Cooking for one (Mark Three)

PasturesNew

Wednesday2000 wrote: »

I bought some marinated olives and a baton from Coop ....I don't have much food left until Thursday.

Could've bought a cheap loaf and some tins of beans.... they're filling

I'm still waiting for the gas man.... had the final two 4ldi hobnobs for lunch. Starving!!!

Farway

SunnyGirl wrote: »

I am very fond of Lidl's black cherry jam and have been known to eat it on ice cream as well as toast, bread, crackers, rice pudding.....
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Darn, wish I'd known this. I bought the strawb one this morning, but my Ls seems a bit short on choice lately with the new one opening in town

Managed to remember carrots as well, plus gardening stuff now the seeds are in, toms, beetroot & dwarf French beans

PN hope boiler & teeth are both fixed and not a bank buster

Lunch was cheese on toast, with piccalilli

I've taken YS pack of boil in bag kipper fillets out to defrost. BBE was Nov 2017 so probably about due for using and freeing up a corner

I bought 2.5k of YS King Edwards the other day, so I'll have buttery mash with the kippers tonight

Brambling, I gave up with crocus for same reason as you, the few I've got left are are in pot which is not as easy for the squirrels. Noticed 3 daffs out in sheltered spot in my volunteer garden

I've not got Alexa or the like, I expect there is a use for them but none that I can think of unless I spent thousands on fully automated house. Alexa ! pasty, chips & beans, then wash up & make the bed;)

Edit update, need to get a chop out for tomorrow's dinner

PasturesNew

I remembered a cheese topped roll in the freezer. I figured if I nuke/defrosted that and dabbed some marg on it, that was the sort of food that I could scoff even if the gas man arrived.... and wouldn't create much washing up (just the dish it sits in to defrost + 1 knife).... so I went for it

That was the last of a 4-pack that I think I got "free" as L1dl were giving bread away on Xmas Eve about 5.30pm.

I got the 4ldi Smoked Haddock Fishcake out of the freezer, so that's been defrosting awhile. It's like these but definitely says smoked haddock https://www.aldi.co.uk/haddock-fishcakes/p/052551234037100 - bought months ago with a red sticker on, the other one was scoffed about a month ago.

Wednesday2000

I forgot I had a few spuds in the fridge so I made potato wedges for lunch.

I will have the leftover pasta later tonight.

PasturesNew wrote: »

Could've bought a cheap loaf and some tins of beans.... they're filling

I do have beans at home, I just fancied the fresh bread when I walked past.:cool: I can't seem to walk past baked bread without being tempted.

PasturesNew

The gas man didn't come.... I sat here, kitchen cleared/accessible .... waited. Sat. Waited. Paced. Waited. Looked out the windows. Sat. Waited. Walked outside. Walked back inside. Looked out the windows. Sat. Waited.

Unfortunately .... I remembered I had a minty "aero" .... and ate the whole lot in one sitting. Doing that, I didn't even actually enjoy it.

*sighs*

Still leaving it a bit longer before I write the gas man off for today because, "you never know".... he's a local man, who is the "will pop in later" type - so he could still be popping in on his way home ....

candygirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

The gas man didn't come.... I sat here, kitchen cleared/accessible .... waited. Sat. Waited. Paced. Waited. Looked out the windows. Sat. Waited. Walked outside. Walked back inside. Looked out the windows. Sat. Waited.

Unfortunately .... I remembered I had a minty "aero" .... and ate the whole lot in one sitting. Doing that, I didn't even actually enjoy it.

*sighs*

Still leaving it a bit longer before I write the gas man off for today because, "you never know".... he's a local man, who is the "will pop in later" type - so he could still be popping in on his way home ....

Mine's been n finally declared my gas fire dead, after 2 weeks faffing about :mad:

caronc

Good evening everyone,
Commiserations CG & PN on your gas appliance woes :grouphug:
Wednesday - like you I find fresh bread irrestible:)

Farway -My crocuses are up but no sign of any flowers yet, hopefully they'll appear soon. Seed-wise I don't think I need any this year but must get the seed box out and check soon.

