Friday 31 July 2009

double triple

promise to post tomorrow, this is getting silly

Monday 27 July 2009

very sorry for the lack of posts and comment replies

been feeling a bit tired this week but i'm doing a massive update tomorrow with any luck

thanks for checking back

Monday 20 July 2009

friday's post

I think I got up at about 9.45AM



Dinner 6.40PM
  • thats some pasta that was kind of sticky, but I like it that way
  • with some chicken
  • and just a little bacon
  • some lettuce (which I ate first)
  • and some salad with some onions, I can't remember which herbs were in it but they were grown by my mum
  • got some garlic bread there too

thursday's post

I think I got up at about 9.20AM

Dinner 6.55PM
  • thats a lovely piece of chicken
  • with tartar sauce
  • some cucumbers
  • some lettuce
  • some very nice chips that had a kind of french fry taste to them because the oil was fresh
  • and some tomatoes with onions

wednesday's post

I think I got up at somewhere around 10.10AM

Dinner 6.40PM
  • this was a very nice stir fry, the meat was pork
  • got some snow peas there
  • onions
  • green peppers
  • and rice - it was lovely and sweet

tuesday's post

i'm not sure when I got up but I think it was something like 9.45AM

Dinner 6.45PM
  • thats a lovely pork chop that I always like having
  • with half a tomato, i'm still not sure on having it grilled like this but there is something I really like about it
  • got some potatoes
  • onions
  • and green beans in that bowl as well (no tomatoes because my mum has decided she doesn't like them cooked this way)
  • the breads a mix of brown and white, but mainly white - I had another half a piece of white bread when i'd finished my lot

Sunday 19 July 2009

monday's post

not sure when I got up, but it was probably around 10.35AM

Dinner 6.35PM
  • thats some lasagna which was lovely
  • it was a mix of pork and beef mince
  • and the salad was onions
  • lettuce
  • tomatoes
  • and cucumber

sunday's post

I think I got up at about 10.20AM




Dinner 7.00PM
  • this is a different kind of roast dinner, its roast pork but its belly pork - it was lovely, very crunchy and kind of obtrusive to have on a normal roast pork dinner plate but I would have it again
  • got before and after for gravy there, I also had some crab apple jelly too
  • theres some roast potatoes
  • purple sprouting broccoli
  • green beans
  • and some yorkshire puddings which were very nice

saturday's post

I think I got up at about 10.00AM but i'm not too sure at all

Dinner 12.00PM
  • (my dad very kindly waited for me to to come back from the pub to eat, still feel guilty about that)
  • got some onion rings there which were lovely with
  • the lemon wedges
  • those funny bits are the extra bits of chicken skin
  • and the chicken is tandoori chicken which I always like
  • with mint raita
  • I put a lot of the mint raita on the kebabs which were pork and onion
  • also got some lettuce there as well
  • and some roast chicken and thyme sensations crisps which were nice with dinner but I wouldn't have them as snack
  • and some onion and tomato salad
  • and some bits of bread from the deli

friday's post

not really sure when I got up really sorry

Dinner 7.45PM
  • this is one of my mum's meals and it was amazing
  • its fried chicken which was very nice
  • and those are corn fritters which i'd never had before - its like the fritter itself is quite dry but then you get really moist bits of corn, they're very interesting
  • theres some chips there too which had an interesting taste to them, probably from all the different things that had been in the oil
  • and some coleslaw which was nice with the fritters

thursday's post

I think I might have got up at about 9.45AM but I don't know why I think that



Dinner 6.45PM

  • got spaghetti bolognese there
  • with a mix of beef and pork mince
  • got mushrooms, carrots and the usual onion and stuff in there
  • can't see it in the picture but I also had about three pretty big teaspoons of green pesto which were lovely, one was put after I mixed up the meal a bit, then one when i'd mixed that in then another about 3/4 into the meal just for a treat

wednesday's post

not really sure when I got up sorry



Dinner 6.40PM

  • thats some lovely sausages
  • mash
  • and broccoli that I mixed in just a tiny bit with the mash
  • got some gravy there too, I put it mostly on the sausages and mash, putting a tiny bit more on than usual
  • to mop up later with the mini baguette bread

tuesday's post

not too sure when I got up to be honest, sorry

Dinner 6.45PM
  • thats a chicken black bean stir fry which was very nice
  • with green peppers
  • onions
  • noodles
  • and some rice

Saturday 18 July 2009

got the rest ready to post for tomorrow

thanks very much for checking back, going to post the rest and reply to comments after some sleep

monday's post

still not 100% when I was getting up because it was quite a while ago now, but it was probably about 9-10.30AM

