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Cooking for one (Mark Three)
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Brambling said:Definitely ark building weather again today which meant I had no incentive to go out 🙂Hope the Ark is still available, it's tipping down again
Hint of summer, I've sorted through my tomato seeds, even though it's too early yetLunch, last of the BLTDinner, cooked chicken out defrosting, I'll have with mashed root veg & steamed veg, like sprouts & cauli. I can pop the chicken in a foil parcel into the top steamer heat through
When an eel bites your bum, that's a Moray1 -
Very heavy frost this morning which took ages to lift, although I didn’t need too much of an excuse to stay at home for the day.
Caught up on a few admin chores that I’d been putting off and I’ll tidy my freezer and update the inventory this afternoon.
Lunch was pate, toast, tomato & cucumber.
I have some meatballs in the freezer so going to make something similar to this waitrose recipe for dinner tonight
https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/recipe/meatball-and-cannellini-bean-one-pot
2026 Jan Grocery spends = £34.31
2025 Grocery spends = £1166.08 (Jan - June £531.61, July - Dec £634.47)1 -
Second working week of the year done, was certainly easier than last week! Bit brighter again today but still cold, the furthest I’ve been is to the dustbin 😂
Used up half a tin of tuna and the end of the Christmas brie in a tuna melt pitta with lettuce and sun dried tomatoes for lunch. Made an old favourite of sausage and spinach gnocchi tonight, plus 🍷1 -
I'll pick you up on the way pass Farway ☔️ although to be fair it did stop today. The A264 was closed near us due to flooding which I'm sure is nothing to do with the newish estate they built on the green fields next to the flooded area!Farway said:Brambling said:Definitely ark building weather again today which meant I had no incentive to go out 🙂Hope the Ark is still available, it's tipping down again
Friday volunteering which got busy as soon as it stopped raining.
rice salad with watercress and bbq chicken for lunch. Chicken and vegetable soup for dinnerLife shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage - Anais Nin1
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