OneGuyFromBarlick

You guessed right! Three hot meals.....

I'm getting last week's batch into a corner. We are getting close to a bout of veggie shopping and cooking. Amazing how fast it comes round!

Three hot meals as usual but I allowed myself a small treat mid morning. Mackerel fillets in spicy tomato sauce on oat cake crackers. Such a lovely and distinctive taste. (And stuffed with long chain Omega-3 oils....)

I think I'll roast my chicken this morning..... I fancy fish and chips but will take a view when I see how my last batch is holding out. Decisions, decisions....

I didn't have fish and chips yesterday, I just had chips! I cooked chips and they were so good I ate them on their own for dinner, Sometimes the simplest things are the best! I couldn't finish my tea, I was too full! I shall eat what I left for breakfast this morning......

Went to the Four Elephants with me mother, me brother and his wife, youngest offspring, his wife and daughter and Paulette.

Lovely pic. There’s a few generations there… and heights

Lovely picture. Is your brother a twin?
I had two starters at the Waggoners for my dinner, A sea food plate and the barbecued ribs, both beautiful.... I had tea at Short Clough, Fried Fish and mushy peas.

Stanley wrote: ↑14 Aug 2025, 01:50 Lovely picture. Is your brother a twin?.

Nay, he's two years younger than me.

Cathy wrote: ↑14 Aug 2025, 00:20 Lovely pic. There’s a few generations there… and heights

Thank you Cathy.

Nobody could ever doubt you were brothers....

Nice gathering of the clan Kev.

Stanley wrote: ↑14 Aug 2025, 07:11 Nobody could ever doubt you were brothers....

Nay

Lovely! I'll bet she looks at you two and thinks "Did I do That?"
I slipped straight back into chicken and veggies after yesterday's excesses!

Chicken and veggies X three and I cooked my pork belly with onions, oranges and spices. Superb as usual!

I had a small helping of chicken and veggies for tea after fish and chips for dinner at Boundary Mill.

Oat cakes and mackerel for dinner and regular meat and veggies for tea.

Same as yesterday, oatcakes and mackerel for dinner and meat and veggies for tea....
I visited a friend yesterday and came away with a couple of beetroot and some courgettes.... I shall do something with them today while they are fresh!

I treated myself to Rib-eye and chips last evening. I'm a bit limited with space here at Ems so I thought I'd try fried onions in the oven with the oven chips. Success! I sliced the onion(s) and put them in a lined tray, added a liberal amount of oil and into a preheated oven at 180°C - 30 minutes later - perfection! I shan't be frying onions again any time soon.

I cook them like that sometimes Julie, It works well if you're cooking Tomatoes at the same time, almost feels like a free ride.

When I visited my friends at Kayfield on Monday they gave me some beetroot and courgettes. I cooked them yesterday.
Courgettes are outside my normal range of veggies so I had to get inventive.... I sliced two small onions, then sliced the courgettes into the slow cooker and added olive oil, spices and unfiltered cyder apple vinegar. As an afterthought I mixed in a tin of Sardines in tomato sauce and sprinkled Herb de Provence over it and cooked the whole shebang for a couple of hours. It worked well, tastes good and I am looking forward to it being a nice addition to my current veggies....

Yesterday I had meat and veggies for breakfast and tea but gammon steak, pineapple and chips for dinner at the Cow and Calf. They go so well together!

The choice for dinner at Nostell was very limited. I ended up with an underdone baked potato and cheese, not the best diabetic food! I had meat and veggies when I came home....

Three helpings of meat and veggies. I am getting the last batch into a corner.....

I have stretched this week's batch by making home made fish and chips to delay veggie cooking until Monday. I cooked my chicken to get that out of the way.... This socialising plays hell with cooking schedules!