Cooking for one (Mark Three)

caronc

Good morning everyone,
Another horribly wet one here.
Thinking about it I'm not sure how Hector would react to a door curtain, everything is a tuggy at the moment and I have to pen in the laundry rack! 
More pottering planned for today, I've a tray of cooked tomatoes needing turned into passata and the grocery order to finalise. Still need to do something with the apples.....
We thought the conservatory had sprung a leak yesterday evening, turned out was a leaky pup rather than roof!!  First wet floor we've had for a while so mustn't complain.
Soup for lunch and tonight it's JO's one pan sausage pasta. 

justkeepswimmimg

Long office day done! Although I’m working on a Friday for the first time in ages tomorrow, I’m at home so should be able to smash through my list 🤞

Lunch was the second half of the roast veg and grains with chimichurri. Nice, quick salmon and broccoli pasta tonight, using chimichurri instead of pesto (the stuff is never ending 😂). Salmon cooked in a very few minutes on the George Foreman…

Brambling

caronc said:.

We thought the conservatory had sprung a leak yesterday evening, turned out was a leaky pup rather than roof!!  First wet floor we've had for a while so mustn't complain.

This reminds me when I lived in a flat and went to grab a banana from the large platter I used as a fruit bowl to find it swimming in 'water' I did look at the ceiling wondering what could be leaking from my upstairs neighbour dining room! Then realised it was not water   I later caught my cat squatting in it (luckily empty all fruit thrown away) it turned out a local bully cat was coming in the cat flap and terrorising her and that was her way of dealing with it 🙄

Farway I booked the 23rd as that was closest to Christmas and the last time is a late one for me 9-10pm 

Tomorrow is going to be a shock to the system JKS after all these 4 day weeks.  I working all day Saturday so not looking forward to it

I had to go into the office this morning, IT took a remote look at my new laptop and said it had to go back to them, he was a little cagey but from what I saw on my screen I think whoever set it up missed something so the company servers recognise me but not the laptop, even in the office 🙄 he's sending out a spare (better than our spare) and I have to get this one to him to sort and return 😡 it's a PITA as we no longer have a courier process set up from the office.  

I came home lunchtime in time for a 1pm call, just as well as I was running it 🙂 so managed to grab a cheese a salad roll quickly before it started.  Dinner was bacon, egg, black pudding mushy and tomatoes 

Farway

Sunny but breezy, and gout is going rapidly away now with the dentist over as well, he fixed my broken filling, while I was there so no return visit until July next year, and what a lot can change in that time as we know. All I now need to sort out medically is flu & booster jabs. Job kicked into next week.

Tried out the heated throw last night after summer in storage, yep, still working & cosy , not sure whether there'll be any electricity to work it but at least it's available

We have rain due this evening, on its way down from everywhere else, so probably roast the cheapo Asda chicken for dinner, and if I CBA roast spuds & carrots with broccoli, and super if CBA, try out my bumper Christmas pack of Paxo.

I bought it thinking it was two packs bound together, but turns out it's a single larger pack . It'll be used of course, I love stuffing and cold chick & stuffing sarnies will sustain me for a few days this weekend

Lunch, another if CBA meal, scrambled eggs and not quite slimy just yet but soon will be mushrooms, on toast

caronc

Good morning everyone,
LOL Brambling at least Hector leaks on the floor!
It has finally stopped raining (or at least some of the time)!  What miserable couple of days it was, I can feel my mood lifting just because it's a bit brighter out. 
Tesco due soon - no subs or unavailable items.  Once the shopping has been put away, I'll scrub the bathroom and have a general tidy up. Then I think the sofa and my kindle may beckon this afternoon.
Meals are very much tbc today.

justkeepswimmimg

Made it! Good day, most of the list done plus a couple of crises averted 😬

Was nice and bright for most of the day but the wind got up during the afternoon and then the rain came. 🤞it’s moved on for the weekend.

Hope you’re working Saturday flies by, Brambling. Got to love IT…

Beans with toast for lunch (with a sprinkling of grated cheese 😋). Made a just ok spinach, bacon and sun dried tomato gnocchi tonight.

Brambling

New laptop was wrapped up and taken to the post office this afternoon cost was £15 versus £35+ for DHL with insurance and our accountants took 6 weeks to pay my last lot of expenses (so it's the principle) IT were meant to organise the return 🙄 

Lunch was a fish finger sandwich. Dinner pasta with a vegetable sauce, using up odds and sods from the veg containers.  

I went around to my sister after dinner for the evening for a gossip to catch-up 🙂

Farway

Lovely sunny Autumn day outside, bet it would be nice day for walking through woods

Made the Paxo stuffing yesterday, it was two sachets inside the large box, so not as bad as I thought it would be, but I was surprised just how salty it is, maybe my taste buds have changed because it's years since I've had Paxo brand, shan't buy that one again, and the Asda own was rank as I recall hence moving to Paxo. Could be an own brand item for my unfinished but booked W8rose Christmas basket

One job for today, taking advantage of bright sunshine, is replacing one of my stair light switches, it only makes half contact so a flickering light, should only be a five-minute job assuming the wires don't crumble when I remove the old one, that was always the problem in a previous house with old rubber covered wiring, this lot is PVC so fingers crossed

Big surprise for breakfast, I decided on bacon sarnie using the Essentials range cooking bacon, had it before & it's fine for what it is. However, this pack is a couple of large, thick gammon steaks, way too good for bacon sarnie, looking a CFO dinner soon, not the very best gammon steaks but fine with chips etc

Lunch today, maybe an Essentials pasty, I had pencilled in bacon sarnie but see above, my pasty choice is cheese / onion or mince / veg, depending on Use by date I'll heat one up for lunch

Dinner, an Essentials flan / Quiché, C & O or cheese & bacon, again depends on dates, with HM AF chips & Essentials baked beans

A lot of Asda essentials stuff there, but I'm trying that range out to see what suits or doesn't, I will pass on trying the sausages, but I do hear they are OK, the sausage rolls were fine but a bit too peppery for my taste

caronc

Good morning everyone,
Dryish here today but chilly, DS2 and Hector are heading for a walk with DS2's mate and his pooch. When they get back we're going to empty the greenhouse.
Roasted lamb bones while the oven was on yesterday and will make stock with them today. Hector was like the "Bisto kid" while they were cooking. 
Probably a BLT for lunch. Yesterday I made a batch of burgers and meatballs, we'll have the burgers tonight and I've frozen the meatballs.

justkeepswimmimg

Just the most beautiful day here, and I was happy because I got a load of washing dry on the line 😀

Pottered this morning - meal plan and shopping list plus some voluntary admin whilst watching James Martin, then off for a swim. Grocery shopping and soup making this afternoon.

Cream cheese and smoked salmon bagel for lunch. Treat tea of scampi, chips and peas whilst watching Strictly 🍷💃🏽