meals w/c 1 dec 08

Monday can’t remember Tuesday cold roast beef and stovies Wednesday can’t remember Thursday beef and veg egg fried rice Friday fish and chips from the chippy, *again* – I know, I know, but we were going out Saturday meatballs from the freezer, with spaghetti Sunday pork goulash from the freezer, with rice

stovies

using up: pot roast stock and veg At least, that’s what we call them … it’s a Scottish dish, and a great way to use up stuff.  We did a pot roast for Sunday lunch the weekend before last (sorry, been really busy decorating, so no time to write blog posts!), and were left with…

egg fried rice and bits

using up: cold pot roast beef, spring onions, pepper, cucumber, broccoli I love egg fried rice – we always have it when we have a Chinese takeaway.  Not that we’ve had a Chinese takeaway in years, but we always did. I don’t know why I’ve never made it before – partly, I guess, because you…

gammon

I’m sure I’ve mentioned it before, but we often buy a huge gammon from Costco, and cook it up for lunches.  I generally buy one that’s about twenty quid, put half in the freezer uncooked, and then cook the other half.  Then depending on what we’re doing, we might freeze a cooked quarter too. I…

there will be banana muffins for breakfast tomorrow

I know this because we decided to have chicken and chickpeas from the freezer for supper, as I have to go to a Parish Plan meeting, and it’s a bit early for us to stop and cook for 7 p.m. I duly removed said tub and set it on the worktop to thaw.  I was…

last week's meals w/c 24 nov 08

Monday beef with orange from the freezer, sprouts,  roast potatoes and parsnips Tuesday cabbage, mozarella and pancetta with pasta Wednesday veg stir fry with noodles Thursday black pudding sausages with bubble and squeak Friday fish and chips from the chippy Saturday thai veg curry from the freezer with egg fried rice – I did some…

my baby Remoska

I’ve been after a Remoska for a while – they look such a great idea, so I’ve been keeping an eye out on eBay. I really want a big one, but I thought it would be sensible to start with a little chap, not least because we cook a lot of food in our small…