Cooking for one (Mark Three)

justkeepswimmimg

Take it easy caronc.

Been swimming and done some washing and ironing but mostly watched people doing mad things on ice 🙃

Beans with toast for lunch. I’m away for a few days tomorrow so used up fridge bits (pesto, sun dried tomatoes, chorizo, feta) plus some frozen peas with pasta tonight.

Brambling

And back to rain! My sister and I agreed on the holiday accommodation this morning, we are going back the same village in Northumberland we stayed in 2023 this time with no dodgy hip 😁 as we are staying a fortnight we have decided on a bigger place to stay with a nice garden. All booked 🍦

I kicked my sister out at 1pm to go visit EF, if I haven't promised I would have avoided going, it was torrential rain with a lot of water on the roads. It was an interesting visit! Some of the things she says are best to let slide. She was convinced it was 2028 so she wasn't 88, we were all wrong (she knew her date of birth). She's calmer than she was when she got there but understandably not very happy as she wants to be home which currently isn't possible.

I was running late so lunch was a couple of chocolate biscuits with a cuppa with my friend.

Dinner was a mushroom omelette, sweet potato fries and salad

Farway

Sunny respite from rain, supposed to be a mixed week

Good you were able to visit EF Brambling,even though it was "interesting" Once when we visited Mum in Swindon hospital she told us how she had managed to escape by climbing down the drain pipe and had got a taxi back home 🙂

Lunch, eggs on toast

Dinner, LO repeat from yesterday, LO chick & bean casserole, LO mash & LO cabbage

Wednesday2000

It was sunny in Essex, but it is cloudy in London. Just had a smoothie in Pret as I forgot to bring my banana with me. I’m about to meet my friend for lunch in Covent Garden.

caronc

Good afternoon everyone,

Physio was brutal but effective. He confirmed I'd given myself a proper bashing and have muscle, bone and joint bruising. I'm very sore but moving easier. Back next Monday for session 2.

Looking forward to a lovely baby gazing call later.

Lunch was soup from the freezer. Tonight it's this Chilli And Tomato Baked Eggs Recipe | Breakfast Recipes | Tesco Real Food served with salad.

Need2bthrifty

Another bright and frosty morning although starting to cloud over now with sleet/snow in the forecast for later.

Ham salad for lunch and a chicken & leek risotto tonight, I’ll make a generous quantity so that I can have arancini later this week.

Wednesday2000

I had pie, mash, veg and gravy for lunch and then had some chips in a pub later. I will probably only have a snack for dinner.

Farway

Sunny start, but cold

Happy to report I have a nearly empty fridge with an Asda delivery due tomorrow. I've been trying to run down my bits & LO s in the fridge since Christmas, now I'm there, at least until tomorrow 😊

Lunch, pasty, out & defrosting

Dinner, last of the LOs as bubble & squeak + fried eggs + AF bangers

caronc

Good morning everyone,

It's a lovely and bright though very cold day. Physio yesterday has really helped with the stiffness but I'm still very sore and incredibly bruised where he was manipulating yesterday so another gentle day planned. I have a hair appointment late afternoon but it's local and I just have a dry cut so should be manageable.

The egg dish last night was really good, I did cook the eggs separately rather than in the pan as while I love a runny yolk the white needs to be fully cooked. Definitely on the make again list. No LOs so lunch will be soup from the freezer. Tonight was supposed to be JO's speedy cod curry but what I thought was cod loin in the freezer turned out to be smoked haddock instead. DS2 doesn't fancy that curried so I've defrosted a couple of chicken breasts instead. We'll have it with salad and rice.

Need2bthrifty

Bitterly cold and a dusting of snow this morning although the sun is melting it fast. I was tempted to go for a walk in the sunshine but the met office website shows a “feels like” temp of minus 3, so I changed my mind.

Despite the cold weather I’m having ham salad for lunch as I also need to use up some salady bits.

Dinner tonight is my nod to the Lunar New Year celebrations with stir fried duck breast, mushrooms & beansprouts.