Dinner 6.40PM
  • had chinese pancake wraps here which are a real treat, we don't often have them because my mum doesn't like them so we have to wait for a night when she won't be eating with us
  • got my father's hand in there, ignore that bit
  • theres sweet chicken
  • bacon that wasn't too crisp (I don't like it too crispy and crumbly)
  • some onion
  • lettuce
  • and tomato
  • theres also sweet chili sauce
  • and smoked garlic mayonnaise
  • most of mine started with some of the mayonnaise, then about two strips of chicken, two strips of bacon, some lettuce and onion and tomato on ever other one - then a lot of chili sauce
  • on the last two I had more bacon, a little lettuce, a fair bit of tomato and about 3 times as much chili sauce as I should have had (no regrets)

sunday's post

still not sure when I got up sorry, but it was probably around 10.30AM


Dinner 7.00PM
  • thats roast beef which is always lovely
  • got a gravy before and after there too
  • and I had a fair bit of horseradish sauce on it as well
  • got yorkshire puddings
  • roast potatoes
  • spring greens
  • carrots
  • and some lovely green beans

saturday's post

i'm not sure when I got up sorry



Dinner 6.45PM

  • this was a really nice meal, thats bits of pork
  • and bacon
  • with onions
  • little onion crispy bits
  • and green peppers in an odd kind of peanut butter sauce thing and it was lovely
  • then theres the potato thing that might have been a bit thicker but the bread balanced it out perfectly
  • its potatoes
  • tomatoes
  • onions
  • and green beans

friday's post

i'm not sure when I got up, sorry


Dinner 6.50PM

  • got some crispy and sweet belly pork there
  • some garlic naan bread
  • and some salad which was lettuce
  • cucumber
  • and some tomato
  • the toast there is brown bread, it was really for my mum but I had some of it and I really liked it
  • I had the toast mainly with that left over humus
  • a bit with the coleslaw there, but the coleslaw was mainly eaten with the naan bread

Friday 17 July 2009

very big post coming up tomorrow

going to spend a lot of tomorrow processing photos and getting all the posts done tomorrow, hoping to get everything up to date

sorry for all this delay and terrible posting consistency

Tuesday 14 July 2009

thursday's post

I might have got up at about 11.00AM

Dinner 6.40PM
  • thats a very nice boneless lamb chop
  • lemon and coriander hummus from aldi
  • some coleslaw from aldi (one of the best ones I think)
  • some very nice chips
  • and those are soft rolls from greggs
  • and a salad which was tomatoes
  • cucumber
  • and onions
  • and theres some lettuce over there

wednesday's post

not really sure when I got up but it was probably somewhere around 10.00AM



Dinner 6.55PM

  • thats chicken and red peppers kebabs, the peppers gave the chicken a funny corny taste which I didn't mind
  • got some lettuce there too
  • those walkers sensations vintage cheddar and onion chutney crisps which were really quite nice
  • and some tomato salad with some onion bits

Sunday 12 July 2009

tuesday's post

i'm not sure when I got up but it was probably around about 10.00AM

Dinner 6.50PM
  • thats spaghetti bolognese with a mix of pork and beef mince
  • and with the usual stuff, onions, carrots and some mushroom in there too

monday's post

i'm not sure when I got up but it was probably around 10.10AM

Dinner 6.40PM
  • thats sausage patties
  • with lovely fried bread
  • with baked beans on top
  • and some bacon
  • and some chips which I ate last, still using my favourite potatoes

sunday's post

not really too sure when I got up sorry




Dinner 8.10PM
  • thats roast beef which was very nice
  • with roast potatoes that always seem to be a bit darker with roast beef
  • and yorkshire puddings
  • with carrots
  • beans
  • and cabbage/spring greens
  • you've got gravy before and after there too
  • theres mint sauce, it wasn't the usual mint sauce, it was half my mum's own mint sauce as well as the usual bottle stuff - it was more bitter which I think worked a lot better with the whole meal

saturday's post

I think I got up at about 10.20AM

Dinner 6.50PM
  • got some lamb patties there which were very nice with the
  • mint raita
  • and carrotty sauce
  • that was meant for the samosas which were also nice
  • the kebabs there are chicken, onion and red pepper
  • and the crisps were chicken and thyme which remind me of the walkers chicken flavour crisps I used to have when I was little
  • the bread there is from the deli
  • and theres some lettuce
  • the tomato with the samosas is plain
  • but the other tomato has some oil and salt and pepper on it
  • also got some tescos coleslaw

