tea and pyjamas!

Beyond the salad leaves there’s a jacket ‘sweet’ potato with butter and coleslaw. Then haddock in breadcrumbs cooked in a white wine sauce. Yummy … Had a bath, got my jim-jams on and am going to bed to watch movies. Have a lovely evening/day wherever you are.

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TBH.

Blueberry Goat Cheese Salad with Lemon Honey Dressing — What’s for Dinner Moms?

If you have read the home page (click for link to page) you know I started the game of making different meals each night as a way to stretch myself and my family with what we were eating. I could see my ASD son heading down the path of beige food and didn’t want him to end up […]

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One Pan Roasted Lemon Potatoes and Asparagus with Salmon #GuestBlog

Well this is service with a big smile. Earlier I asked this fabulous Momma (cook) for a good salmon recipe and look what I got!

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You know I love one pan meals. Less pots and pans means less clean up! What I like even more is not having to cook it too. I was away for the day with my daughter while she danced. When we got home my partner had dinner ready for us.

As she was looking around the internet there are tons of recipes and videos for this dish. Some use honey, some use mustard or vinegar. Just pick what will work best for your family. She went very simple with olive oil, fresh lemon, garlic and black pepper.

Verdict:

Well, this actually ended up being two pans to fit all the salmon, asparagus and potatoes she wanted to make. We usually make enough to have four to six servings at dinner and then enough for one or two leftover servings for lunch.

We had this meal with a green side salad.

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Yummy Roasted Vegetables #GuestBlog (this has made me very hungry!)

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We have been getting quite a few beets and heirloom zucchini in our CSA (Community Shared Agriculture) box. My family loves roasted beets so I decided to try a dressing to coat the vegetables as they roasted.

Verdict:

My family gobbled this up. They love their veggies and this sauce gave it just a bit of a different flavor to change things up. We will be making these again soon!

We served these with chicken and a green salad.

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baking and blood #diary

Heard a sad story today that compelled me to give blood. I used to do this until a couple of years ago but somehow fell on the way side. Long over due. Very easy to register and there’s various donor banks all over the UK. Links at bottom.

 

 

Been baking. Made an aubergine and mushroom curry, then some courgette soup. I do enjoy pottering around but realise I’ve been doing too much of it recently and need to settle down a bit and plan for the future.

Courgette Soup. So easy to prepare. Am going to put recipes on ElegantHippyUK

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There’s been so much badness going on in the world but togetherness, also. Where people are coming together from all backgrounds. I used to feel we were living in an ‘us’ and ‘them’ world. But now despite the obvious flaws in the system – people do seem to be joining in with things in their communities and around the world.

Aubergine and Mushroom Curry

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I on the other hand have gone the opposite way. I’ve retreated. I’ve lost my confidence. It happens periodically. This year my parents disowned me for my politic view point, my dog died and I’ve been miserable at times. But there’s been so many good things happening. Evie for example. Little darling. And I’ve got some lovely people around me. But nonetheless we can still become prone to feeling a bit lost at times.

I suppose sometimes we should slow down to let things that are meant to be catch us up. Only nice stuff though, not the horrible things.

Could you register to Give Blood it will save lives and one day it could be yours.

Please CLICK HERE To register today to give blood in your area. 

Going to register my dogs to give blood now too. Yes! Vets need blood to save lives also.

TBH.