Cooking for one (Mark Three)

Farway

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 yet

Lunch, last of the BLT

Dinner, 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

Need2bthrifty

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

justkeepswimmimg

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 🍷

Brambling

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 

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! 

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 dinner 

caronc

Good morning everyone, 
Cold and cloudy but dry here this morning. 
DS2 too Hector and Frank for a long walk first thing and both pooches are now out cold. 
Prepped the veg and chicken last night ready to make soup and SC the crown today ready for lunch tomorrow so will get that underway shortly. Time, inclination and pooches permitting I'm hoping to make a start on clearing my wardrobes as the vast majority of the items are now too big!  Some bits will go to a friend, some to my sis, some to charity and some to the local clothes recycling container. Unfortunately most of the stuff that does still fit is summer stuff so I gave in last week and bought some new bits to see me through until the warmer weather. 
Lunch will be another portion of the mushroom and celery soup I made other day. Tonight I'm making mini burgers using bought pork meatballs and mini sub rolls. We'll have them with salad and AF chips.

Wednesday2000

I completely forgot I had booked the windows and gutters to be done today. I was wondering who was knocking on the door. At least that is done now.

I was quite hungry and I made a stuffed pitta with guacamole, vegan cheese and tomatoes. It wasn't nice at all and I only ate half of it. I don't know why I go off certain foods, but the guac tasted weird to me. It was definitely in date.

I am going to make a smoothie instead - oranges, banana, oat milk and ice. It is quite sunny and mild today.

Need2bthrifty

A bit grey and wet here but feeling a lot milder than it has been. I did notice there is still quite a bit of snow laying about behind hedgerows and dykes - my grandfather used to say that’s a sign there is more to come 

I went into the City to meet up with a friend then had a mooch around m&s foodhall, I managed to pick up a couple of YS items and a sourdough loaf that has olives in it.

There was enough of last night's meatball and bean concoction to have for lunch when I got back and dinner is YS tortellini, a green salad and a chunk of olive bread.

Farway

Mix of rain & sun, very soggy ground though

Wednesday2000 said:

I was quite hungry and I made a stuffed pitta with guacamole, vegan cheese and tomatoes. It wasn't nice at all and I only ate half of it. I don't know why I go off certain foods, but the guac tasted weird to me. It was definitely in date.

Same "go off food" here, yesterday I was halfway through spreading liver pate when I just went right of it, so binned the lot. Been eating it for months without any problems. 

Luckily it was just bog standard so not a costly change of heart

Lunch, HM ploughman's, using some of the still LO Christmas cheeses

Dinner, LO root veg mash, plus freezer lurging bangers from June 2024 

justkeepswimmimg

A real dank, midwinter day here, bit milder but has felt damp and cold.

Managed a food shop, a load of washing and a haircut but not a lot else 😅

Posh fishfinger sandwich for lunch. Chorizo, sweet potato and red pepper traybake tonight, had it with the end of the lettuce.

Brambling

The rain finally stopped this morning, it was drizzling when I got to Petworth but it quickly cleared up and we were busier than expected, sold loads of books which was good 

I came home via the hospital for a couple of hours visit it turned out that one of my EFs neighbours is also in the unit, he's 92 and fell and broke his arm Xmas lunchtime going to his neighbour for lunch, he was my neighbour for 15 years so we caught up too. Then finally home via a wick stop at Lidl it's Greek week so I wanted some of their tins of giant butter beans in tomato sauce I was also tempted by some Greek virgin olive oil, I've just finished a bottle.  

Food was a repeat of yesterday, rice salad and bbq chicken for lunch and the last of my chicken and vegetable soup, it was a larger portion than I thought