Cooking for one (Mark Three)

PasturesNew

I keep a supermarket carrier bag in my sock drawer.... if I've ever a single sock it goes straight in there... when I've a mind to, I tip them out and see if I've got a pair that can be re-joined... else they go back into the bag and back into the drawer. It keeps the singles separate and helps them to be rejoined to a pair as they're not "floating about" here and there. Single sock found ... it immediately goes into the bag.

PasturesNew

No idea re food. Yesterday I made/boxed up two rounds of tomato sandwiches for the fridge. This morning I ate one of those.

I've still got the remainder of the chicken I cooked Friday, which I need to either eat or freeze... so I guess the best thing to do with that is to reheat it and eat it. I was umm-ing and aah-ing over whether to split it into two portions, or leave it as one.... and it's too hard a decision, so I'll just eat it I guess. Not sure yet whether that'll be with rice, noodles or chips

Later this evening, as I've got bread, I might do a beans on toast. I had a beans/cheese on toast yesterday .... but it is nice

I've still got three apples I bought before Xmas in a six pack.... CBA to peel/cook them... what I should do is peel them immediately, toss in some sultanas ... and cook them down as simple stewed apple with sultanas (maybe add in a pinch of cinnamon) .... and then serve that with custard... but I can't eat that today as I've already got too much food to be eating already ... so then I think "might as well not bother today then, do it tomorrow".

I also have three remaining peppers from the bag I bought Friday, with a half price sticker on. Used two from the bag (one with the chicken/Friday; one as a pizza topping yesterday)... so trying to decide whether to slice/freeze those three today ... or leave it until tomorrow

EDIT: I had the sweet chilli chicken (with peppers/onions) I'd cooked Friday. I made up a whole packet of instant noodles (without the flavour sachet) and I dug out a whole/small pack of mange tout I'd bought/frozen. So that's one item that didn't make it into the freezer; one item that's been used up having been in the cupboard 3-4 years and one item from the freezer that was annoying me/cluttering it up Three wins

candygirl

Wednesday2000 wrote: »

I've had half a Valsoia grilled vegetable pizza. Yummy. I only went to bed about 3 this morning and then got up about 3.30 this afternoon.:o:D



Recipe?:A

I just use a plain tortilla wrap, spray it with garlic fry light, spread pasta sauce , cheese, onion on top, then bake it on gas mark six for about 10-12 mins, or a bit longer if you want it crispy:D
Re missing socks, the Furnutters nick all mine, n have tug of wars with them:rotfl:

Living_proof

PasturesNew wrote: »

I keep a supermarket carrier bag in my sock drawer.... if I've ever a single sock it goes straight in there... when I've a mind to, I tip them out and see if I've got a pair that can be re-joined... else they go back into the bag and back into the drawer. It keeps the singles separate and helps them to be rejoined to a pair as they're not "floating about" here and there. Single sock found ... it immediately goes into the bag.

I store my singleton hose in a different drawer and annually hold a moratorium on dead socks and have a clear-out. That's when you stumble across its twin!

I need an earring match-up - I always lose one of my most favourite or valuable.

Farway

Cheese + salad sarnie scoffed for lunch

Def will be full on freezer food for dinner, the fish fingers are big fat posh ones from W/rose and really need oven cooking from frozen, at least it'll warm the kitchen up a bit

Anyone here old & was poor enough, like me, to go to school with socks, not gloves/mittens, on their hands?

Never cared if they matched, although thinking back I suspect they were all standard schoolboy grey wool anyway

caronc

Good afternoon everyone,

Glad errant socks have been located:), I have a small drawstring bag I keep in my undies drawer for singles.
AWOL yesterday due to a storm knocking out the phone/internet in the area. It's still blowing a hooley but thankfully the torrential rain has stopped. Due to go well into the minuses tonight though.:(
I was out yesterday evening for a meal at a local hotel to celebrate a family birthday. I had scallops followed by lamb chops and it was all lovely.

Back to CFO today and more mundance offerings, had bacon & egg for brunch and tonight it's roast chicken thigh, veg and a baked spud.

caronc

Farway wrote: »

Anyone here old & was poor enough, like me, to go to school with socks, not gloves/mittens, on their hands?

Some of the boys used to do this with football socks when I was at Primary. My Mum used to knit our mittens and then seew them onto a ribbon and thread them through your coat sleeves. Worked a treat at avoiding losing them but you could get in a right tangle is you weren't careful taking your coat on and off:rotfl:

PasturesNew

Farway wrote: »

Anyone here old & was poor enough, like me, to go to school with socks, not gloves/mittens, on their hands?

No, I had knitted mittens ... always big enough to put your foot in though! My mum was a really good knitter, so knitted all our cardigans, jumpers, hats, mittens .... then, dresses, ponchos. She was knitting every evening and I often helped her to unravel old items and roll the wool round into skeins or balls.

caronc wrote: »

....My Mum used to knit our mittens and then seew them onto a ribbon and thread them through your coat sleeves. Worked a treat at avoiding losing them but you could get in a right tangle is you weren't careful taking your coat on and off...

My mum used knicker elastic, not ribbon

Brambling

You could cook your fish fingers in your airfryer Farway to save putting the oven on

It's been wet and windy here Caronc but luckily not as bad as you've had it, I did wake up regretting leaving the bedroom window open, there was a cold breeze coming in 7am

Pottering day today getting bits done and filling the recycling bin. I've made next week's soup for lunches it's a little hot :eek: maybe I shouldn't have added the chilli stock pot I found in the cupboard it's mainly squash, carrot and sweet potato but also odds and ends from the veg draw including swede, celeriac, 1/2 yellow pepper, stems of purple sprouting and leek.

I also made a lentil and veg lasagna which I'll cook later, should have been two portions but it's three good size ones :cool: I think I'll freeze one I'll have to swap out another RM as I've added a loaf of YS gluten free bread to the freezer and it's taken up too much room :cool:

candygirl

Finally made the red lentil lasagne.It's amazing, n will make 4 meals