I fancy fish fingers and chips for tea. After a week of being ill I’m ready to start eating properly again. The problem is my fridge and freezer are almost empty. I haven’t been well enough to wash or clean up for days and I’ve done no shopping. If I don’t cook tonight I will be so hungry.
Then I thought, this is a first world problem. I can go shopping tomorrow, I can eat a bowl of soup and I have bread. I could just make toast or make some porridge. Or I could send out for a pizza or something else.
I don’t live in a war zone. I’m not being bombarded with drones or missiles. I am not being threatened by violence. My human rights are not being violated. I don’t live in a dictatorship.
So
Moaning about being hungry is NOT something I should do. I should try and help others instead of complaining.
Holey wonderful food. Bubbles rise through doughy flesh. Toast on both sides. The bottom is solid, the top is covered in tiny holes that look like the streams of bubbles that rise up in champagne or lemonade.
Make sure you get them nice and hot and spread butter on the top so it drizzle through, forming puddles on your plate. People eat them with jam or marmite hazelnut spread, cheese, honey… But I prefer just butter. Sometimes it drips down your sleeve!
About a third of a head of Brocolli, chopped finely
A heaped teaspoon of flour
About a 1/4 pint of cream
About a 1/4 pint of water
About 1/4 pint of milk
About 1/2 to 2/3 of a cup of crumbled Stilton.
A slice of brown bread.
Salt and pepper to taste
Prep time and cooking took 25 to 30 minutes.
Makes enough for a large bowl of soup.
Method
Put the oil in pan on low heat. Add the lazy garlic and chopped onion.
Cook on a low heat to soften the onions. Stir gently to stop anything sticking or burning.
Add the grated courgette and simmer for a bit while stirring until the mixture cooks. When the courgette softens add the Brocolli and about 1/4 pint of water to cover the contents.
Continue to simmer on a low heat while the vegetables cook.
Meanwhile mix about a teaspoon of flour and 1/4 pint of milk and 1/4 pint of double cream into a paste. Pour off some of the liquid from the pan into a cup and let it cool slightly.
At this stage add the Stilton to the pan and allow it to melt gently.
Then slowly add the the liquid to the flour mix. Once it’s mixed and is a smooth liquid you can pour it into the pan of cooked veg and Stilton.
Simmer till the soup thickens and looks creamy. Add salt and pepper at this stage. It means it’s flavoured without getting absorbed into the veg so is healthier, less sodium.
Serve in a large bowl with a slice of brown bread or whatever you prefer.
It was tasty and warm. Just right for a tasty meal on a cold evening. The cream makes it smooth and works well with the Stilton without it splitting. I enjoyed it.
Just started cooking at midnight, so Christmas day is over. Felt a bit weepy. The sweet potato and sprouts are on. I’ve got some pigs in blankets, a few stuffing balls and some potato fritters in the airfryer. I’m going to do a chicken thigh that’s already cooked in the microwave along with some swede mash. And gravy. It sounds like a lot but I’m only doing small portions.
Curry splodge for tea. I like to cook but I struggle to cut things up as Parkinsons shaking makes it hard to hold the knife. It tasted nice though. I buy odd shaped veg so I guess it doesn’t matter how it looks. Had no nan or roti bread so used tortillas instead.
I took this photo a few days ago and have no idea where it was at and who I was with! How can I have forgotten? I honestly don’t remember and you take a picture because the food is so nice. I don’t even remember what flavour it was!
It’s quite presentable, and I’m sure it was tasty, but after the last few days of problems and activity the whole thing has completely gone….
You know, the whole Internet is full of images of food. I guess you could save a lot of wasted space by not posting pictures of it!
I just went shopping and they have changed the trolleys. They used to be shallow so that you didn’t reach down too far into them. The new ones are small, but deeper. If you want to get shopping out of it you have to reach down into it. Because I have Parkinsons I feel like I’m tipping forward and in danger of falling into the trolley.
If I use a basket I have to use a walking stick and it’s hard to put things into the basket without finding somewhere to put the stick down. Sometimes I hang it off shelves. Also the weight of the basket seems more everytime I shop.
I know this is a first world dilemma and I should be grateful to have supermarkets. I just feel frustrated that even when disabled people are catered for the company can change it’s mind and make things worse. I just want people to recognise the problems we can face.
Mallaband-Brown 