Cooking for one (Mark Three)

Wednesday2000

I just realised it was half one and I was starving. I had a lie in as I was supposed to go into central London today and the person had to cancel because they were ill.

I had two toasted pitta breads and the last half of a tin of baked beans for brunch.

I fancy a takeaway today too.

I might go to the chip shop.:D

AndyCF

@PN , Ice'es , Although its about 20 minutes away and I only went as I had some vouchers (as its up a steep hill away from everything else) the one I went to was a small/mini size one, well kind of. Point being I was pleasantly surprised at how much 'non frozen' things they actually kept in!

@Wednesday2000 Chipshop treat sounds like a plan, tis the weekend after all! , I'm still torn with our local one really its far too hit/miss. I may succumb to it and end up with an (overpriced) gravy mix tomorrow or something. Hmm.

Farway

PasturesNew wrote: »

They'd have to go into storage, moving into a shared house arrangement: A seaside hotel that rents out rooms for short term winter lets, so they've a proper/full kitchen available for me to use and fridge/freezer space. Quite a lot of hotels do that October to March. They work out easier/cheaper than a regular house share.

When I move I'll be close to an Iceland, so I can try some of their food

That share scheme sounds ideal, in one way the delay in selling has worked to your advantage there

Icelnd I find is OK, mostly as you expect pre packed & ready meals, they do have offers, most of which I think you can ignore as unsuitable but you never know
I find YS in there are real reductions, not a notional 10p knocked off. If you do buy YS, make sure the YS sticker on top & visible to cashier, they don't cover the normal bar code:(

If you find it suits you the Bonus card is OK, no points but load £20 on & they chuck a quid in. No need to spend it all at once, just as needed, like a packet of biscuits for instance

AndyCF

Hope everyone is having a reasonable evening so far. Regarding foods, well whatever was ordered/delivered/cooked/served etc they enjoyed!

I just settled for something simple again quite happy with that, half a dozen new potato's boiled up, tiny blob of butter and a generous couple of spoonfuls of garden peas. Sadly the peas came from a tin rather than the frozen bag but you can't have everything I suppose.

Mind you, they were 3x£1 for Bat's so I can't grumble!

pakhsh.radin

How can I make a delicious homemade pancake?

Farway

Morning folks and another wet one overnight & still raining now

Welcome Pakhsh, hope you find something of use here

It was LO ham, eggs, chips & LO beans for last night's dinner, excellent nosh that just suited the day. If the weather stays as it is it may be rinse & repeat tonight, I'll wait & see

Usual porridge, with fresh chopped apple, I used the L's yoghurt I bought due to my HM fails:(

I've finished a fresh batch of yoghurt and sent for new starter just in case.

The problem may have been me freezing the starter, it's supposed to OK doing that but maybe there's a limit somewhere? Anyway, new lot on the way

I've put the YS loaf in fridge as I'm overloaded with YS rolls at the moment, mould prevention strategy, and I prefer rolls these days. The YS ones I have are seeded ones, sort of burger buns, should go well with cheese & HM chutney inside for lunch

pakhsh.radin wrote: »

How can I make a delicious homemade pancake?

No doubt folk who are more skilled than I am will give blow by blow accounts and tips, but I've found Delia never fails.
Adjust quantities to suit
https://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/main-ingredient/eggs/basic-pancakes

PasturesNew

I did go and get a nuker burger and ate it. And a bag of jelly babies and ate those.

As the day went on I told myself I could choose what to eat, but nothing I could think of was exciting enough to want it. Drove past the chippy and talked myself out of it due to the cars/queue. Ended up coming home without any food.

I thought I could always get something later on, but then the mother of all storms whipped up, so I was going nowhere.

Awake half the night listening to the storm ... and starving.

Still starving, but can't for the life of me decide what to get/from where.

LOADS more packing to sort/re-sort, then cleaning throughout. Making a single pile in one corner of everything that HAS to fit in the car tomorrow...

Over-whelmed, daunted, worried and all that..... I do need to work out what to eat at some point though. STARVING!

AndyCF

pakhsh.radin wrote: »

How can I make a delicious homemade pancake?

The link Farway posted is very good. If you wanted another link or two then:

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/food-recipes/a15177/pancakes-recipe-ghk0213/

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/3374/perfect-pancakes

It 'might' be me, but the second link I posted seems slightly easier ?

Farway wrote: »

Morning folks and another wet one overnight & still raining now

Yes same here

Farway wrote: »

It was LO ham, eggs, chips & LO beans for last night's dinner, excellent nosh that just suited the day. If the weather stays as it is it may be rinse & repeat tonight, I'll wait & see

Sounds good. I may of misunderstood and forgive me for asking but what is "LO" ? as in "LO Ham" / "LO Beans" ?

PasturesNew wrote: »

I did go and get a nuker burger and ate it. And a bag of jelly babies and ate those.

My 'choc treat' consisted of those 'jaf cake rolls' , not really seen them before but they were 6 or 8 in the box for £1 so it seemed ideal. I was actually looking for those mini swiss type rolls (same thing, 6 in a box) with a vague idea of one or two in a bowl with a blob of custard etc, but I could not see any. I did not do the custard thing with the jaf roll though.

PasturesNew wrote: »

I thought I could always get something later on, but then the mother of all storms whipped up, so I was going nowhere.

It was quite bad here last night too, at least as I write this it is only 'rain'...

PasturesNew wrote: »

Still starving, but can't for the life of me decide what to get/from where.

LOADS more packing to sort/re-sort, then cleaning throughout. Making a single pile in one corner of everything that HAS to fit in the car tomorrow...

Over-whelmed, daunted, worried and all that..... I do need to work out what to eat at some point though. STARVING!

Instant energy snack perhaps ? 50p Noodle pot or bag of crisps, I know neither is that healthy but it will suffice for an hour or two! And either is better than nothing By which time you may decide what you do want. Stomach 'distractions' are annoying! At least if you've eaten you'll maybe feel mentally more active perhaps to deal with other things ?

Blue_Doggy

Have finally made my mincemeat, on the third attempt! The first time I forgot to buy the brandy and when I looked for the Demerara sugar which I was sure I had, there was none. The mixed fruit got eaten bit by bit with oatmeal and milk, and when I ran out of chocolate :eek: as a sweet nibble with coffee. The second time I remembered the brandy and bought more fruit but forgot the sugar; finally I bought the sugar so thought I ought to get it mixed up quickly before various components were repurposed again! :rotfl:

B: porridge
Midday HM tomato soup, baked trout with fennel, peas & carrots followed by either baked plums with cinnamon or stewed gooseberries with ginger
T/Supper: cottage cheese with celery

pattypan4

I was good this morning, ate a healthy antioxidant muesli soaked in milk overnight, not much so a bit of sd later with marmite peanut butter. Not buying that again, would rather have just peanut butter. Had a real coffee and got stuck into some prep for the freezer, to make life easier


7 small apple and blackcurrant crumbles made and 4 layered veggie meals, aubergine, turnip, courgette, tomato and goats cheese, all the veg part pre-cooked on a big flat griddle. Now about to cook a large luscious waitrose herby lamb fillet, to eat with steamed romanesco caulie and a few french beans. The remaining are washed and in vac jars, again to make it less of a chance of cba. I almost forgot the mashed with butter, celeriac