Tea for Tonight and for tomorrow
We are having home made stew done in the slow cooker. Its bubbling away as I am writing this post. I had a small tray of stewing beef (located from the depths of the freezer), really not enough for a stew, but once padded out with dried thyme, marigold bouillon powder, parsnip, swede, carrots, parsnip, red onion, leek, white onion, dried orange peel, a tomato, white pepper, bay leaves and some pearl barley should mean that we have a filling tasty warming meal. No doubt OH will want his dumplings, but I am not that fussed with them think will give them a miss today. I am going to serve this with creamy mashed potato. This should mean that we get our five a day today. However the naughty side has to come out - its always lurking beneath the surface and I have an inkling for a home made steamed treacle pudding served with home made custard too. I have been very cold this week and to me this means I need more substantial fuel to keep t...