What small DFW things will you do this week? W/C 6 August

Went back to bed at 1am and didn't get up till 8.20 :eek:
Sorry to hear that your Mum is stuck in hospital away from home Foxgloves. Hope she gets closer to home, or better still, out of hospital soon!


Few things planned for today:
Check banks and update spreadsheet Done
Pack and post an ebay item Done
Take some more things to sales unit Done
Do a small shop - we promised to take GD for a picnic tomorrow, so will buy a few little treats Done, though DD has asked if we can have her on Thursday instead. Doesn't make any difference to me.
Peg next load of washing on line - I am enjoying being able to get it all dried outside too - though all the watering necessitated by the weather not so good 2 loads dry
Clean bathroom Done
Top up tea / coffee supplies in camper van and put GD's car seat in it, ready for tomorrow Not done, will do tomorrow
Freeze some French beans and do something with a bowlful of windfall apples Not done, will do tomorrow
Make a Greek spinach and feta filo pie for dinner, to use up a huge bag of spinach (it is one of our favourites anyway!) Done

Watering / picking produce in garden Watered front garden tonight. Also tidied, weeded path, moved pots around, put in a couple of geraniums in gaps etc


Hopefully there will be more!

DawnW wrote: »

Killed a slug on the kitchen floor :eek: and finished off some chocolate from the fridge

Could've been worse...could've dropped your chocolate on the floor and put a slug in the fridge. :eek:

Hope you are having a nice break CCL

Spinach and feta filo pie:
You need:

About half a pack of filo pastry (the other half goes in the freezer for next time)
Lots of spinach - I can't give weights as I never weigh it, just use what I pick. A big stockpot of uncooked spinach pushed down tightly if that helps!
One or two packs of feta (or Sainsburys basics Greek salad cheese) to taste. You can also add any ends of leftover / dried up bits of any other cheese if you like / have any.

Olive oil, salt and pepper.


Wash spinach and put into a large pan, cook over a highish heat till it wilts down. No extra water needed, apart from the washing water that clings to it. Drain in a colander, pressing as much water out of it as you can. Put back in the pan, then crumble in feta (and grate in any ends of other cheese if you have it) and season well with salt and pepper, remembering though that feta is quite salty.

Brush a baking dish with olive oil and line with several layers of filo pastry, letting it overlap / over hang the sides. You need to dab the layers with the olive oil brush to make them stick together a bit - but you don't need much.

Fill with spinach and feta mixture - you can do half, fold pastry over and do another layer if you like, but I usually don't bother. Fold over flaps of pastry overhanging the edge of the dish, again dotting with olive oil where they need to stick together. Add more filo to the top if needed.

Brush over the surface with more olive oil and bake at Gas 6 or 200 degrees for about 20 minutes.
Now the slightly tricky part - get out the pie which should now be nice and brown on top, invert onto a baking tray and slide back into its original baking dish to brown the underneath. This is only tricky because you need approximately 3 hands. The pie will stay together well, and won't break up unless you drop it on the floor!

Back in the oven for another 10 or 15 minutes, it will look nice and brown when done.

Nice hot, warm or cold


Hopefully this makes sense - let me know if not. It is surprisingly difficult to write down a recipe for something you have just made for years. It is pretty easy though, much easier to do than write!