Did Lavalantula die in vain?

In honour of Arnold J Rimmer, BSC, SSC, today for lunch I shall be having piping hot Gazpacho Soup.



ETA: ladies and gentlemen and others, I am here to inform you that piping hot Gazpacho Soup is actually really yummy!

So one of the things about my relationship with food is that I am very easily bored and like a lot of variety. I love to try new cuisines and techniques. But I am also a bit cautious about buying a big tub/box/etc of a new ingredient if I'm not sure I will like it - when I used to get a veg box a lot of the time much of it went into soup, which always felt like a bit of a waste... Therefore one of the things I do is, every so often, I get a Gousto box. You pick from about 20 different recipes, you get a new set of recipes every week, if you're skint or just don't fancy any of the recipes you can skip a week (or as many weeks as you like) and they send out really good quality ingredients in measured amounts for each recipe. I have had one or two occasions when something has arrived squished or leaking; when this happens they are very good at putting a discount on your next box. And obviously recipes can be amended once you have them (they tend to be a little light on the cheese in the cheesy ones for my tastes, for example). But those are tiny niggles with an otherwise excellent service.

If it sounds up your alley then I've got a refer a friend code which means we both get a discount if you use it.

Secondly, as I get older I get more and more insistent on less meat but better quality meat. I will only buy free range chicken, and I like my game and heritage breeds. I'm therefore getting a lot of meat from Farmison. They're not cheap by any stretch of the imagination, but they are very, very good. The chicken, in particular, is about a million miles away from the watery tasteless crap you get in the supermarkets.

Again, if that sounds up your alley I have a referral code which will get us both a discount.

… for hot breakfast. We seem to have got into a bit of a rut with daughter, where it's either bacon OR sausages OR American pancakes. She doesn't like scrambled eggs, sadly. Anyway, I'd like to add some more things to my repertoire. What hot breakfasts do YOU eat?

(FCC report later this evening for those anxiously awaiting it, btw)

... and you can find it here. Pop over and join in if you fancy it :)

Veg box came today, and we had some leftover stuff from last week too, so I have been busy in the kitchen. I have a HUGE pan of French Onion Soup, two cottage pies, a pan of bolognese sauce, some cheesy jacket potatoes, some fresh squeezed juice, and ten two-person portions of mixed veg all prepped and ready to just throw in the steamer. This afternoon I shall be making crumbles and pies and bananananana bread. I feel I have acheived something.

Anyone want some french onion soup?

... and the planning of gardening (my seed potatoes came today! And also I have planted some of these, because what more appropriate flower could there be for our garden?) and work... today, I are bin mostly making these.

They should be just about ready for my birthday.

:D

Hope you are all well. I should be back to normal soon; I actually have some days off coming up! Imagine the luxury! Also, lots of unread emails and unreplied-to comments to sort out, but I will get to them, I swear.

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