Cooking for one (Mark Three)

Wednesday2000

I am dreading London today as it is meant to be so hot! I am going out for lunch so I didn't want to ruin my appetite so I only had some watermelon and a smoothie. I fancy a lasagne again so I might get a veggie one with a salad for lunch.

Farway

Hot already, after a hot & sleepless night. may cool a bit over the weekend, like down to a chilly 25C 😁

Too hot to do much except finalise my Asda shopping for next week, after reading W2000 I'll make sure a veg lasagne is on there.

Lunch, something TBD salad sandwich

Dinner, something TBD + AF chips + salad

caronc

Good morning everyone,

Commiserations to those in the very hot parts of the UK. It's cloudy here and and 18C what a contrast! I made a good start on the larder cupboard and have "decluttered" a load of very old dried beans and pulse with pre-Coved BBE dates, some which came from my Dad's! I dread to think how long they would take to soften……🫢 I'll try and get a bit more done today. Tesco due later, 4 items OOS but household stuff and nothing that can't wait until the next order.

LO curry for lunch and there's a tub for the freezer for a future soup. I've chicken thighs defrosting for TBD bung in tonight.

Need2bthrifty

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Yes Caronc some of FF offers are very good. I can be a bit fussy and dislike the effect freezing has on some but so far I’ve liked their sliced peppers, asparagus and broad beans.

Temp in my neck of the woods is mid 20’s, cloudy with the threat of thundery showers so it’s still comfortable enough to be out and about.

Yesterday I just had fruit and cheese for lunch before going bowling. The local butcher has added a merguez sausage to their selection so I used one along with some peppers in a sausage pasta for dinner last night, it was delicious and I’ll definitely do it again.

This morning I was at the hairdresser and feeling so much better and cooler. Lunch was a leftover bean burger with salad and coleslaw and tonight I’ll do a prawn and vegetable fried rice

caronc

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I used to like their diced swede, carrot, broad beans, peas and cauliflower. Their frozen pollock was decent too and they often had good buys on staple fresh veg, dairy and lunch box fillers. I do miss them in the town but the lease was up and they sadly didn't renew it. I'm not sure why as it was always busy.

Farway

Bit of a cooling breeze this morning, still hot but a tad fresher

No CFO today, off out supervising DGS who is replacing some duff wall sockets, He's 19 so not a hard job.

Because I'm out I expect lunch will some sort of sandwich, or biscuits, from a One Stop type of shop.

Dinner will be grab something out of freezer.

Reading about FF, one shop I've not been in, there is one here, replaced Lidl just pre covid and after covid I never bothered to look in. One of these days no doubt.

caronc

Good morning everyone,

FF is definitely worth a nosey if you are passing Farway.

Overcast and quiet a bit cooler so far here this morning. DS2 has headed to get stuff to replace the pointing and sealant in part of the bay window wall which has eroded. A fiddly though hopefully straightforward job. I've pretty much finished sorting out the larder but was dismayed to find that an in date tin of apricots must have been faulty and the contents had degraded to a thick treacle-like substance and leaked over the back of the shelf and surrounding cans. T'was a real pain to clean up!

Ironing and bit of cooking are my main plans for today. I'm making a slightly pimped up version of this Tofu 'Bacon' & Hash-Brown Breakfast Bagel － Vegan Recipes － Tesco Recipes - Tesco Groceries for dinner and I want to start this soup for tomorrow's dinner Dad’s tomato & rice soup | Jamie Oliver Cookbook Club recipes .

Need2bthrifty

I’ve not tried FF frozen fish but one of my neighbours buys lots of stuff there and said it’s really helped to cut down on her food waste. She also thought some of the fish was from processors in Macduff, not quite 60mls from here so cutting down the air miles as well.

I took a trip into the City, had a cuppa and a catch-up with a friend, then a quick browse around m&s foodhall before the bus home. I got some crusty bread rolls and the only YS items I fancied were broccoli, fresh ginger and mini spanakopita pastries. There’s a couple of large chunks of ginger so I’ll peel and finely grate them and freeze in teaspoon sized chunks ready for curries and stir-fry.

Lunch was a portion of pate from the freezer, a crusty roll and a one of my neighbours sweet tomatoes

Dinner - I’ll have a couple of the spanakopita pastries and some stir fried broccoli.

justkeepswimmimg

Back to CFO after a short family holiday. Feeling tired today but lots of quality time, fresh air, fun and nice food and drink 😊

Couple of loads of washing done and dried on the line, everything back where it belongs, except the things for ironing and including the things that live in other houses 😉, food cupboards and fridge restocked.

LO picky bits and baguette for lunch, smoky hake, beans and greens tonight 😋

Wednesday2000

The concert was good on Friday and we managed to avoid getting on any public transport without air con. I'm going to have to plan my journeys into London like this as long as we keep getting these heatwaves!

It feels so much cooler today. It feels lovely in my house.

I'm having an iced Matcha and then having a toasted pitta with Flora before I leave.

I am going to try and use up what we have before ordering more groceries. I might make a veggie burger with wedges and salad for dinner today. I keep craving soup but I don't know if it is that cool yet?!