wednesday's post

today I got up at about 8.15AM

Dinner 6.40PM

• dinner today was sausage patties, this isn't something my mum likes so we've been waiting for it all week now
• theres some fried bread with baked beans on top - this is one of the meals I miss putting salt and pepper on because i'd love just a bit of salt and pepper on the beans
• theres some bacon there too
• and some chips

tuesday's post

on tuesday I got up at about 8.00AM

Dinner 6.45PM

• this is one of my favourite meals, its crispy pork stir fry - my dad doesn't always like making it because he thinks it doesn't crisp up properly but it did very well with this try anyway
• under that theres a stirfry thats bean sprouts, green beans, onions and red peppers
• and under that theres some noodles too
• when i'd finished nearly all the pork and about half of the stirfry I added a little of that light soy sauce

monday's post

on monday I got up at about 8.00AM




Dinner 6.35PM

• thats sausage, chicken and bacon casserole which I really liked because the sausage skin wasn't slimey, it had onion and garlic in it too and some other thing that gave it a weird taste that I liked
• and some white rice
• and some broccoli
  

sunday's post

on sunday I got up at about 11.15AM

Dinner 7.10PM

• thats roast pork which I always like
• with some crackling
• theres some crab apple jelly there but I think we need to open a new one
• some yorkshire puddings
• some carrots
• green beans
• and purple sprouting broccoli which was really quite nice with this meal
• and some roast potatoes
• with some gravy, and you've got before and after for the gravy there

saturday's post

on saturday I got up at about 10.00AM

Dinner 6.50PM

• thats some pan fried chicken and its got some little bits of onion on it, and I forgot to use that bit of lemon
• and some stirfry that was bean sprouts, onions, green beans and red peppers in a yellow bean sauce which was lovely until I put loads and loads of that sweet chili sauce on it (i'm starting to wonder if it was even an accident)
• some hashbrowns
• some bread from the deli
• some coleslaw, it was a more solid brand which I like more
• and a little glass of wine, normally I would complain about getting a little glass but I didn't actually like this one anyway

friday's post

on friday I got up at about 8.00AM




Dinner 6.40PM

• thats lovely chicken satay sticks
• with the satay sauce in that separate bowl, its quite an oily sauce and I think I like that best
• theres also a bit of lemon
• cucumber
• lettuce
• onion
• tomato
• coleslaw
• and some of that pull apart tomato bread from the co-op
  

got all the pictures done now

so i'll get the posts up tomorrow I think

really sorry I haven't been updating

been really quite tired recently but I have got the pictures so its a case of sitting down to get them processed and posted

thanks for looking

thursday's post

today I got up at about 8.05AM




Dinner 6.40PM

• dinner was some sausages which were very nice, I ended up having one of my mum's too
• some roast potatoes
• some peas
• and some spring cabbage
• and theres some very thick gravy there too, I like it like that though

wednesday's post

on wednesday I got up at about 8.10AM

Dinner 6.40PM

• thats pieces of chicken tikka with spring onion, bits of lemon and some cucumber - I had three piece and they were very nice
• there some chips there too
• some coleslaw
• some lettuce
• some tomato salad with onion in a light oily dressing
• and some naan bread

tuesday's post

on tuesday I got up at about 8.00AM

Dinner 6.45PM

• thats chicken, it was an interesting meal because it reminded me of thai green curry
• in the chicken stuff was yoghurt
• green peppers
• spring onion
• tartar sauce and some lemon
• under that theres rice
• and some spring cabbage with it which was really nice with it

monday's post

today I got up at about 8.00AM

Dinner 6.45PM

• for dinner I had a very nice pork chop with some crab apple jelly
• theres some mashed potato there too
• some snow peas
• and some bread with poppy seeds on it from co-op

sunday's post

on sunday I got up at about 10.20AM

Dinner 7.00PM

• thats some very nice roast lamb
• with yorkshire puddings
• roast potatoes
• a mix of mashed swede and mashed carrot
• some cabbage
• some broccoli
• and a little purple sprouting broccoli
• also got a before and after for the mint sauce and the gravy, also had a nice extra bit of mint sauce after the photo too

