Cooking for one (Mark Three)

caronc

Good evening everyone,
I have no idea what size my house in sq ft. More than big enough for me anyway:).
I not so much had a snooze this afternoon as passed out for a couple of hours, don't think I'll any problem slepping tonight though (fingers crossed):cool:.
Still deciding if I fancy pasta tonight or if a baked spud appeals more. I have a small amount of savoury mince in the freezer with some added veg it could with either. I'll make my mind up shortly.
Looks as though we are for some wild weather on Friday/Saturday:(, I was going to move some pots of mini daffs that have began to flower to where I could see them better, but as they are in a sheltered corner I'll leave them there for now. It would a shame to have them blown to bits:eek:. It's so good to see some signs of Spring in the garden.:D

SunnyGirl

Good evening everyone

A wet and grey day here too with strong winds and rain forecast for the next few days.

Busy couple of days here with uni and general life stuff. I got my exam results yesterday and gor 87% for the Policing module and 77% each for the Criminal Law and Criminological Theories modules respectively. Am feeling very proud of myself and it was worth all the hard work and lack of a life over Christmas and early January.

Food has been very hit and miss but I had a sausage sandwich for tea tonight and it was lush

p.s I also wouldn't know the square footage of my house :rotfl:

PasturesNew

Today I've not had anything unusually exciting....

1/ 2 pieces of toast.
2/ 4 fish fingers and some oven chips.
3/ 1 small peshwari naan (L1dl pack of 6, they're packed in two vacuum compartments of 3 and I'd already eaten the other two yesterday).

PasturesNew

caronc wrote: »

I have no idea what size my house in sq ft.

I only know mine as it's on the sales details - and I'm noting the size of others as I go through those that come to market....

Ultimately size in itself won't make a difference... but it is vaguely interesting to note how big/small places are. Layout makes a huge difference, as do room dimensions; a living room might be, say, 150 sq ft, but if it's 15'x10' then that's a long corridor, versus 12'x12' which is a better sized room

In layout you can lose so much space due to a poor design... like mine - there's this "nothing but a big hallway with an awkward loo" bit in the middle I have to walk into and around between the living room and the kitchen, bl00dy annoying it is... it's the sort of layout that could have me walking into the wall holding a hot coffee if I'm rushing from the kitchen with a freshly made coffee to the living room, turning the lights out behind me.

candygirl

Omg I just made a toastie, n put lentil Dahl,a bit of cheese n sweet chilli sauce in it.Sounds random, but it was lush

Brambling

Congratulations Sunny good to see all your hard work paid off :T:T

Farway your carp weather made its way to me . When I opened the front door for his lordship 7am this morning and discussed the benefits of front or back garden (ok it was a rather one sided conversation) it was gray but clear but by the time I left at 8am it was heavy fog I'm assuming you've also had the heavy rain we've had for the last couple of hours. This will teach me to complain about de-icing the car :cool:

Lunch today was minestrone soup, the last portion tomorrow dinner was using LOs from the fridge I made a tomato and bean 'stew' with bacon, spring onions, pepper and courgette, sun dried tomato's and stirred in a teaspoon of tahini it turned out very tasty but my LOs generated LOs not a full portion but I made too much for one meal when I add a bread roll

PasturesNew

I'm definitely in the food doldrums, fed up with what I've got, but it needs to be eaten....

I bought a pint of milk about 6 days ago ... it's still not been opened. It's got 3 more days before the date... and I did intend on making a quiche/similar with it... thing is, I'd like pastry with that. I've a part-sheet of ready-rolled that I flattened/froze, but that bit's not big enough for what I had in mind .... and I'd need to find a dish it fits.

But I think I should make the effort to make that today .... or not... maybe tomorrow ....

I really fancy a bit of old fashioned cheese flan .... but CBA to grate the cheese, get the sheet from the freezer, then line a dish and bake it.

I've 2 crusts and 1 slice of bread that need using up too - and one tomato - and those spuds have barely been touched - and I've still six carrots.... and don't forget to get round to using the onions .... and the freezer's still over-full of sliced peppers that need using as they've now become freezer clutter

EDIT: I got the pastry sheet out.... it's defrosting. I'll grate some cheese in a bit. I know it'll taste utterly gorgeous once done.... I just hate going through the process.

EDIT 2: Flan's in the oven... didn't have the right size/shape of dish so improvised with an enamel pie tin.... it's been in 20 minutes so far, should be another 10-15 or so. Filling was deeper than I'd like, but you're stuck with what you've got... probably need to carry a bit of paper round with me that's the pastry size and try it out on the £land dishes.... but then I'd have to remember to do that

Will serve with chips and beans probably.

EDIT: I ended up being impatient as the flan took a little longer than I'd hoped... and then I wanted it to "rest/cool a little" - so I had chips/beans as a starter, then the whole flan as my main course

Wednesday2000

I had quite a productive day yesterday. I did 2 loads of washing, vacuumed upstairs and finished off another book.

I had to email the councillor again as the rubbish has still not been picked up. :mad: I'm assuming my next call will be to my local MP?:huh:

I have to go and check the fire label on the bed I'm donating and then call up the British Heart Foundation. I also have to vacuum downstairs and I want to finish off another book. I don't know why but I have the habit of reading 50% of a book on my kindle and then forgetting about them.:rotfl:

PasturesNew

Wednesday2000 wrote: »

... I have the habit of reading 50% of a book on my kindle and then forgetting about them.:rotfl:

Isn't there/there should be an app for that - a reminder bell every time you turn the Kindle on and don't go to your books within 10 minutes

Wednesday2000

I've had a leftover Quorn fillet and some grilled flat mushrooms. Cup of builder's tea too.:)