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.
ReplyDeleteBasil pesto is just perfect isn't it, I always make it slightly too garlicky ... but that is never a problem. 😄
DeleteMy husband always likes a full cooked meal at night, me not so much. When he's away I just have a sandwich, absolute heaven
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to have a break from 'proper' cooking isn't it. 😃
DeleteDoing the same regarding meals here as temps are 90 and too hot to heat the flat...Your pesto looks lovely.
ReplyDeleteIt was super tasty. 💚
DeleteI noticed the book ' lifting the latch ' , I've got a copy of that too, I was brought up in Oxfordshire and love countryside books, so that ones a favourite.
ReplyDeleteAlison in Devon x
That's my on my next to be read pile, I'm looking forward to it. 😀.
DeleteSimple meals that are easy to prepare are always good, I think. :)
ReplyDeleteDefinitely, it gives my brain a rest when meals are this simple. 😄
DeleteI really don't like cooking so the simpler the better, lol. I have a glut of courgettes at the moment and am using them in everything!
ReplyDeleteI have to admit to not being in the mood for trying any new recipes at the moment, so simplicity is good.
DeleteSimple meals are the best. Yours always look very good.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Thank you. I always think that they look a bit 'plonked' on the plate, but what I get is what you see, nothing special done for the camera 😄
DeleteI prefer simple food these days, especially when it's been so flippin' hot. Your fishcakes look especially tempting 😍
ReplyDeleteAngie