Progress not Perfection

beanielou

If only Ocado delivered here

Sun_Addict

I also bought a loaf of bread, some cat treat sticks and a bunch of mint 😆

That’s a good saving with Ocado. I use Mr M mainly because I get 15% staff discount courtesy of DD working for them plus they send me various vouchers courtesy of me having a delivery pass but I sometimes try other brands when they do a good offer like that.

My eyebrows disappeared a while ago, they were always pale but have really faded. Hence why I get them tinted every so often. They’ve calmed down a bit since yesterday and look less like caterpillars now 🤣

badmemory

Cherryfudge said:

Seasidegal58 said:

Re eyebrows - I used to have mine threaded but they've rather disappeared over the years so I don't bother now.  One-third of them at the end has disappeared and I pencil them in. 

Me too. The vagaries of hypothyroidism!

I lost a diagonal line through one of mine.  But I still laugh over my doctor talking to the lab as the results were late & they told him my results had broken there machine they were so bad.  The things we need to take pleasure from!

Sun_Addict

Morning all, happy Thursday.

WFH today, the weather is rather wet this morning so glad I didn't have to trek out in that at the crack of dawn. I have to go out shortly though as I have an appointment with the dental hygienist. Getting a bit fed up of these every 3 months visits to the dentists, I don't need them they just say I might as well have them as they're included with my Denplan package. I hate going so I'm going to be firm with them today and say every 6 months is plenty, it's not exactly a pampering treatment! Mr SA only goes once a year, although he's NHS.

Today will be NSD 4 of February. I count them but don't challenge myself with a set target as it's more important to me to stick to my budget.

Exercise plan is 15k steps and a live lunchtime stretch & tone workout. 

I'm making vegan slow cooker stew for tonight's dinner here it's really tasty and one I make often.

Cherryfudge

badmemory said:

I lost a diagonal line through one of mine.  But I still laugh over my doctor talking to the lab as the results were late & they told him my results had broken there machine they were so bad.  The things we need to take pleasure from!

Crikey! That's a story to dine out on!
 

 Sun_Addict said:

I'm making vegan slow cooker stew for tonight's dinner here it's really tasty and one I make often.

Thanks for this - I had a look and I have all those ingredients just needing to be used. One query - a tablespoon of marmite sounds a lot of salt, do you use the whole amount?

Sun_Addict

 Sun_Addict said:

I'm making vegan slow cooker stew for tonight's dinner here it's really tasty and one I make often.

Thanks for this - I had a look and I have all those ingredients just needing to be used. One query - a tablespoon of marmite sounds a lot of salt, do you use the whole amount?

I don’t buy marmite so miss it out. It still tastes great. I also make the dumplings just from fat free natural yogurt and SR flour with some herbs and grated cheese.  Oh and I use a red wine stockpot instead of real wine. I never follow recipes to the letter 😆

Cherryfudge

Sun_Addict said:

I don’t buy marmite so miss it out. It still tastes great. I also make the dumplings just from fat free natural yogurt and SR flour with some herbs and grated cheese.  Oh and I use a red wine stockpot instead of real wine. I never follow recipes to the letter 😆

Thanks, that's great! It does seem to have a lot of salt and I was working out how to reduce it. I might compromise with less marmite.

The yogurt dumplings will be tried too. I have three pots of homemade yogurt that were destined for work lunches but as I now have leave to use, I was wondering how long they'd last. So some will go in the dumplings, solving two issues at once.

And... I was already planning on using a red wine stockpot. How neat is that!

EssexHebridean

I like yogurt in home made flatbreads too -  SR flour and mix with yogurt to make a stiff dough. I usually shove some onion seeds or garlic in mine too. Roll out thinly and cook on a hot dry pan until they start to puff and bubble, then turn and repeat on the other side. 

As for the salt in the recipe - it's meant to serve 4 from the look of it - so would actually end up as less than a teaspoon per person. (I could cheerfully spread more than that on a slice of toast! )  It sounds absolutely delicious - I fear I'd never get it past MrEH as he's not a lentil fan but I may well try at some stage! I love mushrooms so pretty much anything with them in would be a win in my world! 

Sun_Addict

Mr SA is a diehard carnivore and tried a spoonful last time I made it as he thought the lentils looked like minced beef. He wouldn’t have it as a meal though. 

I left out the salt at the beginning of the recipe as I rarely add it to anything unless it’s vital. There’s salt in the stock anyway so I don’t think it takes anything away from the flavour. I found half a pack of dried porcini mushrooms in the cupboard so they’ve gone in as well. I didn’t have portobello mushrooms so used chestnut ones. I haven’t really followed the recipe have I 🤣

EssexHebridean

We used to buy dried mushrooms from one of our favourite stalls at the Good Food show - but they've not been there for the past few years so we've not got them - such a lovely depth of flavour though! I reckon chestnut mushrooms and portobello aren't too different in flavour, I'd definitely use the chestnnut ones myself as they're a lot cheaper aren't they!