lovely tea

[eleanor2]

tonight was one of those winner meals.britisg leg of lamb.own grown leeks in white sauce.organic potatoes,carrots and broccoli.to top it sainsburys are doing a bottle of st emillion half priced. i took the cork of ten minutes early as advised by chatuex owner when i was in france. my ageing wines are still down the cellar by the way.isn't it great when everything goes right when you are cooking.

[sunflower]

Yes, I know what you mean eleanor2. Yesterday I bought celeric for the first time and, with olive oil, sea salt and black pepper made chips from it. All the family loved it!!!

[sheddie]

Hi Eleanor, I had shepherds pie, with home grown runner beans, cauliflower, carrots, cabbage etc. But afters is my failing In do love my sweets and the weight is piling on.

[jazzactivist]

Mine was my good old standby of basmati rice with lentil dhal. Not at all home grown, but home made. I bought some black cumin seeds a while ago and used them tonight. They seem much nicer than the usual green ones with a more delicate, smokey flavour - definately a good buy if you can get them. I love sweets too, sheddie, and home-made chocolate and brandy rice pudding is one of my favourites for winter.

[eleanor2]

cus i can't eat wheat i have saved many pounds laying around my and hubbies waist.we had british strawberries and cream.quite often use soya cream.which i like and hubby doesn't seem to notice. jazz what adzactly do you do with your cumin seeds.

[Oola]

sheddie I seem to remember that your Friday night food was fish and chips wasn't it? Or did I get that wrong lol?

[sheddie]

You're quite right Oola but today I have been to The Lavender tearooms coffee morning in aid of The Macmillan Nurses and it's fatal - it's like death by chocolate! So my fish and chips got missed tonight and I know then I am complaining about putting weight on - I've never been so unfocused before about sensible eating HELP!!

[eleanor2]

my fatal weakness is ice cream.carte dor mascapone ice cream.i can finish a tub in 4 days.if there are any magnum chocolate lollies in the freezer.i sneak them after dinner each day.when hubby gets round to looking for one eeeeeeeee they have all gone.

[Katelb]

What are you lot like for your ice-cream etc!! I must admit that ice cream is one of my favourites especially the Jerseyice cream which always beckons from the freezer it's out of this world and very rich but 'see if I care'!! Otherwise it has to be locally grown raspberries with jersy cream. Yummy!

[SummerSkye]

I am still making the Easy Ice cream recipe I found on CL site. It is so good and very easy. I have passed it along the entire east coast of Australia. Last night we had it with an apple and sultana cake with caramelised topping. I really have to start walking again!!

[Healing Hands]

You are making me hungry. tonight I am having Macaroni with leeks and bacon in a cheese sauce. Simply but nice Your Lamb sounds so divine and I love a white sauce with my leeks Mmmmmmm.

[Oola]

Last night I made myself a Chana Masala (chick peas in a tomato-based spicy sauce) with rice, and then for pudding I made an apple and raspberry crumble with traditional ice cream. The apples and raspberries were free from my grandmother's garden...it didn't need too much sugar and the ice cream really mellowed out the sharpness of the raspberries.

[Crocus]

After reading all these 'foody' posts, I'm as hungry as anything! Must go and have a fruit or a glass of water! Weight, weight. Struggle to get rid of it.