friday's post

really not sure when I got up on this one, sorry




Dinner 6.40PM

  • thats lovely swedish style meatballs, I think they're all pork
  • with rice
  • and some spring greens/cabbage

thursday's post

i'm not sure when I got up, probably around 10.00AM

Dinner 6.50PM
  • this really was a wonderful meal, its one of the few meals where I put all the elements of the meal onto my plate because they worked together so well (apart from the top left salad bowl, that never ever touches my main plate)
  • got two vegetable samosas there
  • and some of the kind of tomatoey carrotty sauce
  • and the two best dishes in a long time, some kind of raita with what I just guessed was paprika on top of it because it had an amazing colour and worked so well with the sauce and the samosas
  • combined with that rice which was cold, and had tomatoes and cucumber on it, there was almost a crunch to the rice which was amazing
  • also got a salad which was
  • cucumber
  • lettuce
  • and those nice cherry tomatoes

wednesday's post

i'm not sure exactly when I got up, maybe 10.25AM



Dinner 6.55PM

  • thats pasta bake made with a mix of pork and beef mince which was lovely with some carrots and onions in it
  • also got some salad which was lettuce
  • and tomatoes

tuesday's post, my leavers ball

I got up at about 9.45AM I think

it was my leavers ball so it was mass catering and I didn't have a camera with me sadly but i'll do a write up like I used to do before this was a picture blog

Dinner 8.20PM or so

  • we got stuck in traffic and missed the starter which was bread and melon
  • it was a lot like a fancy school dinner, a very big fatty piece of chicken which I wasn't really into
  • a bit of gravy that was too thin and oily for my liking
  • overcooked vegetables which were a couple of sticks of carrot and I think asparagus which were tough and tied together with a really overdone bit of sage or something
  • and some mash that was kind of salty and very thick - there was too much food really
  • but the pudding was amazing, a lovely lovely lovely chocolate brownie which was still warm when it arrived
  • with some kind of fudge coffee ice-cream on top of it which was lovely too
  • really the main course didn't matter because the pudding was just so nice

monday's post

I probably got up at about 8.45AM or so, maybe a little later

Dinner 6.45PM
  • thats a chicken black bean stir fry, black bean sauce is something my dad often uses for the stir frys
  • got some noodles on top of some
  • rice there
  • some snow peas
  • and some onions

big post coming up

tonight, so i'm working on it now

Tuesday 7 July 2009

sunday's post

I'm not too sure when I got up at all here but we're getting close to me being caught up completely so this should all clear up soon


Dinner 7.25PM
  • got a lovely bit of roast chicken there
  • with some skin, and gravy before and after
  • got roast potatoes, still on my favourite potatoes
  • and yorkshire puddings
  • with carrots
  • broccoli
  • and green beans

saturday's post

not 100% when I woke up but probably about 11.00AM

Dinner 6.50PM
  • thats bits of chicken
  • and some spare ribs which were very nice
  • with onion
  • lettuce
  • spring onion
  • tomato
  • and cucumber
  • with some pieces of spread
  • and some tesco coleslaw that I had with the bread
  • potato salad there as well but I didn't have any, never really gone for it

friday's post

I'm not sure when I got up but it was probably around 10.30AM

I don't have a picture of my dinner sorry, it was about 3.00AM and it was a chicken pataks curry like normal but just that, no rice or anything

I put some chili flakes on it though

Saturday 4 July 2009

thursday's post, my last exam

I think I probably got up at about 8.40AM

Dinner 6.45PM
  • asked for this especially for my last exam meal, its a lovely big pork chop with some of the crackling still on it with green peppers and onions on top
  • and theres some crab apple jelly there which I ended up having a lot on, mostly on the meat but partly mixed into the mash as well
  • thats mash with tarragon in it (I think its tarragon, it goes in nearly all the mash my dad makes) and some of the juices from the chop
  • also got some cabbage there too which had a little of the chop juice as well

wednesday's post

i'm not completely sure but I think I got up at 10.00AM

Dinner 6.40PM
  • dinners a piece of tandoori chicken which was lovely
  • with some onion bits
  • some spring onion that I don't think I had much of
  • some garlic naan bread
  • some tomato slices
  • and some lettuce, I think I ate this and the tomato before the chicken
  • also got some humus, didn't have a lot of this
  • and some coleslaw which I did have a fair bit of