I know I keep leaving it a day but I will catch up tomorrow

sorry, just want an early night

saturday's post

on saturday I got up at about 9.40AM

Dinner 6.50PM

• this is trying something new in this meal, its shoulder of pork - thats half a shoulder shared between my dad and me - he used jamie oliver's recipe and sadly it didn't turn out as well as it should - the cut its self is really nice I think, once you get past all the fat, you've got really nice meat in there (it was cooked for about 6 hours) but we both think jamie olivers recipe wasn't really all that good, the cooking time wasn't really that good (apparently needed longer, i've never cooked pork, wouldn't know) and the thing was left with a lot of fat still coming off it, a lot of oily greasy fat left at the bottom too, I couldn't get near to finishing my half of the portion because it was just too big and overpowering
• jamie oliver said make a sauce with bits left from the pan, this wasn't very nice at all, oily mess, and you can see from the sauce there - I think the meat will be lovely next time, but certainly not with that recipe
• theres some lettuce there
• that egg is for my mum
• some bread from the deli, I had two bits of that I think, maybe one
• some cucumber with a bit of oil on it
• and some tomato with onion and a light oily kind of dressing
• I didn't have any of the potato salad, I don't really go for it
• those crisps are chili and cheese filipino ones I got from the asian supermarket in town - they are really quite nice, quite mild, not much flavour when they first hit your tongue but thats not a bad thing
• its sunday now and I still feel kind of rough after this pork

friday's post

today I got up at about 11.00AM

Dinner 6.40PM

• thats a curry made from my mum's own spice mix, its not instantly sweet, its an earthy taste but its incredibly satisfying and strong (made my nose run)
• theres some sticky spicey rice under the curry too
• and some poppadoms
• and some naan bread
• theres mango chutney there, but I only had that on the poppadoms after I had finished the curry

thursday's post

on thursday I got up at about 11.20AM

Dinner 6.35PM

• dinner is something i've never had before, thats thin bits of leek wrapped like a parcel with savory mince inside - I usually don't like leeks but this was a real surprise because it was nice and thin and not thick
• that sauce is a sweet horse radish yoghurt sauce which I really liked, I ended up putting the left over sauce from the bowl into my mash
• thats mash with some tarragon in it
• theres some snow peas too

wednesday's post

on wednesday I got up at about 9.50AM



Dinner 7.00PM

• thats another version of swedish inspired meatballs - these are probably my favourite ones and they are far off the actual swedish ones that my mum has forgot how to make - they're made of all pork, and the sauce is kind of porky itself but it has chicken stock in it
• theres some white rice there too
• some tiger bread from the co-op
• and some salad thats lettuce and tomato with a sweet oily dressing which was lovely

i'll catch up tomorrow sorry, got the pictures ready

orhan - wheres your comments on your blog at??

anyway, i'd gobble up those fish strips like man gobble up air - coleslaw in a bottle is cool as well

tuesday's post

today I got up at about 9.50AM

Dinner 6.50PM

• thats some lovely pork souvlaki with some spring onion on top of it
• with some crunchy bread made from a small baguette loaf, I suppose they were like big croutons
• theres also some mint raita there, this went mostly on the pork, a bit on the bread, and a little on that bowl of salad
• in that bowl theres some tomato, white onion and other green stuff with a light oily dressing
• and some lettuce

monday's post

on monday I got up at about 10.50AM




Dinner 7.00PM

• dinner is birdseye cod fish fingers (a real treat) I had these with just a little pepper and a lot of tomato sauce and sweet chili sauce
• some very nice chips
• some little bits of deep fried chicken, it didn't turn out very crispy at all as you can see but I think I like it better like this because it is a lot softer
• under that theres some lettuce
• and with it some tomato slices
• theres some bread there for bread and butter but I don't tend to like bread and butter so I just had the bread to clean up the chili and tomato sauce
  

special easter sunday's post

today I got up at about 9.30AM



Breakfast 9.40AM

• started the day with this which was a lovely treat, on the table there are some little rabbits with carrots that my mum very kindly gave to me if anyones into that
• thats a piece of fried bread with baked beans which was perfect
• hashbrowns (first time i've had them in about 8 years and they were nice)
• some bacon
• and blackpudding, I know lots of people like their blackpudding fried but it isn't my sort of thing

thats a plum pudding/tart kind of thing that my mum made for after dinner, it was lovely

theres some fairy cakes with green buttercream icing on top that I made, made them in muffin sized cases which seems to make all the difference

Dinner 6.45PM

• dinner was roast chicken, with a bit of skin there, this was especially nice today
• broccoli
• swede and carrot mash
• yorkshire puddings
• and roast potatoes
• and theres one roast parsnip in there
  
