Cooking for one (Mark Three)

Farway

Early start again, again too hot to sleep properly, did a bit of essential watering while there is a nice cooling breeze & sun not too hot

Thanks for tips on cooking fresh tuna steaks, mine are frozen and need defrosting first before frying, a bit of forward planning required sometime next week, maybe.

Lunch, fried fake Spam + pickle sarnie

Dinner, more fried fake Spam, plus salad bits & HM potato salad from LO spuds

caronc

Good morning everyone,

Warm and sunny here today. DS2 has gone fishing and hoping for some mackerel so fingers crossed for a fishy lunch. DS1, DIL and DGD are popping by to pick up Frank after they have been to a toddler's birthday party. DS2 has a bivouac shelter so it's up to provide a nice shady area for DGD as the back of the house and garden will be in full sun when they arrive.

I'm thinking East Asian flavours for the tuna might work for me. I'm almost at the end of the mega meal plan I did so will incorporate it into the next one. Doing five weeks worked well for us with very few changes along the way and gave us plenty of variety so intend to repeat. Anything that got bumped will be rolled over but it will be thinking cap on to come up with the next set of dinners. Lunch will hopefully be fresh mackerel. We are going to rotisserie a chook later so dinner will be chicken, salad and new potatoes.

itsthelittlethings

Mayo, beetroot and spinach sandwich for lunch. Courgette and cream pasta for tea and henceforth for 3 lunches this week.

Brambling

last minute change of plans after lunch, my sister was given use of her friends beach but so we popped down to the coast, it was after 3.30pm when we got there. Unfortunately no cool breeze except the gust which took the umbrella down the beach. It did cool down by about 7pm when we had some cheese, crackers, tomatoes and cherries. We left about 8pm. The breeze is finally blowing now and for a change it's a cool bedroom.

Scrambled egg with a toasted bagel for lunch.

The tide was out until just before we left, my sister did walk across the seaweed to walk in the sea, just to say she had!

Farway

Very welcome gusty winds, still hot sun but the winds at last give some air blowing in windows. I'd think any washing would be dry before you had even got back indoors 😉

Looks a typical pebble beach Brambling. Takes me back to ooohing & ouching across the pebbles to get to the sea, and the final fighting the seaweed, yep, typical. I remember Bognor once, more or less seaweed to the horizon 😮

Lunch, something, TBD, on toast

Dinner, Trying another Asda 50P pasty, this time it's cheese & onion, with salad + LO HM potato salad

caronc

Good morning everyone,

Lovely photo Brambling

DS2's fishing bivouac worked well for DGD, her and I sat in there for cuddles and nonsense songs for most of their visit. DS2 didn't manage to catch any mackerel so tinned tuna instead for lunch. Later in the afternoon I spent a satisfying hour sorting out our next 5 week meal plan with DS2's input. It worked well for us last time with only a few changes or carry forwards and is definitely helping avoid inadvertent "rinse and repeat".

Another hot and sunny one here. Off to physio in an hour, chicken salad for lunch when I get back. Trying a new recipe from JO's Eat Healthy book - curried fried eggs with grains and veg, there's not much prep so ideal in this hot weather as my kitchen is unbearable until at least 7pm.

Wednesday2000

Lovely pic!

It is so nice now it is cooler. I actually woke up feeling a bit chilly as I had the thin duvet on the bed. It is meant to be 24 today which I find bearable.

I was really tired from my trip out yesterday so I slept in until nearly midday today.

I'm going out to a flat viewing today and then I have a meet-up this evening. I'm going to go to the flat viewing and then to a supermarket and I have to go to buy stamps as I need to send off a card.

I just had some crumpets and Flora. I'm going to buy some more salad stuff and make marinated tofu to go on top. I might eat out at the restaurant tonight.

justkeepswimmimg

Lovely social weekend so not much CFOing, bit of contributing though. Didn't want to get up for work today 🙃

Toasted bagel with avocado and scrambled eggs for lunch today. Salmon and spinach fishcake with new potatoes, salad and LO coleslaw (from the contributing) tonight. Also decluttered some 🍷

Brambling

Most of the beaches closest to us are pebbles unfortunately Farway and the sandy ones like West Wittering are a nightmare to get to and park. I miss the Dorset sandy beaches I grew up with and they were a lot closer to us.

Quick trip in town back to get glasses tweaked again. Then I remember no coffee or biscuits for window guys tomorrow and Wednesday. My milk also turned to yoghurt when I poured it in my tea so needed more milk.

Completed some admin for EF before going to visits her and trying to sort CC as there were a couple of items for same company she said she hadn't brought from, she not amused they stopped the card and said they would send a new one, not that she really needs it but gets bored and shops.

Cheese, crackers and salad for, lunch.

Coronation chicken with salad for dinner, I poached chicken breasts yesterday before I was invited out so they need using.

Need2bthrifty

Lovely beach photo Brambling much more even than my beach which has a mixture of shingle, pebbles, cobbles, small and large boulders, it is lovely to listen to with the waves washing over them but hard to walk on so jelly shoes recommended 😁

Yesterday was a cheese and fresh pineapple salad for lunch and I had time to defrost and put together a moussaka ready to heat up for dinner before I had to be at the bowling green again.

The small block of cheese is starting to become a bit sweaty too so I’ll use it up today in a pitta bread for lunch with some chopped salad.

Dinner is a bit of an experiment, there’s some peppers that need using so I thought lets try mixing up the last of the easter lamb with some cauliflower rice, herbs/spices and other veg as necessary, stuff the peppers and bake 🤞