Cooking for one (Mark Three)

Brambling

View last night eating fish and chips from the mobile chippy in the village, they were worth queuing 35 mins for

Surprised by shorts and tee shirt weather today, so after just over 6.5 hours in the car yesterday a day walking off tight joints and muscles was on the cards, guess who forgot to put sun cream on my neck which was left in the V of my tee shirt and managed to end up going red? Could have been worse

justkeepswimmimg

Lovely view Brambling, and yum to outdoor fish and chips 😊

Sunny but not too hot here today. Got a load of towels in the machine earlyish. Out to do a food shop not long after the shops opened but got the car washed on the way. Got petrol while out so quite productive (if spendy 😅)

Also been for a swim and done a load of ironing.

Scrambled eggs and mushrooms on toasted bagel for lunch. Balsamic chicken thigh, new potato and tomato traybake with tenderstem broccoli tonight.

Farway

Still hot down here Brambling, sleepless night for me, sounds like a good hol with F & C to start

Nothing planned for today, but I'm worn out already so just as well

Lunch, salad sandwhich

Dinner, something + salad. Somewhere I have some breaded fish, I think. If I find it a cheap copy of Brambling F & C will ensue

caronc

Good morning everyone,

Lovely photo Brambling and glad you got shorts and t-shirt weather.

Warmer but very wet here today band that looks like the theme for the week. I've plenty on the go to keep me occupied indoors so no need to get soaked! DS2 is back at work so back to a more normal routine though it great to get a couple of needed DIY projects out of the way. I've a stack of both voluntary and personal admin to get done , I'll seehow it goes and if I get time I'll start the inventory and refill of the smaller freezer which I emptied yesterday.

I pimped up the dhal portion to make a delicious (never to be quite repeated) by blending it with chicken stock and adding a tin of lentils, a good handful of blitzed coriander and small tub of coconut milk from the freezer. Needless to say there's LOs so I'll have a mug of that at lunch time with some rotisserie chicken. This omelette tonight Indian masala omelette | Tesco Real Food with AF sweet potato and salad.

Need2bthrifty

Lovely photo Brambling and yes it was t/shirt weather up here too, not today though as it's overcast with light rain.

I went out for lunch yesterday then made a chorizo, butter bean and b/nut squash stew for dinner last night and there’s quite a bit leftover. I’ve had a portion of the stew for lunch today with some crusty bread and I think I’ll copy Caronc’s idea and blitz the rest into a soup to put in the freezer.

Tonight I’ll use up the last portion of chickpea curry that’s in the freezer and have it with the last portion of m&s jewelled rice that’s in there too.

justkeepswimmimg

Another warm day but was overcast for most of the morning and even when the sun came out, the breeze kept it pleasant.

The work day seemed to whizz by without drama and I crossed a few things off the to-do list. Went for a walk early evening to run a couple of errands, it felt like it was going to rain but no sign yet.

LO chicken and new potatoes in a salad with tomatoes, avocado and balsamic dressing for lunch. Just made chorizo and sweetcorn orzo for tea.

Farway

Another hot one for today, the rain does not reach down this far so baking continues.

I'm off out soon, visit to GC with a posh estate gardens attached, and Farm Shop. if I do not faint at price I may come home with free range South Downs pork chops and some posh cheese

Lunch, out in GC Ye Olde Tea Shoppe

Dinner, TBD, pork chops?

Wednesday2000

Lovely pic.

I am still tired after the weekend as I had a 60th birthday party and then an event on a boat in London. I am going out today and I have ordered a taxi there as it is meant to be hot. I am going to have a quick sandwich before I leave my house.

caronc

Good morning everyone,

Thundery and very wet here. I'm waiting for a gap in the downpours to nip to the bin and water the greenhouse.

Necessary admin has been down so I'm going to give my hands a break from typing today and concentrate on chores and hopefully finishing the freezer refill/inventory.

Diet is a tad chicken-tastic today with rotisserie chicken with salad for lunch and teriyaki chicken with veg, gyoza and broth for dinner.

justkeepswimmimg

Out early this morning and it was drizzling. One heavy downpour during the morning too but short lived and by the time I left the office early afternoon, it had got really muggy.

Took a lunchbox of feta and beetroot grain salad with me. Out for a walk this evening and then have had a salmon fishcake and salad for tea.