2025 - Today's Recipe

Salmon & broccoli pasta in a creamy pesto & lemon sauce.

B. Porridge & lemon curd yogurt
L. Salmon paste sandwiches with lots of salad leaves.
D. I used up some languishing vegetables to make a vegetable chilli - a courgette, leek, red pepper, tin of tomatoes and red beans in a chilli sauce.

All FREE except the salmon paste.

Freezer pizza with home made chips and mangoraya sauce for tea tonight. I couldn't be bothered cooking proper food, so a quick meal and pretty tasty too actually.

In the last couple of weeks I have managed to make butter though - really tasty on toast! I have baked bread too, and it's heavenly, although it gives me heartburn lol

Freezer pizza with home made chips and mangoraya sauce for tea tonight. I couldn't be bothered cooking proper food, so a quick meal and pretty tasty too actually.

In the last couple of weeks I have managed to make butter though - really tasty on toast! I have baked bread too, and it's heavenly, although it gives me heartburn lol

Making butter sounds interesting. Just beating cream till it separates or in a proper churn?  I seem to remember experimenting with making butter in my younger days and using ridged paddles to form butter pats. I think I came to the conclusion that going to the shops to buy it was a lot easier 

Toasted fruit loaf.
Carrot and parsnip soup with bread.
Custard tart.
Banana, dates, mango and peach slices.
Veggie burger, lettuce, quinoa salad and coleslaw.

B. Toast and strawberry jam
L. Pot noodle with hoisin sauce
D. Leftover veggie chilli with cheese doritos
Mincepie.

All FREE

Chinese style egg noodles with veg

A strange mixed bag throughout the day today.

Started with a reduced price prawn sandwich from Home Bargains .(First piece of bread I have had in over a year and I wasn't impressed)

When I got home from shopping I had two salmon fishcakes from Aldi with a Steak & Kidney pie from Azda!

I am now sitting down to BBQ sauages with olives & Chilli/Ginger coleslaw. Ive never had it before & it tastes a bit like Kimchi?

Freezer pizza with home made chips and mangoraya sauce for tea tonight. I couldn't be bothered cooking proper food, so a quick meal and pretty tasty too actually.

In the last couple of weeks I have managed to make butter though - really tasty on toast! I have baked bread too, and it's heavenly, although it gives me heartburn lol

Making butter sounds interesting. Just beating cream till it separates or in a proper churn?  I seem to remember experimenting with making butter in my younger days and using ridged paddles to form butter pats. I think I came to the conclusion that going to the shops to buy it was a lot easier 

It was a cool experiment! I used the kitchen aid, as I had so much cream, and it took probably a good ten minutes before it split out into butter solids and butter milk. You then have to rinse it out - squeeze it in a bowl of water so you get all the butter milk out. Yes, it's a bit faffy. I like really salty butter and could add as much as I like, and it tastes amazing. It goes very hard in the fridge though, so next time I'll add the extra step of mixing in oil, to make it more spreadable.

Rump steak, fried eggs & black pudding for lunch. More steak,sausage & boiled eggs for Ron!