What did you eat today?

Sometimes I skip breakfast and merge it into lunch. So breakfast was 3 coffees and an apple. I've decided to start on the stockpiled beans, not accumulated of late but over a period of time, because a) in the back of my mind I thought if we ever get stuck indoors we'll be alright if we have beans, a situation that's now come to fruition and b) Impromptu visits from the grandchildren, often they would come in and straightaway say "can we have beans on toast".

So I've had 1 slice of toast and beans and then talking of the grandchildren I found the Nutella, which I buy for them, but of late discovered how delicious it is, I steadfastly refused to buy it for my children thinking it was unhealthy, but pretty much cave into the grandchildren's demands, most of the time. Had another slice of toast covered with that and a banana, all washed down with a cup of tea. Probably going out for a stroll to walk it off soon.

Ginger tea and a poached egg for breakfast. No lunch. Small bit of corned beef, steamed cabbage and roasted carrots with a bit of garlic for dinner.

Usual breakfast of overnight raw oats, blueberries and greek yoghurt.

Lunch bowl of thick soup and toasted ham cheese and relish sandwich.

Dinner Caesar salad.

Later maybe an orange and as always some chocolate!

Two large mugs of tea

Porridge
Orange juice
Coffee

Coffee

Roast chicken
Stuffing
Broccoli
Parsnips
Carrots
Cranberry sauce
Gravy
Glass wine

Coffee
Two dry crackers

Breakfast - 2 Nutibix and quite a lot of lactose-free milk because they seem to absorb such a lot.

Gluten-free oat and syrup biscuit with decaf coffee and lactose-free milk

Lunch - Sandwich. 2 slices Gluten-free bread, lactose-free spread, lactose-free brie topped with bacon.

Dinner - Roast chicken (some will be cooled and frozen, carcass to make stock) Roast carrots, parsnips and potatoes. Gravy made with fodmap-friendly gravy powder. Fodmap-friendly Yorkshires. (Cooked lots so some to freeze).

Lots of cups of tea during the day. I may be a teaaholic.

Today was broccoli and mushroom pasta bake for lunch and curried lentil soup for dinner.

Yesterday's evening meal was burger and chips with salad (home grown first picking of early salad leaves and rocket, tomatoes, cucumber and dressing). There were no burger buns in the supermarket when I visited for the first time in a couple of weeks so I decided to make my own with some bread flour that I had in the cupboard from before the virus. I looked up the recipe for soft burger buns which said that, before baking, brush with melted butter and scatter sesame seeds. Followed the instructions, but when baked and taken from the oven all the seeds fell off and scattered in all directions. I've swept the kitchen several times but still finding blasted sesame seeds in all sorts of nooks and crannies! Oh, well...........

We gave in and after a light lunch had a hot cross bun each, hot and buttered I broke my own rule of waiting until Good Friday.

I broke from my usual low-carbs and had bacon and tomato with a slice of fried bread for my breakfast.

I made the bread yesterday as I've been unable to get Paleo bread for the past 4 weeks. Yes, I am wheat intolerant but if I keep to very small portions and take my digestive enzymes, I'll survive.

Fortunately, I had the yeast and flour in already and quite enjoyed kneading the dough last night - took me back to when I used to made all our bread.

Lunch will be coleslaw (freshly made) and a bit of Red Leicester. You won't believe what I have to pay for English cheese here, so I make it last.

We still have a few overwintered leeks in the garden so lunch was leek and potato soup with toasted cheese on whole meal bread.
Dinner was salmon and veg curry with brown rice and pud was a slice (well 2slices) of the banana cake I made yesterday to make use of a couple of blackened, over ripe bananas. No leftovers whatsoever!

porridge with sultanas and apricots..run out of Bananas
Home made steak pie with mash and steam fried cabbage and bacon ,OH had apple sponge straight out of the oven with ice cream so I can expect him to be searching for Rennies when the indigestion strikes any time now
I might need to go for some shopping in the morning ,last shop here was 12th of March

Kipper
Baked beans on toast
Jamie’s broccoli pasta

Left over homemade veg soup with the last of the home baked bread.
Grandsons leftover pasta with homemade veggie bolognaise.
Spicy lentil soup for dinner. Cheese and crackers.

Trying to conserve freezer full of potential meals. Last night we had a lovely beef stew with dumplings from said store!

I have rediscovered my soup maker and made soup today with some slightly stale bread which was still ok (with marmite). Tonight we had a delivery of fish and chips from our local pub which is otherwise shut for the duration.

As I work for the NHS I hope to get some stuff in the early slot at Sainsbury on Monday. Keep safe everyone.

Porridge with Greek yoghurt and blueberries.

Home made vegetable soup

Vegetable Kashmiri with home made gluten free Naan bread.

Tonight’s steak was delicious ?.
Having been raised a Catholic eating a steak on Friday feels sinful, I will probably burn but it was so good.

Crumpets with butter and marmite

Chicken and ham pie, cauliflower and broccoli

Porage, honey, banana and blueberries

Cold meats, cheese and fruit

Smoked haddock risotto

Last caffeine of the day espresso with a couple of Bendick’s mints

Two slices of buttered toast for breakfast, plus a bowl of mixed berries topped with home made yoghurt sweetened with Honey. The berries were from a bag l found from last summer in my freezer.
Lunch, Cornish Pasty, the frozen ready to bake Ginsters ones again found whilst digging in my freezer!
Tea, Roast Chicken Sandwich, made with Chicken from a whole ready cooked one that was delivered on yesterday’s Iceland order as they had no fresh Chicken breast that l had ordered on my Delivery shop. No Salad available either.

2 eggs with home made bread.
Home made ginger biscuits.
Minestrone (using up leftover veg) for dinner with a heel of the homemade bread.
Last 2 kiwis to empty the fruit bowl before more goes in tomorrow.

porridge with banana and apricots

Lamb and cauliflower curry with basmati rice.

Ice cream....because I used too much chilli in the curry.OH said it was good though

Turkey casserole (the last of the Christmas turkey, except a container of stock) and potatoes for lunch followed by stewed apple and blackberry.

For supper baked spiced aubergine with side salad followed by fresh fruit.

Because of my predicament my husband started the morning with both of us having a hot drink of honey and cinnamon followed by orange juice and beautiful scrambled eggs on toast then a lovely yogurt with little chocolate balls yum yum that’s the last one now and my lovely neighbour didn’t see my message for her to pick more up until she left the shop so I’ve no more . Never mind I’ve got donald russell vacuum packed apple pie and custard to fall back on. My weight must be going up somewhat who cares I lost about three stone while in that dreaded hospital recovering from a stroke. In the evening my dh and I have succumbed to a glass of red and\ or a whiskey lying in bed with Endeavour on the boxand a few munchies.pby our side Can’t get any better. Well perhaps I need to try and keep the weight down a little . Why should I when everyone says how well I’m looking?

For breakfast I had fried panini, fried egg, and ketchup: mug of tea mostly Oatly.
For lunch I had half a pint of tomato juice and a Mini chocolate ice on a stick.
Later I will have cauliflower in cheese sauce with tinned tomatoes.

That looks mighty good Missfoodlove. Enjoy! you probably have by now.