Why “surprise”? Because I thought it was a pack of sausages when I lifted it from the freezer, which rather dashed our plans for Toad in the Hole for supper on Monday night. I had to rush to the local CoOp and purchase sossidge; the Toad was gorgeous, thanks for asking. So there I had…
Month: August 2009
another lentil moussaka
We’re struggling a bit to keep up with the veg at the moment – really, we need a box two weeks out of three, but Abel and Cole had a special offer when we joined, and there’s a £50 voucher at the end of our first four weeks, so we must keep going; this week…
Tescowatch (an occasional series)
George Monbiot writes in today’s Guardian. I have been writing about it for years. But it’s only now, when I’m caught in the middle of it, that the full force of this injustice hits me. Like everyone else here I feel powerless, unstrung as I watch disaster unfolding in slow motion. There’s a similar battle…
squash, sage and feta risotto
Two small papaya pear squash in the veg box this week. We chopped and peeled them both on Saturday, and one is in a bowl in the fridge, with some chopped red onion (because Pete chopped a huge one, and it was way too much). Boiled the risotto squash for about 12 minutes until it…
lemony coriander chicken
As I’ve mentioned before, our local CoOp is really not bad, and I always take a beak at the reduced section where they put the items that have reached their sell-by date. About three weeks ago, I picked up two packs of chicken thighs – 11 thighs for £3.30. I stowed them in the freezer…
an excellent vintage
an excellent vintage, originally uploaded by ramtops. I have already laid down (!) five bottles of Shiraz (the kits say 6 bottles, but by the time you’ve discarded the sludge, you seem to get 5 red, and 5.5 white). However, the Shiraz came with poncy labels. This Pinot Grigio kit didn’t, so I printed some…
veg box 5 August 09
And I completely forgot to photograph it. Contents: big bag of curly kale – I always struggle to know what to do with this. We’ll stir fry half and eat it for lunch with noodles, I think. Will mull over how to cook the rest three smallish courgettes one cucumber carrots white onions two papaya…
Tescowatch (an occasional series)
Tesco hides figures after missing target to reduce plastic bag usage Britain’s biggest supermarket chain has published misleading figures giving the impression that it had met an industry target to halve the use of plastic bags. From The Times.
weekend activity (including veg curry)
I had a busy day in the kitchen on Sunday – bottled up some white wine, started off some red (this sounds simple, but there’s endless washing and sterilising involved). Made a couple of banana cakes, cooked mushrooms with cumin and spinach, and fried potatoes with spices, for supper, and hurled a load of veg…
a weekend's shopping
I hate supermarket shopping – we buy a weekly veg box, Pete trundles off to various independent shops on his bicycle most weekends, and the rest is made up from our excellent village CoOp, or from the not so good farm shop. However, needs must from time to time, and so yesterday I sallied forth…