The hot, hot days that we have been having up until today, have really meant that by the time evening comes around the last thing I want is to be in the kitchen cooking for longer than ten minutes. So for the last few days I have been having the most simple of meals and it really suits me just fine.
Simple green pesto and spaghetti.
The easiest of easy teas, just two cod fish cakes from the freezer thawed overnight, and then cooked in the Remoska and served with some cucumber slices. There were half a dozen cherry tomatoes on the plate too but every time I passed by the worktop I ate one, so I classed them as a 'tomato starter'. 😁
Using up courgettes is starting to be obligatory, after all the more you pick the more you get and we are now getting lots of little ones, so I keep picking them small. I do not want to accidentally end up with a marrow!
The end result ... simple and very tasty.
Last night's evening meal was a nice egg salad bun and a sliced up cooked beetroot.
Simple meals for quiet simple evenings.
All I needed and all I wanted.
Sue xx
I love the picture of the Flemish girl with the jug. My MIL (who was Flemish) had it in her lounge, and seeing it reminds me of her
ReplyDeleteThe Milkmaid by Vermeer was always one of my favourite paintings, so I couldn't resist this as a treat for myself when I moved into the lodge. Alan actually bought me a large jug that is just like her pitcher a while ago.
DeleteWe've reached the 'things on bread or toast with salad' stage for suppers, but we have our main meal at lunchtime.
ReplyDeleteYes, I frequently switch around lunch and tea to suit my mood and tummy rumblings.
DeleteWhen making porridge try 2 or 3 tablespoons of finely grated courgette into it before cooking. It makes it lovely and creamy.
ReplyDeleteOoh, that's an interesting way of using them up. It makes me think we could also grate carrot and perhaps a sprinkle of cocoa powder into porridge and have a sort of 'carrot cake porridge'. Roll on porridge season. :-)
DeletePesto sounds like a good idea. Thanks for reminding me. I have basil I can pick.
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