When Mr L announced that the Wind Chill factor this morning was -5°C I decided that today was the day that the thermal legs needed to come out of storage. All I can say is that when I took Nell out I was perfectly comfortable with no jacket on – though I did have my …
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Brrr…
Every so often something inexplicable comes over me and I disappear into the kitchen to spend an entire morning preparing our midday meal. Today was one of those days and my morning culminated in serving a fine example of a Goats’ Cheese and Caramelised Onion Tart. We had new potatoes and a cabbage salad with …
Lightsoutis
That Clapotis sure is coming in handy. The lights have gone out again and the UPS is singing its song at us. Time to power down and go for a candlelit bath I think. And there was me poised to snap a beautiful skein of yarn from Posh Yarns at 7pm. *sigh* Plans are afoot …
The party’s over…
Dinner was OK last night, given that it had been entirely unplanned entertaining. Mr L’s Butter Chicken was delicious as usual. I made a Balti Prawn dish that I hadn’t tried before and was quite pleased with it. I also made Bombay Potatoes. With the Aloo Saag and naan and poppadums, I think we dined …
Impromptu curry party
We were planning a Chicken Dopiaza for tonight but now we are 4 instead of 2 I am looking for a way to stretch our meal and to include less garlic and onions. So, it’s Butter Chicken from the two fillets, plus some aloo saag from the freezer, and an addition of Bombay Potatoes. The …
Slump
Motivation is difficult to come by today. We were puzzling hard last night but missed the final few minutes of the week-long competition by having to power down in a lightning storm. The night was a long one. Wild and noisy and full of quivering dogs. We woke to find that we still have power, …