda was OK so not adverse to one buying again, however I’ve lots of stuff in the freezer which I want to run down a bit next week before I get more in

When I went to add my gas reading in EDF I found the one I supplied on the First has vanished despite receiving acknowledgement from them. Grrrr. 

caronc

Good morning everyone,
Thanks for the kind offer Farway but on this occasion I shall decline too much of a good thing and all that lol!
Definitely worth making Brambling if have LO bread.
Bright, sunny and warmish here today.
Tesco are due soon and then I want to do a bit in the garden. I'm trying to decide the layout for my pots that allows for maximum display but allow the deck and drainage work to go ahead without having to move stuff. I have a few ideas so fingers crossed DS2 is up for a bit of pot shuffling until see what does/doesn't work.
Lurking LOs have all be used up between lunch and dinner yesterday. 
Wrap or sandwich for lunch today probably egg or tinned fish. Usual Friday tbc freezer rake for dinner.

justkeepswimmimg

A long short week is over! Good day today wfh, most of my to-do list done plus a couple of crises averted (I love it really).

Very organised CFO wise. Lunch was most of one LO harissa chicken thigh with the end of the whipped feta, end of the avocado and some rocket in a flatbread. 

All remaining harissa chicken with broccoli in pesto pasta tonight. Oh, and maybe the odd 🍷

Looking forward to a chilled weekend, weather is set fair.

Brambling

The week seems to have flown by, helped by just two of us working this week 🙂 just the one 'interesting' meeting the guy who asked for it didn't turn up for the last one and was 15 mins late for today and them ruffled a lot of feathers, I just kept quiet 🤫  as it was just the two of us we finished at 4.30pm before my American colleagues started sending in emails which is the norm for late Friday afternoon 🙄

lunch was turkey soup from the freezer, unfortunately the last portion as it was a very nice one 🙂 I have another drumstick in the freezer if I cba, at £1.50 from the farm shop they are always good value 

Dinner was leek and mushroom risotto with smoked cod, I had milk a couple of days pass its BB date so did what my mum would have and poached the fish in it, THB I think it does improve the taste 🙂 I stirred a handful of spinach and wilted in the risotto and served with runner beans, there are risotto and beans LOs which will probably be lunch tomorrow after a haircut 

caronc

Good morning everyone,
It was glorious day yesterday and DS2 managed an early finish after a late afternoon meeting was cancelled so cracked on with painting the garage and chopping up the trunk from the tree that was taken down last year for firewood. He is very handy to have around lol! It did mean we were late thinking about dinner - DS2 got a takeaway and I nuked a tin of ravioli mixed with peas and broad beans then topped with some cheese.
Fresher this morning, a good drying day as they say so load two is about to go out. Then I'll see what the day brings.
Tonight DS2 is trying out his new toy (gas bbq), I've defrosted a couple of HM turkey burgers which we'll have with griddled corn, skewered baby spuds and HM coleslaw. Lunch will probably be a BLT wrap.

Farway

Watery sunshine with promise & a chilly wind

My maybe Covid cough continues, with shivers sometimes but generally feeling OK between coughing fits. Since the weather got warmer I have been sitting [AKA lolling about] in the conservatory, nice & warm and ideally suited to gazing out at the garden thinking “That needs doing” & then dozing off after lunch

One salmon fillet out defrosting for dinner.

I have had a spill of something red & sticky in my freezer, no idea where it has come from, I don’t want to taste it just in case but AFAIK I don’t have any strawberry sauce or similar, only thing I can think of is sweet & sour in a frozen Chinese but nothing I’m aware of. A job for another day / week / month

Lunch, cheese & salad sarnie

Dinner, the salmon fillet, fried in butter /oil, with boiled new spuds & salad

Brambling

Warm but breezy here as well, warm enough to go into town in a long sleeve tee shirt 🙂

I had my hair cut this morning and whilst in town popped into M&S as it's close to the hairdresser.  I didn't need much from there just some fresh F&V and picked up some YS figs and raspberries both half price and being a kind sister I picked up some hot cross buns less than half price for my sister and nephew. I avoided the lovely local cheese in the farmer market but did pick up a jar of wild garlic pesto, I buy one a year from him 😁 I caught up with my sister and had a sandwich when I went back to the car at her house

lunch was a tuna Mayo sandwich with my sister. Dinner roast half leg of lamb with roast parsnip, savoy cabbage, swede and carrot mash and broccoli 😋 LOs for tomorrow 

justkeepswimmimg

What they call a good drying day here too, as long as it’s all well pegged down 😂

Just a bit of domestic pottering today - food shopping with vouchers at Waitrose, washing, ironing, floor mopping.

Lunch was falafels and salad in pitta. Made a yummy cod and prawn mornay tonight - sauce was creme fraiche, grated cheese, mustard and spring onion. Served with mashed potatoes and broccoli.

Farway

A pleasant looking Sunday outside, sunshine with a gentle breeze ruffling the leaves

My Covid style cough seems to have eased and I’m no longer wheezing, maybe it’s on the wane and all back to normal next week sometime?

One LO HM stew & dumplings out defrosting for dinner tonight, continuing with freezer contents reduction

Another Snap with Tune Mayo Brambling, I have OOD pack of oven bake baguettes, intention being Tuna mayo baguette for lunch

Not much cooking involved for CFO today

caronc

Good morning everyone,
DS2 tried out his new gas grill last night with burgers, corn and potatoes. Tonight we are trying pork steaks and cauliflower.
Less windy today, it was lovely yesterday if you were out of the wind but decidedly chilly if you weren't. Today we hope to get all the pots in place, well I'll direct and DS2 will lug them about lol. LO burger and salad for lunch.