Cooking for one (Mark Three)

Brambling

Farway wrote: »

I've taken a YS XCFO free range chick out to defrost for tomorrow, if this weather keeps up it's chicken salad, if it cools it's roast

Snap except I cooked my YS free range chick tonight . Too hot for roast plus I was in the garden and didn't want to come in so chicken salad with flat bread for dinner.

I spent a couple of hours gardening this morning, well more like jungle clearance along the back fence, I'm surprised the window cleaner didn't complain he couldn't get in the back gate anyway Garden 3 Brambling 0 :cool: a losing battle with the brambles I fear. I'm trying to persuade my nephew he wants to earn a few pounds and help me . Afterwards I popped into town via my sister's to collect my weed burner and share a cuppa . It was lovely to sit in town and listen to a band in the bandstand there wasn't so many stalls in the market as usual but still busy, I was tempted with the food stall selling Syrian food and regretted half way home not getting any of the fattoush salad and falafel wraps as it looked good.

It was a late lunch time I got home at 2pm so I grabbed a flat bread and had with cheese, coleslaw and salad before pottered indoors until it got cooler and I went back outside. My pile of garden rubbish is growing I'll need to fit in a tip trip which is a pain due to its restricted hours, it's only open four days a week now. I've cleared the old compost from my wooden troughs and planted a couple of gifted courgette plants and some seeds for mixed leaves, spinach, rainbow chard, pak choi, parsley, beetroot, turnip and radish . Chilli and tomato plants are also planted in their final homes, I'm playing catch up this year but the seeds are all quick growing and should sprout quickly. Old metal grids are covering the troughs as I don't trust his lordship :eek:

caronc

In my experience brambles always win.....

Brambling

caronc wrote: »

In my experience brambles always win.....

I fear you are right

caronc

The chap that helped me convert my veg patch into a more "me friendly" space told me it was pointless trying to cull brambles during their growing season- just makes them try harder! He culled my sprawling mass in the Autumn after they had finished fruiting and while I still have a patch (which I want to keep for the fruit) they have been much better behaved ever since. I cut them back Oct/Nov as hard as I can and that seems to have kept on top of them.

Brambling

caronc wrote: »

The chap that helped me convert my veg patch into a more "me friendly" space told me it was pointless trying to cull brambles during their growing season- just makes them try harder! He culled my sprawling mass in the Autumn after they had finished fruiting and while I still have a patch (which I want to keep for the fruit) they have been much better behaved ever since. I cut them back Oct/Nov as hard as I can and that seems to have kept on top of them.

Thanks Caronc I'll try that as long as I can keep them out of the neighbour's garden, although they did come from the neighbour the other side :cool: and unless the new people move in soon they will get worse. I'm told the estate is still in probate so hopefully not much longer

Wednesday2000

It was so warm yesterday! I went out to a concert in London.

I ate so much. I haven't eaten that badly in a while. I had a vegan Gregg's sausage roll for breakfast, then bruschetta and a pizza in a restaurant for lunch.:o

I also got chips on the way home, it was a massive portion.:rotfl: Not to mention all the alcohol as well.:eek:

I'm feeling a little delicate this morning. I'm just having some water with fresh lemon so far.

Farway

Wednesday2000 wrote: »

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I'm feeling a little delicate this morning. I'm just having some water with fresh lemon so far.

Can't have been too bad or it would be a full on fry up for breakfast:D

Nice fresh overnight loaf out of the Panny this morning
Porridge for breakfast
Chicken in the oven, should be cooked by lunchtime, poked a couple of my YS sage plant leaves under it's armpits. Very YS chicken meal

Early start in garden before the heat gets going, I'm trying some of the New Guinea busy lizzies this year, fist timer for them. Planted out more of the dwarf French beans and potted on my new Golden Delicious from Lidl

Good news is the ladybirds have arrived :j, nature working, the aphids were just getting going and along come the ladybirds like the 5th cavalry from over the hill in a B movie at Saturday morning pictures

Lunch is probably BLT sarnie with my fresh loaf

Dinner, def a salad day, I may make up some stuffing to go with the chick but depends if CBA to add hot water & pop in oven. Actually I'll see about nuking it, I think PN does so it must work


PS weed burner, I see L have one, I may just look on Tuesday

https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/MiddleofLidl.htm?articleId=22660

PasturesNew

Farway wrote: »

... stuffing...I think PN does so it must work

Yes I do, yes it does.

Pop half a small box into a mug with a knob of butter/marg. Use boiling water to the same fill level, stir, add a splash more. At this point it should be about the same as you'd usually make it (hard or sloppy, depending on preference).

Then just walk away and leave it to soak. Check/add a tiny splash more in a bit if you think it's too hard.

When you want to serve it, just stir it to see how you feel about the consistency... and nuke it for about 1 minute and let it stand for 1-2 minutes.

In short: just make it as usual, nuke it, scrape it onto your plate.

I'll probably typically mix up the mix/water 20-30 minutes ahead of serving time just because I might as well do it about then. Timing isn't important - but a bit of waiting is important to get the dry stuff plumped up.

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I minced the cooked lamb from the lamb bones yesterday, had son in mini tortellas and made 2 small cottage style pies, one for freezer and the other for tonight, Bit fed up with curry, had one of the chicken curry n rice which I portioned up and froze - neighbour gave me on Monday, had one on Wednesday, had goat curry with rice n peas with dd and family on Thursday, we were going to go out for lunch but as dgs and his dad were also on hols, I invited them over for the take-a-way, then Friday I had another of the chicken curry n rice, yesterday had the cauliflower curry, there had been just 1 portion of that in freezer, but I did it with saute potatoes so I really wanted an English style dinner today so have got sprouts out of freezer. Still about 4 portions of the Indian rice to get through and 2 of the chciken curry n rice, plus the assorted curries I had made during the month to use up YS mushrooms, bananas and cauliflower. Good job I like curry. Must have some of my chops from freezer soon and some roast chicken portions. The pizzas can stay until dgs comes to stay the night again.

Wednesday2000

Farway wrote: »

Can't have been too bad or it would be a full on fry up for breakfast:D

Uh, no, I couldn't have had that this morning._pale_

I did have some toast later on with a lot of cold water and feel fine now.:D:p