Cooking for one (Mark Three)

justkeepswimmimg

Suddenly much warmer here but was overcast to start with and the house stayed cool, opened the door at lunchtime and was hit by a wave of heat! Warm again tomorrow then back down to low 20s again, phew. Was nice to get out for a walk this evening though.

Made vinegary harissa and tomato orzo salad at lunchtime. Said it served 2 but I've popped a portion in a lunchbox for tomorrow and still got another serving. Good hot weather food! Prawn, chorizo and rustic bread skewers on the bbq tonight, with a green salad in a lemon and basil dressing 😋

Brambling

A slow morning for me for some reason I couldn't sleep and was still awake at 4am, unfortunately his lordship still wanted his breakfast at his usual time.

Like JKS I didn't realise how hot it was until I went out after lunch, the car was very hot too! I popped out to get a prescription.

Fruit and Yogurt for lunch. Microwave Salmon and asparagus risotto for dinner with a parsley chimichurri type sauce

Farway

Up early again, and out picking blackberries after a spot of watering, and topping up the bird bath. I found I have two runner beans, that's a glut for now! probably use them at the weekend. Loads of flowers so if they ever set it will be a glut

Must be fresh Tuna time here, I'm going to try one for dinner, nothing as elaborate as Caron's , just pan fried fried and trying to avoid it getting tough. Defrosting at the moment

Lunch, salad sandwich again

Dinner, pan fried tuna steak, with AF chips + salad

caronc

Good morning everyone,

Weather forecast looks like a rinse and repeat of yesterday's torrential showers with the odd sunny interval. I need to do a bin run and water the greenhouse but hopefully can avoid getting soaked.

Didn't get the big freezer refilled yesterday as it was early evening by the time it was up to temperature so a job for today while DS2 assembles our new cupboards. The extra storage should make a huge difference. Once the freezer is sorted out I'll get another chunk of the outstanding admin tackled. Ham hock 1 has been in the slow cooker overnight and despite it having been in the freezer for longer than I want to admit too seems to have cooked well. I'll cook the second one tonight and hopefully it will be fine too.

East Asian flavours would seem to be the way to go with fresh tuna for me and DS2 really enjoyed it too so I'[l make the effort to have it more often. I think the miso based marinade went a long way to tenderising the flesh as it was beautifully tender. There's LO noodle salad which I'll pimp up with more veg and some boiled egg for lunch.

While out and about yesterday DS2 popped by M&S and picked up chicken sausages x2, corn and potatoes from this deal Summer Grill Dine In | M&S Food . The sausages are huge for 121kcal each but I'm not sure I'd want to pay £6 per pack the overall offer is good value. We'll have this meal for dinner with salad and HM coleslaw and I'll freeze the spare sausages.