A trip to the fishmonger yesterday meant that we could have one of our favourite breakfasts this morning. Green Lane Fisheries sells a beautiful hot smoked salmon fillet so I bought two, along with sea bass, sea bream, salmon fillets, squid and prawns (all for the freezer). I had originally seen this recipe on Saturday […]
Tomorrow’s just another day
It’s been a strange old week this week – Andrew was struck down by a stomach bug on Sunday which by Thursday required a trip to hospital for tests – not nice. I couldn’t help the secret fear that I had poisoned him with fried mushrooms, as that was the only thing he ate and […]
One of those days where not even baking will cheer me up
I spent today cooking and baking – an easy way to pass a few hours although I was fed up by the end. Today has been one of those days: cat piss on the doormat, binbags splitting over the kitchen floor, sore back. I thought that cooking for the week would distract me, but eventually […]
Run rabbit, run
Well, it ran as far as into the pot and into my tummy. First dumplings of the winter to top off my rabbit stew as well, and homemade sticky apple cake for pudding. It’s been a day of proper winter food and I have thoroughly enjoyed every mouthful. This eating early lark at weekends is […]
Must try harder
Okay, I confess, I practically ate my own body weight in chocolate this week (and that’s a lot). I rediscovered the tasty Club biscuit – the orange version was on special offer at the local Tesco metro (was looking for a pumpkin) and man they are more-ish. I ate the whole pack in 3 sittings […]
Back to work and back on the straight and narrow
Back to work today and so am trying to behave myself food-wise. I have said before that I try to be good 80% of the time so that 20% of it I can indulge, and I find it so much easier to be careful of what I eat when I am at work. Weekday mornings […]
A lazy Sunday of cookbooks and beef stew
The clocks have gone back – great for an extra hour in bed unless your cat doesn’t want you to sleep and wants you to get up and play instead. Alfie’s whining nearly drove me mad – it certainly drove me to get up earlier than intended. Obviously once I was clearly up and about […]
Always thinking of my next meal
Having barely finished dinner, I am already thinking about tomorrow’s grub. I suppose at least I waited until I had finished eating – that isn’t always the case! So, Ocado had beef brisket on special offer today which I had delivered. It’s not a massive piece (I thought it was supposed to be dirt cheap […]
An introduction
I am so greedy. I used to be quite chubby, but after following Weighwatchers for a year I lost 3 stone. However, I have not lost my passion for eating good food, and so to satisfy my greed I behave myself 80% of the time and go to the gym a lot. For the rest […]