Lots of lovely veg at a reasonable price in the supermarket today, including sweet potatoes, so a nice vegetable soup has been made and also bought some french bread to have with it. However, after all that goodness I fell for the temptation of some cream cakes for afters.
Supper this evening is chicken breasts wrapped in streaky bacon and baked in the oven surrounded by chunks of the last home grown butternut squash tossed in olive oil. We'll have it with a lentil salad and garlic bread, and there's a third of a bottle of Sauv Blanc left, and a third of a bottle of Chianti, so we'll have to toss for who has which
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Well I hope you all enjoyed your food, mine was nearly warm home made mince pie and uncooked chips that got binned without tasting. I put the fan oven on, it takes around five minutes to get up to speed, ten minutes later still cold. Put the top oven on takes 20 minutes to heat up, put pie and chips in, 35 minutes later hardly warm pie chips a soggy mess. No Sunday lunch it will be the carvery and Monday?? well I cannot go to Comet and not too many places to try but try I will, lost without my cooker. The next one will be a Bosch same as my fridges, never any trouble with them touch wood.
In the past few years I have bought a cooker,freezer and fridge online with very good service from the companies I chose The spaces I have for my fridge and my freezer are awkward sizes and I just couldn't face trailing round the shops
Pork chop,roasties,broccoli and roasted root veggies today with more date and apple cake and custard for pud I will be using a homegrown sweet potato in with the veggies
Oh dear Frank, sorry about you cooker, it's such a pain looking for new things and the hastle of having them fitted.
I bought a Halogen oven some time ago to use alongside of my conventional cooker, it's brilliant, especially if you want to cook a small amount, for 1 or 2 and the Yorkshire puddings turn out wonderful, and it's very economical.Anyway back to today's menu.
Roast Pork, stuffing, apple sauce. Roast and mashed potaotoes, mashed swede and carrots, leeks in white sauce. Followed by Pear and Apple crumble, custard and creme fraiche. I shall be using big oven today, as I am cooking for the family.
Sorry to hear about the cooker Frank, but look on the bright side - if you can't cook there's less washing up You'd be welcome to join us for supper - it's downhill all the way from you and we won't be eating until about 6.30 - have you got a bike?
We're having slow roasted belly of pork with lots of crackling. I'm going to make a pocket under the crackling and insert slices of apple and some sage leaves. With it we'll have some roasted Crown Prince squash and some buttered curly kale. We're not having a pudding but I'm sure Lovetogarden will save some crumble and creme fraiche for you on the way back North - you'll need a stop off as it's uphill going back
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dovefromabove, at the moment I could skate downhill we have a heavy frost so a bike would need stabilisers, I suppose I could borrow the two year old's bike!! Shopping on line is not me and as soon as my Daughter knew she said go on line, why? I can motor into the shopping centre 5 miles and pick from a selection in a combined shop the size of Sussex. They bring the new, take the old and I have two electrician SIL's. Another mile and we have a branch of the Lewis companies so there is choice. I will go to the Carvery so popular it will be packed to the rafters, the meal though will be well up to standard, after years of school meals army meals and canteen lunches most carveries are up to standard, depends on how low your standards are. Saying that I will not be going to the local supermarket cafe, even the staff will not eat there. As for pudding I rarely eat them now only making them if I have the grand children although they prefer fruit.
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Lots of lovely veg at a reasonable price in the supermarket today, including sweet potatoes, so a nice vegetable soup has been made and also bought some french bread to have with it. However, after all that goodness I fell for the temptation of some cream cakes for afters
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Supper this evening is chicken breasts wrapped in streaky bacon and baked in the oven surrounded by chunks of the last home grown butternut squash tossed in olive oil. We'll have it with a lentil salad and garlic bread, and there's a third of a bottle of Sauv Blanc left, and a third of a bottle of Chianti, so we'll have to toss for who has which
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Chicken korma for me. Love the sound of lentil salad
Well I hope you all enjoyed your food, mine was nearly warm home made mince pie and uncooked chips that got binned without tasting.
I put the fan oven on, it takes around five minutes to get up to speed, ten minutes later still cold. Put the top oven on takes 20 minutes to heat up, put pie and chips in, 35 minutes later hardly warm pie chips a soggy mess.
No Sunday lunch it will be the carvery and Monday?? well I cannot go to Comet and not too many places to try but try I will, lost without my cooker.
The next one will be a Bosch same as my fridges, never any trouble with them touch wood.
Frank.
Sorry to hear of your cooker trouble Frank
In the past few years I have bought a cooker,freezer and fridge online with very good service from the companies I chose
The spaces I have for my fridge and my freezer are awkward sizes and I just couldn't face trailing round the shops 
Pork chop,roasties,broccoli and roasted root veggies today with more date and apple cake and custard for pud
I will be using a homegrown sweet potato in with the veggies 
Pam LL x
Oh dear Frank, sorry about you cooker, it's such a pain looking for new things and the hastle of having them fitted.
I bought a Halogen oven some time ago to use alongside of my conventional cooker, it's brilliant, especially if you want to cook a small amount, for 1 or 2 and the Yorkshire puddings turn out wonderful, and it's very economical.Anyway back to today's menu.
Roast Pork, stuffing, apple sauce. Roast and mashed potaotoes, mashed swede and carrots, leeks in white sauce. Followed by Pear and Apple crumble, custard and creme fraiche. I shall be using big oven today, as I am cooking for the family.
ChrisX
Sorry to hear about the cooker Frank, but look on the bright side - if you can't cook there's less washing up
You'd be welcome to join us for supper - it's downhill all the way from you and we won't be eating until about 6.30 - have you got a bike?
We're having slow roasted belly of pork with lots of crackling. I'm going to make a pocket under the crackling and insert slices of apple and some sage leaves. With it we'll have some roasted Crown Prince squash and some buttered curly kale. We're not having a pudding but I'm sure Lovetogarden will save some crumble and creme fraiche for you on the way back North - you'll need a stop off as it's uphill going back
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dovefromabove, at the moment I could skate downhill we have a heavy frost so a bike would need stabilisers, I suppose I could borrow the two year old's bike!!
Shopping on line is not me and as soon as my Daughter knew she said go on line, why? I can motor into the shopping centre 5 miles and pick from a selection in a combined shop the size of Sussex. They bring the new, take the old and I have two electrician SIL's. Another mile and we have a branch of the Lewis companies so there is choice.
I will go to the Carvery so popular it will be packed to the rafters, the meal though will be well up to standard, after years of school meals army meals and canteen lunches most carveries are up to standard, depends on how low your standards are. Saying that I will not be going to the local supermarket cafe, even the staff will not eat there.
As for pudding I rarely eat them now only making them if I have the grand children although they prefer fruit.
Frank.
We could've skated earlier this morning Frank, but now you'd need a pontoon raft!
Have a good lunch
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Tonight salmon and cauliflower cheese - OH will have saute potatoes -hope ther'e's carrots. After will be rest of Tarte Tatin from yesterday
Maybe a glass rose wine - have to see - long way off this evening