Cooking for one (Mark Three)

Farway

First frost this morning, just white roofs, not down the the grass or cars, but still glad I added another blanket on bed last night. Blue sky & sunny now, bitter cold of course for Softy Southerners 😁

Despite this, food today is mainly salad based, but it was porridge breakfast

The YS M & S chicken turned out fine in SC, I'll portion some up for freezing today, maybe turn carcass into soup in the SC, need further investigation.

Lunch, last of the YS ham + salad bits in a sandwich

Dinner, portion up the on offer salmon, freeze some and one portion pan fried with salad + boiled new potatoes

Wednesday2000

I had the last of the HM soup and the last of the bread for breakfast. I'm about to make a cup of tea.

I'm going to have tortillas with beans, peppers, tomatoes, salsa and sour cream with lime and Tajin chilli seasoning later. I'm going to use the rest of the Oatly cream to make celery soup and have it tomorrow for lunch and freeze the rest.

I'm going to have some chocolate and nuts later and probably wine!

caronc

Good morning everyone,

Another frosty, bright start though rain is supposed to come in this afternoon.

Unless the Microsoft issue is resolved soon I think my chances of getting more of the admin done are slim and I don't want risk losing my efforts. I think today will be a catch up on chores instead day. My sister's washing got fixed so I can concentrate on our pile now. Tesco are due later, just one OOS item that I had asked not be subbed and was just a put away for Christmas treat.

Last night's beef ravioli was tasteless thank goodness the sauce wasn't which helped make the meal okay. The sauce from the roasted baby tomatoes had loads of flavour so I'm glad I used them up that way. There was a few bits LO which in non-MSE style and rare for me I binned. Won't be buying that pasta again.

More of the soup for lunch and then I'll freeze what's left as I made the bean stew on Tuesday so it's been hanging about in the fridge long enough. Usual Friday tbc for dinner.

Need2bthrifty

I’m feeling much better today and more in the mood to cook and eat something. I even baked a cake  https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/grannys_gingerbread_76610 😋

Porridge and prunes again this morning so I was happy with just a chicken sandwich for lunch.

I remembered there was a piece of monkfish in the freezer so for dinner I’ll wrap it with the last bits of parma ham and roast it along with some balsamic tomatoes.

justkeepswimmimg

Another long day but early start meant I was home at a reasonable time.

Second day of sweet potato couscous salad in a lunchbox. Just had sausage and spinach gnocchi, and 🍷, it’s been a long week!

Brambling

first frost of the season here, I had to defrost the car before volunteering, it was a shock to the system. Our email was down most of the day and then took a while to catch up.

Crab stick watercress salad for lunch,I added some hummus to it and took in some tortilla chips it turned out very tasty.

I didn't make soup with my LO beans and tomatoes I (over)cooked some pork belly slices in the AF and added to them for dinner.

Wednesday2000

I had toast with Flora and blackcurrant jam and a cup of green tea.

I made bean burritos yesterday so I have leftovers to go in the tortilla wraps and I might have garlic bread or fries with them. I made soup yesterday as well so I will have a bowl for lunch.

Farway

Frost again, on the grass & cars this time. Sun due out but still cold.

Decided to make a what I call tea loaf, but I think is AKA Barra Brith. I'm using a recipe with Cup measurements, one cup of each, and not weighed, so I'll see how that goes. Mixed fruit is currently [no pun intended] soaking in tea. The ginger one looks tasty as well, very tempting N2BT

Lunch. Cheese & onion pasty heated in AF, need something warming

Dinner, Roasting the offer pork loin, not yet sure what to serve with it

caronc

Good afternoon everyone,

Gosh I was a lazybones this morning and didn't wake up until nearly 11am! I wasn't particularly late going to sleep and only up once for a quick loo trip so not sure what sparked the very long sleep. Can't say I feel exceptionally refreshed - more tea needed I think.

Grey and cold although not as cold as it's been. The new insulation installed a few weeks ago has helped reduce the North/South divide between the front and back of the house but on overcast days the back of the house (main living areas) doesn't feel as warm as it does on brighter ones. I'm glad three builders bags of logs arrived yesterday as the stove definitely heats the place well on an evening and seems to warm the fabric of the building better than the CH does.

LO salmon and roast veg for lunch, tonight it's burgers from the freezer with salad and either wedges or baked potatoes. Roasted some tomatoes from the box DS2 got at Costco that were overly ripe and will blitz these and use for a pot of tomato and lentil soup for dinner tomorrow.

Need2bthrifty

White frost here too but lifted quickly. There was a reasonable breeze and weak sunshine so I got some washing out early and mostly dry by early afternoon so I don't need the heated airer yet.

The ginger cake turned out really well Farway although you've reminded me to make my boil and bake tealoaf as I haven't made it for a while.

The monkfish was quite a large portion last night so I had leftovers for lunch today.

Sausage and mash tonight with whatever veg is on the use up list.