I have stopped for Air...

 on my To do List.  I intend to catch up on it again on Tuesday.  Tomorrow I have an appointment.  In the interim I have had a very lazy day for a change.  It was time to take some time for me.  However I have not been idle.

We have been quite off our food this week - the hot weather always makes me the same.  I am quite partial to a salad here and there especially if it has a cooked sweet potato with it and coleslaw. G is not so inclined.  However he does not always get his own way on the food front.

Today I had not taken anything out of the Freezer for dinner.  I was not really in the mood for cooking a full on joint.  I was also unsure exactly what to have for tea if I am honest.  However inspiration struck.  

Pudding First

I knew I had some puff pastry in the fridge which I tend to keep in there in any event as I have found it a good standby for either creating a pudding or using for tarts or indeed pastries such as Mille-feuille as a sweet treat.  I decided to have a go rather abstractly at a recipe for a Peach Galette using tinned Peaches in syrup.  Would drain better if they were in a fruit juice, in any event it got caught a little perhaps because I had it too close to the top of the oven, but it was a tasty treat served with some double cream.

I then decided to go to the shop as I needed another tin of peaches to fill the Galette.  There were a few left over which I shall have for breakfast on some cereal with some yogurt.  

The Makings of the Chicken and Garlic Tray Bake

Whilst at the shop I noticed that they had some chicken thighs for £4.50 a tray  there were nine legs in there so one chicken is wandering around missing a leg! (Yes I know it was a thigh)!  Excuse my perverse sense of humour.  I also bought some French Beans and Red onions.  The rest of the ingredients, were already in-house.

I decided to make a chicken tray bake with plenty of garlic.  I used Red onion, four garlic cloves chopped in half, Courgette, Cherry tomatoes and French beans chopped into smaller pieces.  I also served with Garlic potatoes which were basically new potatoes which had been boiled until about half way cooked, allowed to cool and then popped into a separate tray to cook with a little oil, salt and butter until they were cooked.

I am pleased to report that the main meal was extremely delicious and very tasty.  This meal is very much my kind of meal.  I am one for a lot of veggies when I can.  G had not been aware that I was cooking a meal at all (He just thinks that Tinkerbell the Fairy pays a visit. swishes her wand and then food appears)  I will not disillusion him at this point.

Pudding was absolutely delicious too.  I served a good wedge of the Galette each (although G had a smaller version) and served it with a little double cream.  I shall definitely do this again.

I was therefore really chuffed when everything worked out well.  Today I really flew without the recipe book.

If I get chance tomorrow I may well make a Quiche.  If not tomorrow definitely Tuesday.  I love Quiche and Cheese and Onion flan.

Hope everyone is keeping well.

Catch you soon.

Pattypan

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