tuesday's post

not 100% but I think I got up at about 8.35AM

Dinner 6.30PM
  • thats some very nice chips made with my favourite potatoes
  • and some kebabs from a catering company that over-catered and one of my mum's work things - they're chicken, green peppers and onions, I had one but the problem with them is that water from the onions and peppers and the fat from the chicken must have all mixed together because it seemed to coat the chicken which I didn't really go for
  • also got some vegetable samosas from the same catering thing - they were lovely in a way, not like proper ones, the outside wasn't like a shell, more like a dough-bread-soft corn-housing for the vegetables and I really enjoyed them
  • also got garlic naan bread
  • some humus
  • some mint raita which I got all over nearly everything
  • some cherry tomatoes which I love
  • spring onion which I didn't have
  • and some lettuce

monday's post

not sure when I got up sorry, but i'm pretty sure it would have been 6.40AM

Dinner 6.40PM
  • thats spaghetti bolognese which is a mix of pork and beef mince
  • I ended up putting a lot of that pesto on it in two helpings with the meal being turned over about 4 times throughout this - its that sacla pesto which is really rather salty compared to tesco own brand
  • some bread there - I ended up using it as a spoon for quite a bit of the meal

Friday 3 July 2009

sunday's post

not really sure when I woke up but it was probably around about 9-10AM



Dinner 6.45PM
  • thats roast pork which was lovely because it had everything with it
  • in the little bowl is crab apple jelly that had some hard bits on it that I needed to pick out before I had some, but I did end up having a fair bit of it
  • got some roast potatoes, still on my favourite potatoes there
  • some yorkshire puddings
  • and thats stuffing which its amazing to have, my mum makes it with apricots and nuts amongst other things and its a real treat to see it on a sunday
  • and theres cabbage
  • some carrots
  • and some green beans
  • also got before and after on the gravy

saturday's post

don't know when I got up sorry

Dinner 6.50PM
  • thats meatballs which were very nice, in a way i've never had before - normal mix of beef and pork mince
  • some rice
  • peppers that were nice and soft
  • some green beans
  • and some bread
  • it might look a little too watery, maybe it was but the bread really helped matters
  • really nice having all the meat and peppers so nice and crumbly with the bread
  • the cheese isn't mine, its for my mum's meal because she doesn't usually eat the same thing as me and my dad

friday's post

not sure when I got up sorry

Dinner 6.45PM
  • thats some sausages which are always lovely
  • some mash with some gravy too, with the focus of the gravy being on the sausages and then nearly the same amount on the potato
  • and theres some peas which I really love mixing in with the mash after eating a few on their own

thursday's post

not sure when I got up

Dinner 6.40PM
  • thats lasagna which was a mix of pork and beef
  • with some bread
  • and some salad which was lettuce. cucumber and tomato

wednesday's post

don't know when I got up sorry

Dinner 6.55PM

  • thats a boneless lamb chop
  • some lettuce which I ate first
  • some lovely chips
  • tesco coleslaw
  • some cherry tomato salad which was cherry tomatoes which I really really like and cucumber with onion

tuesday's post

don't know when I got up sorry



Dinner 6.45PM
  • a lovely piece of chicken
  • some roast potatoes using my favourite cyprus new potatoes
  • some broccoli
  • some green beans with some of sunday's gravy on it with some sweet chili sauce and some other stuff in it which made it thick and sweet and wonderful

monday's post

don't know when I got up, but I think this was an exam so maybe 6.40AM

Dinner 6.35PM
  • thats a very nice stir fry that started with rice, which you can see just a little
  • and then noodles
  • yellow peppers
  • snow peas
  • onions
  • and some chicken

sunday's post

not sure when I got up




Dinner 7.45PM
  • thats roast beef which I always like, you've got before and after with gravy and the horseradish in the shot there too (I had way too much of that, but I always do, and I always like it)
  • some roast potatoes
  • some yorkshire puddings
  • some broccoli
  • some carrots
  • some cabbage/spring greens/not sure what you call it

saturday's post

not sure when I got up but probably about 9.30AM or so

Dinner 8.00PM
  • eating so late because I came in late, eating by my self which I really don't like
  • got some lettuce there which I ate first
  • pork schnitzel which was lovely
  • same coleslaw as the night before
  • a slice of bread
  • and some tomato salad with onions

friday's post

don't know when I got up sorry

Dinner 6.50PM
  • thats chicken kebabs with onion and red pepper
  • sorry, I think they were kettle chips salt and pepper but i'm not too sure now
  • some coleslaw, probably tescos on this one
  • tomato slices, some with oil and salt and pepper, some not
  • some cucumber
  • some lettuce