Love food hate Waste Part two for 2018 :)

Ginmonster

I had a bit of a failure yesterday. It started well as I made curried parsnip and lentil soup and then beetroot, coconut and lemon soup which used up all the oldest veg in the fridge. I then made the Not A Tagine recipe I mentioned earlier and while it was cooking I sat down for a cuppa. Then did a bit of washing and hovering and then I suddenly remembered the Tagine. I ran back to the kitchen but it was completely burnt into the bottom of the pan. Damn! Luckily there were some bread rolls so hubby and son had those with cheese for tea and I had a portion of leftover pasta. The kitchen still smells a bit burnt today. ☹️

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Oh dear ,never mind you were pretty productive instead .We have all had those 'Oh my goodness I forgot the' ??? I have lost count of the burnt pans I have had over the past 50-60 years but steep in water with some salt or washing powder and it will come off

I have a chunk of gammon ham to cook today in the slow cooker as its defrosted nicely overnight and it will do me for the next few days meals at least :)I had bought it before Christmas as it was reduced and cut in half and froze in my DDs big freezer so I rescued one bit yesterday to cook today so most of this weeks meals will be boiled gammon

JackieO xx

Working_Mum

Ginmonster wrote: »

. The kitchen still smells a bit burnt today. ☹️

Aw sorry to hear, I have to set myself timers on my phone nowadays!

If you pop a saucer of malt vinegar on your work surface it will remove the burned smell.

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Using up the last of my bit of gammon for brunch today with some scrambled eggs for brunch. I also am making a coconut and cherry cake for my son-in-law as its his favourite and as my big oven will be on I'll probably make a boiled fruit cake and some brownies as I have all the stuff in the cupboards

have a good weekend chums

JackieO xx

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freezer diving again and have found the piece of cod I was looking for and I shall have that with a little mashed potato and some green beans and some of my cauliflower from the veg box with a bit of red leicester cheese sauce over the lot . probably the last of the white grapes for pudding This lunchtime it will be HM celery and lentil soup with some crackers and pate ( the pate was dug from the freezer as well as it was some left over from Christmas that I froze )every little helps and no more shopping this week at all ,in fact probably won't need anything for around 10 days at least :):)

Ginmonster

Working_Mum wrote: »

Aw sorry to hear, I have to set myself timers on my phone nowadays!

If you pop a saucer of malt vinegar on your work surface it will remove the burned smell.

Thanks for the tip! I'll try that next time although hubby will undoubtedly complain as he loathes vinegar with a passion.

I had loads of roasted beetroot to use up over the weekend so I made a beetroot and lentil curry which was lovely but sadly the 6 year old turned his nose up at it. Luckily we had a portion of leftover tagine in the fridge so he had that instead. You never can tell with kids, he likes curry (mild) and beetroot and lentils and all the other component parts but somehow this just wasn't right. I recovered my 5 star rating as a cook the following day by making a family favourite - couscous with veg and halloumi and there were even a few sprouts left to go in it which delighted him.

There are portions of both meals left which will get used over the next couple of days

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more freezer diving today and unearthed a nice pork chop which will be cooked in a dried stuffing crumb and mashed spuds and some left over cauliflower cheese .No shopping bought or needed at all:) Found a box of semolina at the back of the cupboard so it looks like a semolina pud for a couple of nights dessert and maybe even some shortbread as well for the biscuit tin

VJsmum

I can't even freezer dive easily - it's a case of ease out a drawer and take the thing on top... i am working on reduction.

I have a lot of frozen gooseberries - does anyone have suggestions? i do not want to make a crumble because they need a LOT of sugar to sweeten them. We don't really eat jam... I am actually going to take the bush out of the garden, i think, as they are a pig to pick and i don't get round to cooking them.

Brambling

VJsmum wrote: »

I can't even freezer dive easily - it's a case of ease out a drawer and take the thing on top... i am working on reduction.

I have a lot of frozen gooseberries - does anyone have suggestions? i do not want to make a crumble because they need a LOT of sugar to sweeten them. We don't really eat jam... I am actually going to take the bush out of the garden, i think, as they are a pig to pick and i don't get round to cooking them.

I'm currently facing the same issue with my freezer went in for a lamb steak at the weekend and reached the pork chop first

Gooseberry gin?

I like gooseberry fool or make a compote to serve with yoghurt I love them sharp but I know they're an acquired taste. Or you can go down the savoury route I've seen them served with mackerel as it's meant to cut through the oily fish like you would add apple sauce to pork

The local farm shop cafe make a gooseberry and elderflower cake using elderflower cordial but I don't have a recipe for it

VJsmum

mmmmmm gin......