  
  

theres after gravy

saturday's post

on saturday I got up at about 10.20AM

Dinner 6.50PM

• this was something special for the easter weekend, i'm 99% sure its fillet of pork (I feel stupid for forgetting, i'll check and update) its there with mushrooms, onions and little bits of bacon and chives in a cider sauce and it was wonderful and I definitely want to have it again- it has a weird flavour for pork, it doesn't linger in your mouth after its gone and its kind of delicate and lovely
• with that theres some sugar snap peas
• onion rings
• chips
• some coleslaw (lots of my chips ended up getting involved with this coleslaw)
• and a piece of bread from the deli that ended up being used to have a lot of coleslaw
• I ended up having about 1/3 of my mum's main part of her meal, some chicken with pesto in the middle with some meaty mushrooms with it, it was absolutely lovely too but I haven't got a picture

friday's post

on friday I got up at about 10.10AM



really sorry, camera ran out of battery just as I was about to take the photo



Dinner 7.10PM

• it was a pataks chicken curry, and I put a lot of mango chutney on it
• with lovely sticky spicey rice
• with that there was garlic naan bread
• poppadoms, on one of them I had a fair bit of mango chutney

thursday's post

on thursday I got up at about 9.25AM

Dinner 6.35PM

• firstly, sorry for the bad picture - my flash ran out of batteries before I could take my usual type of picture
• thats a chicken stir fry with lovely black bean sauce
• onions
• I think mushrooms too
• and sugar snap peas
• with some rice

need an early night

i'll catch up tomorrow sorry

have a nice easter to whoever celebrates it

i can live without salt and pepper i have for ages so its ok

I haven't added any salt or pepper at the table for a week now (apart from some on soft boiled eggs, but they were too hot to eat so i'm not counting that as at the table)

Honestly, you won't miss salt at most meals - in fact, with quite a few meals you start to pick up new flavours that you wouldn't have noticed, or liked, before. I do miss adding salt to pasta bake, most green veg, some roast meats and potatoes. I don't think theres a problem with a quick bit of salt on some pasta bake or broccoli but I doubt i'll need anywhere near as much as before.

I don't even know if I miss pepper, its like me and any sauce kind of thing, i'll smother my food in it because its on the table so its best I don't use it much at all.

give up salt lads

wednesday's post

today I got up at about 11.10AM




Dinner 6.55PM

• thats swedish inspired meat balls which were lovely, I think they're a mix of pork and beef if I remember
• with rice
• and red cabbage, I think this really really works for this meal

tuesday's post

today I got up at about 9.50AM

Dinner 6.30PM

• thats griddled chicken which was lovely
• with mashed potatoes, this was especially nice today
• I had one of those ciabatta rolls
• thats tomatoes and onions with a light oily dressing
• and some lettuce, this was oddly nice today too

monday's post

on monday I got up at about 10.10AM



Dinner 7.40PM

• thats pasta bake, with the usual mix of pork and beef mince
• didn't have any carrots or mushrooms in it because we were out of those but it was still lovely, I had an extra portion afterwards like I usually do with pasta bake
• that salad is lettuce
• tomatoes
• and cucumber
  

sunday's post

I got up at about 9.05AM on sunday

Dinner 6.35PM

• thats roast beef which was lovely with lots of gravy on it
• theres only a small portion of the leeks in white sauce there because I don't really like them much
• the carrots were off so no-one ate those
• theres broccoli
• and a little bit of purple sprouting broccoli
• some roast potatoes
• and yorkshire puddings
• theres before and after gravy
• and I probably had about 5 tea spoons of that horse radish sauce, but possibly a lot more
• this was one meal where I missed adding salt
  

saturday's post

on saturday I got up at about 8.30AM




Dinner 7.10PM

• thats pork schnitzel which was lovely
• red cabbage which I think i'm warming to, its got lots of things in it, what I can remember is sugar, salt, cinnamon but thats not just it
• theres some fried potatoes with little bits of bacon and onion on them - these were very nice and I ended up having my mum's portion of these as well but then I gave most of them to my dad anyway
• also a piece of bread from the deli there too

Cinnabuns

I didn't have any dinner on friday so i'm posting these instead

they are cinnamon buns with a lemon and vanilla icing on them and they are lovely - its the first time that I have ever done anything with yeast pastry and I really like kneading the dough

thursday's post

I got up at about 6.45AM today and it was my last day before the easter holidays





dinner 7.00PM

• dinner there is some lettuce
• some cucumber
• one bun, opened up, burgers on each with bacon under them and I had lovely tartar sauce on top of them
• theres also some chips there and they were lovely and crispy, quite light too, I dipped those in some tartar sauce as well

wednesday's post

today I got up at about 8.10AM

Dinner 6.40PM

• dinner is a piece of chicken in a sauce made of what I suppose is chicken broth, with those red peppers and onions on the side
• theres also mash
• spring greens
• and sugar snap peas, I put salt on everything, with a focus of salt and pepper on the veg

tuesday's post

I got up at about 8.05AM on tuesday





Dinner 6.35PM

• thats lasagna which was lovely, its with pork and beef mince, I put a lot of salt and pepper on it and had an extra portion after dinner
• theres some garlic bread which was lovely too
• and some salad with a light dressing thing, the tomatoes were mushy so I didn't eat them, that left lettuce and cucumber