Another quick post
Shepherds pie tonight!Roast chicken tomorrowChicken & pasta on WednesdayWho knows what after that?!Busy, busy! Sorry about this.Time to breathe tomorrow (I think!)Speak to you then!
View ArticleA Foodie Blast from the Past
When we were first married, in the late 1980s there was a BBC programme called "Food & Drink", an eclectic mixture of recipes, food news, wine recommendations and cooking. It was hosted by Jilly...
View ArticleWatch the Birdie! Lessis More N°147
Usually I post my Less is More challenges over at The Teapot, but the wibsite is taking forever to load and I don't have much time. I'm thinking it may be time to transfer from the wibsite to another...
View ArticleMenu Plans for this week
But first a Big Fat Dormouse WELCOME to new followers Kathy and Cottage Dreaming (do you have a name, or shall I just call you Cottage?!) I hope you enjoy your visits to Fat Dormouse. You can also pop...
View ArticleWot you said...
Mary Callan (from A British Mum's Kitchen) thinks the aubergine and tomato pasta looks good...well, we shall see! I'll report back on it later! Nice of you to join us, Mary! There are some lovely...
View ArticleBleuch
Just popped in to say that I'm not posting much today - I have a really bleuchy head cold and don't feel like much.I have posted my Pause in Advent over at the Teapot though.
View ArticleFestive Food
I'm sorry I haven't blogged here for a while - I have been quite busy with work, and on Sunday, which is my usual blogging day, I was helping on a stall at a Christmas Market all day. It was the...
View ArticleUp to my ears in Icing!
On Thursday I put almond paste on my 4 Christmas cakes (one for us, a bigger one for friends, and two tiny ones for little Christmas presents for our French friends to try). Yesterday I made my...
View ArticleA teeth gritted Pause on Christmas Eve
Teeth gritted because the wibsite has decided to play silly buggers, & is refusing to connect, so I can't post my promised Christmas Eve poem over there.So, here will have to do...Mybe some of the...
View ArticlePlanning Ahead for Weight Loss
Well, we have had a fine few days of eating and enjoying ourselves with friends!! Our friends, due to come today, came yesterday, and we had the wild boar haunch that my student gave me - it was...
View ArticleHow did you see the old year out...
...and the New Year in?We did nothing very exciting. Mr FD has a very nasty cold, which meant he couldn't do his planned end-of-year cycle ride, so he wasn't very happy. We enjoyed a meal of little...
View ArticleClimbing reluctantly back on the Wagon!
The rheumatologist has told me firmly to lose weight; I know that I have gained as my skirt felt tighter than it should have done on Sunday - I meant to weigh myself this morning, so I had a starting...
View ArticleWagons Roll!
I'm doing okay on my healthy eating (less than a week in so far, so quite frankly, it's not that much of a surprise!) and I'm pleased with myself...Though I did slip up yesterday. I was in Carrefour...
View ArticleHuzzah!
It arrived yesterday and I'm already looking forward to sharing some of the recipes! I've actually planned my menus until the end of January but I'm being tempted to have a rethink!!Lots of yummy...
View ArticleNom nom, chocklit brownies!
I had quite a busy morning today. In fact we both did. Mr FD popped to ShCarrefour to buy a light bulb for the kitchen light, plus some frozen spinach. He then washed, cleaned and renewed five cat...
View Article"Ask not what you can do for your country...
...ask what's for lunch" (Orson Welles)That seems a suitable quotation for a post about meal plans for the week!!There is a thread on Ship of Fools at the moment, entitled "What are we going to eat...
View ArticleGrow Your Blog 2014 - + a Giveaway!
Hello, Bonjour, Bienvenue and welcome!I'm hoping that I'm welcoming people over from The Teapot, as well as others from the Wonderful Vicki's Grow Your Blogevent. I hope that you'll also go and...
View ArticleMenus for Next Week
Hello, my little Kittens! I hope you are well! How lovely that in the space of 24 hours my number of Followers has risen to 89. Thank you to Vicki and her Grow Your Blog event.So, without more ado, let...
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