Cooking for one (Mark Three)

caronc

Good afternoon everyone,

Commiserations re the spills Brambling and Farway.

Yep, laces and chopsticks will be deployed as well Brambling, I only intend to secure a few so hopefully there will be enough openable to satisfy her urge to ransack!

It's a cold, wet and generally dreich here BUT my new dishwasher has arrived. DS2 will sort it out later. They arrived just before8 so an early start for me so I nipped back to bed for a bit after it had be delivered and surprised myself by falling into a deep sleep for a couple of hours!

Last night's egg & tofu dish was lovely but the tofu wasn't really needed, especially with the sides I'd added. I did have to improvise a bit with the peanut/chilli sauce but my concoction worked well and wasn't too fierce. I ended up making another batch of the carrot, courgette, coriander and cannellini bean soup so more of that for lunch today. I'm my bid to continue exploring fresh tuna recipes I'm trying this tonight Tuna with a chilli and caper marinade | Tesco Real Food though it will be griddled inside rather bbq. I'll make AF crispy potatoes and various steamed veg to have with it.

justkeepswimmimg

Just a day really, brightened up enough to get some sheets dried on the line. Work was worked, slightly less frustrating day than yesterday 🙃

Piece of broccoli quiche with baked beans and bread and butter for lunch. The blueberry muffin left from office day on Friday was still ok so had that with a cuppa before going swimming. Prawn and sugar snap thai red curry with noodles tonight.

Brambling

I needed to go into town today, EF has asked for a bank statement and I needed more milk. I wandered around for a couple of hours without buying anything other than milk, bananas and butter (I had a 70p off voucher from Waitrose for their own butter making it 1.30) luckily it held off raining until I was in the car, just a hour long shower.

One of my sisters called for a hour chat this afternoon, she currently has no landline and doesnt turn on her mobile 🙄 they still have puppy house training issues 💩!

I wanted a cinnamon bun but the Swedish cafe was closed for a family birthday so lunch was blue cheese, fig and walnut salad.

LO spaghetti bolognese for dinner

Need2bthrifty

Good morning All, it’s a lovely sunny morning here after all the rain we had yesterday, good breeze too so got my washing out very early. 

I had a bowling match yesterday which took longer than normal as we tried to dodge the showers 🏆️. Lunch was another portion of the carrot & sweet potato soup and a quick dinner of filled pasta & garlic bread when I got home.

Back to salad for lunch today with falafel and a yoghurt dressing, I’ll decide later what to flavour the yoghurt with.

There’s some marinara sauce leftover from last night and peppers and salami in the freezer so hm pizza tonight.

Farway

Sunny start at least

Be nice to get the new DW up & running Caron, is it DGD proof or does it have handy knobs to twirl and buttons to press?

Asda delivery arrived on time, two OK subs, well I say OK but one sub is Piri chicken, which I've never tasted and fear it may be too "hot" for me. But it was only £1.54 on offer so worth a try Only one way to find out, and my new Food waste collection bin arrived yesterday so a dose of Piri chicken may be the first customer 😁

Lunch, more salad in a sandwich

Dinner, at last suitable size spud arrived in the delivery. So, cheesy jacket potato, plus salad

Wednesday2000

I have had the last slice of bread toasted with Flora and a jelly pot. I'm going to make lunch before I go out, maybe pizza with added toppings.

caronc

Good morning everyone,

No knobs Farway but does have a handy button lock!

New DW is up and running, apart from a different control panel with slightly different running options it's virtually the same as old one, though the quick cycle now takes an hour instead of 31 minutes and the ECO 3.5 hours instead of under 2. Just need to get to grips with what buttons to press before I pop the user manual in my paperwork box.

Grey but dry. Yesterday didn't brighten up for a spell and today's forecast looks similarly mixed.Home alone with Hector today until this evening. I'm going to give the stove a deep clean and polish so H will not be impressed when I get Henry out to tackle the crevices!

Tuna steak recipe No.2 was a success. I think we're becoming converts as long it is with bold rather than subtle flavourings.

Soup again for lunch. Easy one tonight - stuffed pasta with tomato sauce. Both from the freezer, I'll add some veg to the sauce and make a salad to go with it.

justkeepswimmimg

Another steady day here, mostly sunny too.

Smoked salmon and cream cheese sandwich (was going to be bagel but forgot to take it out of the freezer 🙃) with olives and cherry tomatoes. Salmon, new potato and purple sprouting broccoli traybake with a honey mustard sauce tonight 😋

Brambling

Just two days of decorating to go then it will be a case of moving stuff back from upstairs and getting rid of stuff I don't want cluttering the space. I've asked him to quote for my hall, stairs and landing but that may be delayed until next year, depending on the size of it as it's been a spendy year.

I popped out for petrol which was very expensive especially as I put it off yesterday and it went up 2p. Then to my sister for a cuppa and catch up away from the fumes.

Buck wheat salad for lunch with feta, chickpeas, olives etc for lunch and dinner as I was too lazy to cook and it's too chaotic.

Farway

Wet start but sun due around midday, I'll believe it when it arrives

Caron Tuna steak recipe No.2 was a success. I think we're becoming converts as long it is with bold rather than subtle flavourings. Not tried with flavourings, but the second one I had, gently fried & not cooked too long, was good. I may also become a convert. Now watch the price rocket!

I am getting overwhelmed by celery hearts, the odd ends once the better stalks have been eaten. Ready to make a soup, if I time it right that's lunch as well

Lunch, HM celery soup + AF HM croutons

Dinner, may settle on more soup + croutons. I have plenty of own grown apples if I fancy a "pud"