Cooking for one (Mark Three)

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yes money, that is exactly when I use the melts, when I cannot even focus my mind eg on my toes, when it is whizzing in bed


Re the mesh, I bought rigid flat sheets from a garden centre, a long time ago and used wire cutters to make narrow rectangular lengths ie suitable to lay anywhere. I keep them safe in the garden when not in use but they are flat and right now I have 3 strips out, protecting a large planter filled with soil. The edges are sharp so be careful but that is the purpose


I am on an economy drive, did my sums this morning, will not be buying much food this month, plenty in anyway. Lunch is prepared apart from the tinned fish and I have just nibbled hm flaz/walnut crackers with my coffee

PasturesNew

I'd love to use mesh, but where my pooper chooses to poop is the "decorative frontage" of my house, "the attractive approach", the "barked feature strip"..... something potential viewers would think a peculiar thing to be growing

caronc

Good afternoon everyone,

Gloomy and humid here but it's supposed to brighten up later. Yesterday evening's rain didn't come to much so I'm glad I had watered the garden. We are supposed to get thinder etc, for most of tomorrow but I think we are getting off much more lightly than some parts of the UK.
My twisted knee is still stiff and a tad swollen but not too bad provided I move it frequently so I've spent most of the morning pottering about and managed to get the remaining courgettes potted into their final tub.
I have a grocery order booked for tomorrow so today is a bit of a use up/make do day food wise. Breakfast was crackers with gouda and tomato, lunch a piece of baguette from the freezer with the rest of the egg/cress mix I made yesterday and I've taken a couple of link sausages out which I'll cook with mushrooms, broccoli and carrots that are all needing used.

Farway

Afternoon folks

Breakfast was last of the fresh pineapple, with banana, honey & HM yoghurt

Just as I was going out it started to rain, quick change of coat, good job I did, it tipped down for a bit. Now dull & cool

Nothing much on YS offers, I did spot in W/rose tinned sardines, maybe it is me, they are posh French ones, 1.99 a tin:eek: even on offer at 2.50 for two tins seems a bit steep to me. https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/hyacinthe-parmentier-sardines-in-tomato-sauce/724293-288036-288037

I was slightly tempted, they even made it into my basket, but came round in the frozen aisle and found these, 1.25 for 150g breaded cod fillet
https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/waitrose-frozen-2-breaded-cod-fillets/524019-239377-239378
much more in my range, has anyone tried the posh French tinned sardines?

Back to lunch of mini pizza, out of the freezer and heated up in mini oven

Dinner is following what seems today's CFO trend, use up LO day
Last of a week old loaf, toasted, with grilled cheese & last of the baked beans on top. Probably with a couple of fried eggs on top of that lot

Cat poo, wire mesh. I use chicken mesh, mine is from Wilkinson's but I guess any DIY shed has it. It also comes in green plastic coated for the pretty bits of the garden

I found it has to be held above the soil, or the cat just poos on the mesh as it attempts to aim:(
I use bamboo cane structure but the mesh will bend and can be sort of arched above the soil surface. The cat's don't like the wobbly footing.
Mesh has added bonus, keeps the birds off

PN, drill bits, on offer in L's this week if not already bought them. Nothing special, 11 mixed sizes, under £3 so not the world's best ones, but OK for a couple of holes I guess

Another truss of tomato flowers open today, Balcony Yellow in wall baskets in the conservatory. Only gardening today was tying toms up and de side shooting

gt568

Untouched in a year, why is it here?


Thats the rule here.

Farway

gt568 wrote: »

Untouched in a year, why is it here?


Thats the rule here.

Please translate. What are you talking about?

gt568

Farway wrote: »

Please translate. What are you talking about?

Getting rid of stuff from the house.

moneyistooshorttomention

I read that phrase as "Get rid....".

Though, as a woman, I know I've got clothes I've not worn for longer than that - but I do intend to slim back into them.

So not an infallible rule then:rotfl:

PasturesNew

Farway wrote: »

PN, drill bits, on offer in L's this week if not already bought them. Nothing special, 11 mixed sizes, under £3 so not the world's best ones, but OK for a couple of holes I guess

Cheers, I rarely look at their "stuff" as I've no budget or need for most stuff most of the time

I'll get some in a bit (if I fancy a wander) ... or tomorrow. I'm sure I bought some somewhere, but not stumbled across them yet whilst sorting things out - but I bought a small toolbox in £land the other week, so they'd have an official place to be put .... and, as you say, £3 ... rude not to! Although, having said that, I'm a little "nervous" at selecting the correct fitting..... because I don't know how many sorts there are, or what mine is... and I bet the packs don't say and expect you "to know" this sort of thing.

Today I've scoffed way too much:
muffin/beans/scrambled eggs; an assortment of fruit pastilles; packet of crisps; 2 hot sausage rolls; spud salad, crunchy lettuce, boiled egg, beetroot.

moneyistooshorttomention

Still in a pretty prolonged cba period at the moment - so yesterday's dinner turned out to be sauted mushrooms with new potatoes in the event.

Today's dinner - it was a stirfry (onions/garlic/peppers/carrot/spinach/marinated tofu/tomatoes) eaten with more new potatoes. Enough made to do for tomorrow as well.

You could say "woks 'r us" is a suitable motto for singles - few minutes/whatever bits one has in = dinner.