Schnitzel has not been prepared as I decided earlier to tidy out a largish chest of drawers. I didn't think it would take very long but of course it took much longer than I thought would! Pork fillet will get frozen and it will be sausages instead as I have a pack in the fridge. I prepped carrot, parsnip & swede for mash earlier while I was doing the soup veg so at least that's done and it will go fine with bangers.
Pea & ham soup was delicious and should be even better tomorrow after it has had time to "mature". I thoroughly enjoyed my ham and coleslaw sarnie, home cooked ham is so much better than even half-decent bought stuff IMHO. The original joint was on SO and cost me £6 for 1.5kg, half was cut into 4 gammon steaks and the other half left as a joint. For £3 I've got enough ham for 6 decent portions including the portion of bits I popped in the soup plus enough stock for a largeish pot of soup so pretty economical and when I think I'm £1 for 2-3 skinny slices of deli Ayrshire ham there's just no comparison. I must make more of an effort to cook a piece more often . The pot of soup works out at about £1.50 (50p ham, 50p dried peas & 50p veg) plus the cooking costs which would be 25p max including cooking the ham. There's at least 5 portions of soup @ 35p per portion that sounds ok to me as a tin of Tesco Pea & Ham costs 45p

Brambling

I would have gone with the olives and crusty bread too Wednesday although bread and me aren't the best of friends anymore I can be led astray by good bread . Hopefully your coeliac test will come back negative as gluten free bread isn't the same

Bad news about the fire Candy im assuming it wasn't the part he told you to buy?

I spent 10 minutes looking for my car keys this morning only to realise after I had walked up and down the path that they were in the pocket of what I was wearing yesterday, it's not the first time :cool: and then when I got home tonight I realised that I had left my bedroom light on all day because of it :wall:

Caronc I'm glad I copied your idea for Singapore noodles tasty and spicy, LOs of course I know they wouldn't taste so good recycled but I eat late on Wednesday so I don't mind a quick ping meal. Lunch was HM celery soup made from the braised celery, onion and stock I made on Sunday and blended, it's a shame there was just one portion but definitely one I'll do again as with the oven on it was so easy

Farway

This thread is taking a Flanders & Swann turn, "gas man cometh":D
No hippopotami please;)

Commiserations CG & PN

I've just had reminder about car insurance, I use comparison sites like a good MSEr, but hate the bother, I've got same due with my leccy as well. At least I've got a car & leccy unlike many in this world

Last night's kippers in bag, I nuked them as per destructions, of course the bag popped, despite not needing piecing, allegedly, and kippery juices sprayed inside of nuker, nicely done as the turntable ensured no part went unsprayed:(

I knew I should've boiled in bag in a pan, that always works, I should've learnt by now

But the mashed king Edward's were superb, as were the grilled wrinkly toms

Breakfast was slightly kipper whiffy porridge, nuked in my kippery kitchen & eaten in attached kipper flavoured dining room:o

Not a fish prospective house sellers

Lunch, very likely a fried egg sarnie for convenience, nothing wrong with cheese etc but need a change

Lamb chop out & defrosting, plan is grill that, with boiled baby spuds, carrots & broccoli, serve with butter & mint sauce

PasturesNew

candygirl wrote: »

....after 2 weeks faffing about ....

That's the worst bit isn't it. All we want is somebody to set a time, come at that time, know what they're doing and come to a single conclusion and announce the findings, findings which are 100% accurate. No faffing!

Brambling wrote: »

I spent 10 minutes looking for my car keys this morning only to realise after I had walked up and down the path that they were in the pocket of what I was wearing yesterday, it's not the first time :cool: and then when I got home tonight I realised that I had left my bedroom light on all day because of it

I hate that - things you overlook because you're so busy "trying to get it right/find something else".

I spend ages getting the house cleared/clean/tidy for a viewing, lots of little tweaks and movings about of things .... upon returning after one viewing I suddenly realised I'd omitted to hide my fag butt pot from right beside the front door!!! Sooooo angry at myself

Farway wrote: »

.... of course the bag popped, despite not needing piecing, allegedly, and kippery juices sprayed inside of nuker, nicely done as the turntable ensured no part went unsprayed...

Breakfast was slightly kipper whiffy porridge, nuked in my kippery kitchen & eaten in attached kipper flavoured dining room:o

Bummer... once you've got a bit of a stink in the house ... it can annoy you for 1-3 days until it's gone.