Cooking for one (Mark Three)

caronc

Good morning everyone,

Grey, cooler and very, very wet today. I'm meeting friends at lunchtime and suspect I'll not manage to avoid the rain! We are just heading to one of the local cafes for a light lunch and a good natter.

Managed to get the smaller freezer reloaded and inventoried yesterday when I get back from lunch I'll get the defrosted chest freezer wiped out and DS2 can return it to the garage once it's dried and aired.

Tring this Spiced Salmon With Chickpeas | Salmon Recipes | Tesco Real Food for dinner tonight which we'll have a few new potatoes. For ease I'll reduce the salmon but otherwise follow the recipe so there will probably be LOs.

Wednesday2000

I'm eating out tonight as I have a meet-up quite early so I only had some crackers and some Quorn ham. I will have some fresh fruit or a smoothie before I go out. Luckily, it isn't meant to be as hot this evening.

Farway

Late today, Asda delivery this morning one not available, celery, no problem missing that, the other item was a bit worse though, my on offer fresh salmon side was BBE tomorrow, so only "good" for twenty four hours realistically. I had hoped for four meals, use some,freeze some. Time before it was the steaks, now the salmon have had to be returned. Luckily I do not rely on delivery and have plenty of alternatives stored.

Lunch, BLT, the offer bacon was fine 😀

Dinner, Plan change with salmon return. Now C & O pasty, AF chips + salad

Need2bthrifty

I picked up some YS beef mince in tesco yesterday, froze half of it and made a lovely pot of chilli with the rest. 

I also made curried butternut squash soup with what was left after the stew I made on Sunday, so the freezer is well stocked up with soup again.

Annoyingly our rescheduled bowling match was rained off again last night but there’s a huge improvement today with sunshine and very few clouds in the sky.

More of the soup and chilli for lunch and dinner today.

justkeepswimmimg

Another work day that whizzed by but the week seems to be going slowly 🤔

Rainy on and off, cooler and quite breezy so the washing went on the airer, can't remember the last time I had to do that! No walking but went for a swim after work.

Used up the rest of the LO chicken and potatoes in a salad at lunchtime. Prawn and chorizo spaghetti with tenderstem tonight 😋

Farway

Still sunny but a more "normal" temperature, the excessive heat has gone at last

Pondering on meals for today, lots of choice, just case of picking one.

Beans on toast for lunch, found a tin BBE June so may as well use that up

Dinner, TBD, salad or MFO RM? See how I feel nearer the time

caronc

Good morning everyone,

Dry here which is good but gloomy and a on the cool side 13C. Managed by the skin of my teeth not to get drenched yesterday and had a lovely catch up with my friends.

The spiced salmon and chickpeas was very good, though like a lot of the Tesco recipes needs more spicing and seasoning than stated. No LOs as DS2 had generous seconds of the veg mix.

We have Frank for the day so looking forward to cuddles with DGD when he gets collected late afternoon. I need to finalise tomorrow's Tesco order and do a bit of personal admin but apart from that no concrete plans though if it stays dry I'll try a take the opportunity to ditch the bedding plants as they are looking very bedraggled.

Salad but for lunch. Tonight I'm trying this Bold Bean Co - Sausage + Butter Bean Stew which we'll have with tbc green veg.

Need2bthrifty

Another mainly overcast day with a few sunny intervals and a comfortable for me temp of 16/17c.

I had to make a trip into the City this morning, however managed a YS mooch around M&S before the bus home. There wasn’t much that took my fancy other than a 1kg pack of chicken thighs, 4 of which are now in the freezer and 2 in the SC with some lemon and thyme to be used for dinner tonight. 

Another portion of soup for lunch with a slice of toast.

Farway

Another pleasant sunny morning, supposed to be back to hot at the weekend so a small break

The weather has moved the garden on, picked my early apples yesterday, ripe & falling off the tree. They are nice but do not keep or store well, so looking like jam making next week with the blackberries still producing

Lunch, BLT

Dinner, MFO RM Liver, bacon & mash. Has to be this to take advantage of my runner beans I picked yesterday, only had two with this heat 😂, but hate to not taste my first this year

caronc

Good morning everyone,

Grey, cool and showery here this morning though it's supposed to dry up late afternoon for a few hours. Managed to spend a bit of time in the garden and the bedding plants pots have been emptied. I think next year I need to have a bit of a rethink planting wise. DGD was on smashing form and enjoyed a good bounce on her Nana's knee and lots of cuddles. ❤️

Domestics today but just light stuff as my back is quite sore and I don't want to aggravate it. Thankfully I have my regular physio session on Monday.

The sausage and butter bean stew was delicious. The Bold beans were pricey even on offer but worth it I think where beans are a main ingredient. The recipe said for two but with more sausages it would easily serve 3 or 4 so there are LOs for lunch and a tub of the beans and veg for the freezer.

Tesco are due later, I have ordered some dragon rolls and sushi for a treat depending on if they come or their use by this will either be dinner tonight or lunch tomorrow. Plan B for dinner is foil baked pollock & veg.