Cooking for one (Mark Three)

Brambling

I went to bed early last night and meant to post from there but fell asleep instead with the light on, his lordship woke me up knocking things off the dressing table at 11.30pm. At least it meant the light was switched off!

I was at the bookshop yesterday it was heritage weekend so free entry to Petworth, probably why I was tired. So a stay at home day today, my sister popped around this after which turned into 3.5 hours. Her grandson at nearly 11 months can't walk yet but can crawl at speed and climb, so is into everything he shouldn't be. His sister after her first week at big school slept for over 12 hours at grandmas last night.

Egg and crab stick sandwich for lunch.

Spaghetti bolognese for dinner

Farway

Dull & cooler.

I did survive the OOD curry & rice. but binned it after a few mouthfuls, taste was OK but texture was grainy / gritty, so into bin and did a quick stab & ping of frozen RM tom & cheese pasta

The joys of both GC and dogs, Caron, they complement each other. I'm sure dogs mentally will GC to drop food 😁

Lunch, unknown, sandwich but filling TBD

Dinner, if weather improves a bit, tuna mayo mix, with salad. I'd like a baked spud with that but do no have any suitable so maybe some AF chips

caronc

Good morning everyone,

Lol Brambling, on Saturday I ordered a load of cupboard locks and corner protectors as DGD is not far off crawling and no way am I fast enough to intervene. A stove guard is on the list too!

DS2 will be back at some point today. Hector seems pretty tired after his few days in Glasgow so we'll both have a pottering day. I have a few things on my "to do" for this week so will see what I fancy tackling today. Firstly though I'm going to get another pot of carrot based soup on the go as I fancy some for lunch.

Unless DS2 gets held up I'm trying this for dinner tonight though using large flat mushrooms rather than oyster Spicy tofu & sweet pepper eggs. We'll have them with rice/cauli rice and salad.

Need2bthrifty

Slightly overcast here but at least it's dry and a comfortable temp although I think the rain is heading our way later. 

Great minds think alike Caronc, I made a pot of carrot and sweet potato soup this morning before the carrots started to deteriorate, that was lunch for me and three portions for the freezer.

Dinner is a repeat of yesterday to use up the beetroot and feta tart and bean salad.

itsthelittlethings

Salad, hoummus and Spanish omelette gor lunch. Something out of my Hello Fresh box for dinner. I have started ordering these to try and help with the constant shop/ cook struggle. They aren't that expensive considering and when I've had them before they do motivate me to cook.

Wednesday2000

I left Brighton fairly early today as I have to get back home and do my laundry and then pack for Ibiza.

I had a sandwich from Costa and some crisps and fruit juice on the train home.

justkeepswimmimg

A day of at least two seasons here - cool, overcast and damp first thing so sweatshirt over long sleeved t-shirt, warmed up considerably early afternoon and by the time I went out this evening it was t-shirt weather 🙃

Slightly frustrating work day, didn't stop but didn't achieve anything I wanted to. Did have a lovely couple of hours out this evening.

LO foccacia (part of my contribution to yesterday's dinner), cheese, tomatoes and olives for lunch. Quick egg fried rice with LO chicken from the freezer, end of the broccoli and a bit of sad pepper before I went out tonight.

Brambling

when do you go to Ibiza Wednesday?

Decorators started again today after the plasterer, everything has a white coat over the new plaster and the wood work is all rubbed down. They hoover as they go with I'm assuming for their health as it's a big industrial looking thing as well as making sure it doesn't stick to wet paint. His lordship is beyond annoyed with me!

Caronc the baby can pull himself up on grandmas kitchen cupboards then he shakes and pulls the handles with all his might. They are tied with laces as his sister learnt very young on how to unlock the child locks, she still can't untie the laces and at times nor can my sister. There is a compromise he's allowed in the tins cupboard.

Blue cheese, fig and walnut salad for lunch.

Duck breast from the freezer for dinner, I seared it then popped into AF, it came out really moist so will do that way an again. Served with soba noodles, stirred fry pepper and onion and a really nice sauce which I'm not sure what was in it, it did have pomegranate molasses, hot honey, Japanese rice vinegar and the usual Asian suspects from the condiments shelve, probably will never be repeated! I was going to use some cherries but forgot and ate them lunch time.

Annoyingly whilst dishing up I knocked the little glass ramekin with the duck fat off the counter, I may have sworn, I hadn't planned on washing my kitchen floor until the decorators finished but fat and glass isn't a good mix on tiled floors

Farway

Dull & a tad damp, sun supposed to arrive later

Brambling Annoyingly whilst dishing up I knocked the little glass ramekin with the duck fat off the counter, I may have sworn

Not quite the same, but the OOD rice I zapped the other day was in a stupid eco friendly stiff card container. This collapsed as I was dishing up and dropped rice & peas over the tiled floor. I swore but, not having a dog, still had to clean it up

Lunch, more salad in a sandwich

Dinner, still have some tuna / mayo, so that with salad & AF chips

Wednesday2000

I'm going to have the last of the vegan cheese with oatcakes and a slice of bread with PB. I need to use stuff up today so I will look through the fridge.