Cooking for one (Mark Three)

Farway

MIA due to someone else's need for A & E, sorted now but a bit of a busy time the last few days, food was A & E Costa + Tesco Meal Deal.

Lunch today, hope to be the BLT that I was just prepping on Saturday before the phone rang and the world went pear shaped

Dinner, RM Butter chicken + rice

caronc

Good morning everyone,

Glad things are sorted now Farway.

Bright and breezy here this morning, so nice to see the sunshine after the wet and gloom. I'm off to physio at lunchtime and then I'll what the day brings afterwards. If I'm not feeling too battered I'm make a start on the larder cupboard this afternoon.

The Hugh F-W high fibre red pepper and sweetcorn soup was delicious, a definite keeper. Just as well as it made much more than the specified four portions! Two were had last night, two will be frozen, two are going to DS1 & DIL when we visit tomorrow and I'll have the remaining small portion for lunch with some roast chook and salad. DS2 had popped by M&S yesterday and amongst some deli bit got a reduced cook in the bag chook which I cooked yesterday evening. We had some with our soup and the rest will be used for lunches this week. Trying this for dinner tonight Carrot And Egg Omelette | Chinese-Inspired Recipes | Tesco Real Food which we'll have with rice/cauli rice and salad.

Need2bthrifty

A day of sunny intervals and a fresh breeze, great for catching up on my laundry.

I cooked a batch of chickpeas in the SC this morning, they are almost ready and I’ll get them bagged and stashed in the freezer. Leftover mushroom ragu also portioned and put in the freezer.

Lunch was cheese salad.

Dinner will be chicken kiev and I’ll do a couscous salad to go with it, but there’s also some cavolo nero that needs using so it might be stir-fried or crisped up in the AF. 

Farway

Sunny & hot again, not a day for much exertion, garden waste wheelie has been emptied so I may trundle that round the back and pick some blackberries while there, or if too hot, a job for tomorrow

Lunch, cheese & onion pasty

Dinner, C & O pasty, with salad + AF chips

caronc

Good morning everyone,

Trying hard to be sunny and a pleasant 18C here. Physio was tough and not much got done yesterday. I'm still feeling it so a quiet day is planned before I tackle the many stairs to DS1's flat this evening.

The carrot and spring omelette was delicious and easily CFO friendly. It's definitely on the make again list.

Fridge/deli bits for lunch and I think chicken tacos in Glasgow this evening with the kids & DGD. This will be the last time I'll get cuddles until next month as her & DIL are off to Athens next week.

Need2bthrifty

My neighbour gave me some of his polytunnel grown tomatoes today, Gardeners delight variety, I had a few of them with salad and crusty bread for lunch - they were absolutely delicious and sweet tasting so different from anything you buy in the SM.

Defrosted the remaining 250g of pork mince I had stashed in the freezer, threw in a few herbs & spices and baked a batch of meatballs. I had a few of them with some pickles, chutney and the leftover couscous for dinner tonight, the rest will go in the freezer for another time.

caronc

Good morning everyone,

Lucky you re the tomatoes N2BT, Gardener's Delight are one of my favourites though I've not grown any for a few years. Perhaps next year….

Very overcast with the odd sprinkle of rain unless it clears later they'll be no eclipse viewing here and the jury is out forecast-wise.

Little DGD was on cracking form last night, happy as a clam in her high chair at the table getting tucked into swede and potato chunks and spinach puree, most of which was going in her rather than on her or her surroundings! Given the chance I reckon she would given a chicken taco a good go lol!

Some domestics and admin bits to tackle today plus a pile of ironing I'll get a start made on the larder cupboard eventually! Fridge bits for lunch and the HB cod with lentils for dinner with sweet potatoes and green veg. Roast Cod with Lentils - Recipes - Hairy Bikers

Need2bthrifty

More delicious toms with cheese and salad for lunch 😁

I went to farmfoods this morning to pick up some of the beans and pulses they have on offer, stopped in at the butchers on the way back but the liver had all gone 🤬 I reckon there are too many dog owners in this town so I’ll try again at the end of the week.

I decided to do a batch of black eyed beans in the SC, it’s handy to have some already cooked, but I got distracted and overcooked them, so with the lack of liver for tonight I’ll convert the overcooked beans into bean burger patties and have with coleslaw and new potatoes for dinner. 

Farway

Skipped yesterday, I got waylaid as a shopping Taxi for friend who is suddenly car less. Good dead completed and back to normal

At least I did some of my own shopping yesterday while in Morries, salad topped up with this heat still going strong.

My tomatoes are just starting to ripen, enough for a taste but not a meal. I'm trying Tumbling Tom this year, but the one I tried was a bit sharp for me.

Lunch, salad sandwhich

Dinner, grilled pork loin steak, AF chips + salad

This tomato sowed itself and is growing in a trough. Not tasted yet, but it is doing far better than some of my deliberately & carefully sown ones

caronc

Good morning everyone,

I have tomato envy Farway. I miss our Farmfoods N2BT, they had some good offers and I liked their frozen veg.

Heavy cloud cover and pouring rain turned the eclipse into a damp squib, apart for brief dark period you would never had known it was happening!

DS2 headed to the office first thing so just me and pooch today. He'll be back tonight. Made a start on the larder cupboard yesterday so hope to get a bit more today if the kitchen isn't too warm. Tuna and/or egg salad for lunch. Hugh F-W's carrot and cashew curry with rice/caul rice and salad for dinner. I started the curry base yesterday so not too much to do later.