Cooking for one (Mark Three)

Brambling

My mum also loved Christmas Caronc and would spend months saving and planning for it, we're a big family . She never discovered deep frying roasties :eek: but we all swear the sprouts went on with the turkey :rotfl: and boy could she stretchhhhh that turkey :cool:

I popped into town today with my sister to pick up the Christmas meat and share the costs using some M&S vouchers which also paid for a pair of jeans . The rain stayed away until we got back to hers, just as well as we walked to town and seemed to pick up a lot of stuff :cool: so staggered back

I didn't have much for lunch I didn't wanted the sandwich offered by my sister, but by the time I got home it was nearly 3pm so I had some fruit to tide me over to dinner. Dinner was LOs chicken and veg from the weekend with fresh gravy to make a quick roast . I've made stock with the bones which is cooling, I just need to decide on making soup tomorrow or freezing it but that may take some major freezer rejigging :eek: so we will see :think:

caronc

Brambling wrote: »

and boy could she stretchhhhh that turkey :cool:

I used think we used the turkey up pretty quickly when I was growing up despite it usually being a massive one. That said there was five of us plus 4 grandparents, my great uncle and my Gran's widowed friend for both Christmas & Boxing Day so on reflection it did pretty well with main meals both days, some sandwiches on Christmas night and on Boxing Day night my Dad always retreated to the kitchen with a dram to turn what was left from the turkey and any lurking LOs into what we called the "best soup of the year", gawd knows what went in it but it was probably just as well the trifle and mince pies were usually finished by that point! Dinner on the 27th was always this soup followed by Christmas pudding and custard:). Fond memories:D

Brambling

caronc wrote: »

what we called the "best soup of the year", gawd knows what went in it but it was probably just as well the trifle and mince pies were usually finished by that point! Dinner on the 27th was always this soup followed by Christmas pudding and custard:). Fond memories:D

I agree the best soup of the year was the Christmas soup day before the soup was a turkey 'meatloaf' meal so not a lot of turkey in the soup :rotfl: wish I paid attention when she made the meatloaf as I can't remember what went in, there won't have been any herbs or spices just salt and pepper. As you say fond memories

caronc

Dinner ended up being a small tub of spicy chicken& peppers from the freezer with added mushrooms and toasted pitta bread. It was just fine and minamal prep/cooking - the joy of "here's one I made earliers" when you are hungry but really cba:)

candygirl

Just watching The Undateables on ch5, n a blokes put scotch bonnets in the turkey stuffing :eek::rotfl:

wort

Yep Money! Put me on / keep me going ,fill a hole till lunchtime.:rotfl:
I had fish fingers chips and beans for tea, plus a mince pie without cream as I've run out!
I'm working today so I've had toast for brekkie, I've got chicken salad roll and rice pot for lunch. Then it will be salmon fillet with dauphinoise potatoes and carrots and broccoli.
One more day at work tomorrow, then I'm off for Xmas! I can't believe it I've never had such a long break at Xmas! !! I'm back in day after boxing day ,.:j

caronc

Good morning everyone,

Blinking cold here this morning but dry and sunny, my slabs were quite icy when I went to the bin earlier:eek:.

That's a decent break wort you'll be looking forward to the time off:)A couple of friends are popping round early afternoon, must get my finger out and wrap their pressies and write their cards. Then my son should arrive late afternoon so today feels like the festive season is kicking off properly.:D
Lunch will be a sarnie of some description with salady bits. Dinner unless my son fancies something else will be cauli & macaroni cheese. I like that combo as it feels more like a "proper" meal than just cauli cheese but isn't as heavy as macaroni cheese. Might make some garlic bread to go with it:)

candygirl

caronc wrote: »

Good morning everyone,

Blinking cold here this morning but dry and sunny, my slabs were quite icy when I went to the bin earlier:eek:.

That's a decent break wort you'll be looking forward to the time off:)A couple of friends are popping round early afternoon, must get my finger out and wrap their pressies and write their cards. Then my son should arrive late afternoon so today feels like the festive season is kicking off properly.:D
Lunch will be a sarnie of some description with salady bits. Dinner unless my son fancies something else will be cauli & macaroni cheese. I like that combo as it feels more like a "proper" meal than just cauli cheese but isn't as heavy as macaroni cheese. Might make some garlic bread to go with it:)

Ooh Mac cheese n garlic bread sounds yummy. Send me some :rotfl:

caronc

candygirl wrote: »

Ooh Mac cheese n garlic bread sounds yummy. Send me some :rotfl:

Can do as it there will no doubt be extra as it's hard to make a small amount:rotfl:

Farway

Morning all, tipped down overnight but just grey now, not bothered though, staying in today

I sampled a couple of the YS mince pies last night, scrumptious, and even tastier at less than 6p each

Usual porridge breakfast
Lunch is use up LO YS mini pork pies + open new XCFO jar of piccalilli to go with

For dinner I'm attempting a pot roast beef, using my Lidl not Cruesut cast iron pot. It's my first time [no Money, not a line from a Carry on film:D]

I'm sort of following St Dehlia's recipe. The beef is big lump on offer in Morries, says it's roasting joint but I think it'll be far better slow cooked

All being well dinner will be beef & steamed veg, and maybe at last try the frozen mash