Cooking for one (Mark Three)

PasturesNew

About an hour after lunch, I gave the chilli another stir... although I was really doing that as an excuse to have a bit more, so I half filled a mug and topped it with cheddar.

A further hour on and I had another little stir ... and the obligatory little taste. OMG it was gorgeous when I had the first portion, it's even BETTER now. I'll probably leave it on another hour, just because I CBA to decant it yet... and then I'll decant it for the fridge. Not a lot left really ...

candygirl

No CFO for me tonight.Am off out for a Valentine's Indian , with my girlies :j:beer::j

PasturesNew

candygirl wrote: »

No CFO for me tonight.Am off out for a Valentine's Indian , with my girlies :j:beer::j

I'd not.... you'll be surrounded by all the doey-eyed mob

candygirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

I'd not.... you'll be surrounded by all the doey-eyed mob

We went last year, n 90% of the couples were sitting there, hardly even speaking to each other :rotfl:

caronc

Good evening everyone,
Good result on the braising steak front Farway, I hope you enjoyed it
Chilli sounds very moreish PN
Hope you enjoy your "girls night" CG
Cotoneaster has been (temporarily) tamed but my was it chilly in the garden, my hands and face were numb when I came back in. I was very glad of my mug of pea & ham to warm me up:D. While I was pruning I managed to lose my balance and topple over, bumped rather than hurt myself but of course managed to knock over the cuttings bucket and scatter the contents over an unduly large area for the amount there was :o. Thankfully no one could see my inelegant sprawl, though any passerbys might have heard [STRIKE]swearing[/STRIKE] muttering through the fence:rotfl::rotfl:. Still no major harm done and the cuttings are now safely in the wheelie bin.

Just pasta to cook and some cheese to grate to go with the sauce I made from mushrooms, garlic, peppers, spring onion, corn, spinach, ham and tin of condensed mushroom soup mixed with some milk. There's lots of sauce so I'll freeze the spare unmixed with pasta and I can use it up as feel like if I fancy making a pie or using as a baked spud filling.

PasturesNew

I don't want to gloat, but I find it way too satisfying
Just popped into £land.... full hook of the tongs, about a dozen of them. Bought two to set aside as gifts for siblings when I next see them (which might not be this year, but there's no hurry).



I'm home with more sweeties than food.

Food: pack of four bread rolls, pack of 6 tomatoes.

Sweeties: Pack of chocolate oaties; bar of turkish delight; chocolate fudge cake; two packs of chocolates

elona

I had porridge for breakfast and some cooked chicken in a roll for lunch. Tonight I had a bit more chicken. a mug of soup and a roll with a small finger of fudge (as the adverts put it)

I have some sweets and chocolate I ordered online and have put them in a lidded plastic bowl out of the way but strangely don't feel tempted by any of it at the moment. The idea of me not being hungry or not scoffing everything in or out of sight is unheard of. Maybe I am tired as did not sleep well last night.

Does anyone else feel they CBA to cook but don't want ready meals etc either or I am just going a bit odd?

I might just stick to simple things like porridge for breakfast, an omelette for lunch and dig round in the freezer for an evening meal for the next few days.

Older dd, sil and baby are coming round on Sunday so I will use the beef and mushrooms I cooked and froze to make a pie with green veg and mash or roasties. If SIL is still going veggie I have some quorn items for him with mash, roasties and green veg. Not sure if other dd, fiance and other dd are coming or not but the pie can stretch to feed at least four and can put more quorn in the oven etc.

I think the small freezer in the conservatory might have had the door slightly open at some point so will go through it tomorrow and check everything out.

caronc

elona wrote: »

Does anyone else feel they CBA to cook but don't want ready meals etc either or I am just going a bit odd?

I might just stick to simple things like porridge for breakfast, an omelette for lunch and dig round in the freezer for an evening meal for the next few days.

Nope I don't think that's odd or if it is I'm odd too;). I generally much prefer home made food to pre-made ready meals so even if I cba cooking I tend to eat something simple and/or use up frozen portions for batch cooking. I do use pre-made elements like breaded fish or pies and enjoy a bought pizza. I also keep a couple of RMs in the freezer as a stand by in case I'm poorly so I can have a complete meal I can just nuke if needed, RMs have their place but aren't my "go to" if I can avoid it .

Brambling

Evening

I thought of you today Farway .YS kippers in sainsb*rys from the fish counter not in a bag, I decided against them but did pick up a couple of YS salmon portions half price also black pudding, chicken thighs and corn beef so not helping with the freezer situation :cool: I'll make corn beef hash tomorrow .

I almost overslept this morning, I must of hit my snooze button multiple times in my sleep as I have no memory of doing so until the last oh s&*t moment when I realised it was 7.30 :eek: the furry alarm was asleep at the foot of my bed I did poke it to check the battery hadn't died he wasn't amused :rotfl: I bet Sunday he will work :cool: so a bit rushed and then I had to defrost the car, I was at work for 9 but that's late for me as I usually get in for 8.30 to miss the worst of the traffic the boss was getting worried but that does him good occasionally

Hope you enjoyed your Indian Candy when i was a waitress (about 100 years ago :rotfl:) we would pick out the married couples as those who weren't talking to each other :rotfl:

You're not odd Elona i think cba days happen a lot when you CFO I like to cook but sometimes it seems an effort to do just for yourself especially if you're tired, I don't buy RM as don't like most of them but I do have HM RM often LOs today's lunch was chilli and rice from the freezer and tomorrow will be spinach and ricotta lasagna. I also keep stuff in which is quick to cook like basic cheese and tomato pizza which I can add extra toppings etc and eggs are good for a quick meal

Because my lunchtime chilli was more than a lunch size portion I wasn't very hungry tonight so I had scrambled eggs on a muffin

SSUPER

Hello?

Hi everyone. I have been learining so much stuff here. I thought I would share a receipe from my high school cook book that I found in a box. This is what they taught us in the 1980's

Macaroni Surprise:

1 cup pasta
40g Marg
1 small onion
2 mushrooms
25g flour
250ml milk
50g cheese
1 hard boiled egg
1 tomato.

Cook the pasta, boil the egg. Then melt marg in pan add onion, mushroom, cook 3 minutes. Add flour, cook 2 minutes. Stir in milk slowly then heat this till it comes to boil. Add pasta and two thirds of cheese.

Place half this in oven dish, top with sliced hard boiled egg. Put rest of pasta in, then finish with sliced tomato and the cheese. Bake for 20 minutes @ 180.

I think the surprise was that there was hard boiled egg through it. Hope that helps someone.