TARRAGON & THYME

I hope you all had a merry Christmas with your loved ones.  We have had a quiet Christmas here at Pattypans pad, but I still have an awful lot to do.  OH and I decided not to buy each other a present; but to spend the money available to us on food - that was our Christmas present to each other.   I am due back to work tomorrow after a very few extremely busy but enjoyable days over Christmas. I have billing to do tomorrow.  I am back for two days and then off on Friday and Monday going back to work on the 3 January.  Today has been the first time available to me to do as I pleased and I have had a very lazy day where sometimes I have found myself dribbling on the setee having "nodded off" and then woken up with a crick in the neck. I have also been planning and plotting, watching River Cottage repeats and nosing through my recipe books as well as my diary making an aide memoire and check list as well as plotting pertinent items to make at specific times such a...

I hit the veg shop big time yesterday.  Its been a while since I have been able to get quite a good selection for a good price.  I love fresh veg and fruit and I am always conscious of putting something up for the winter months.  Some for eating now some for a rainy day.  But its not only that I love being able to bring something a little different to the table. Anyway I managed to acquire the following: Sweet Peppers   I bought a couple of bags of these as they were in the reduced basket at 50 pence a bag and these will go into the freezer once prepared to add to stir fries, chicken casseroles etc through the winter months.  These will be quite easily dealt with.  I have also found a recipe for pickled peppers which I am anxious to try. Tomatoes   These were approx 1 kg for £1 - will roast these and make some more roasted tomato base for the store cupboard can never have too much of this its something that I use an awful lot of either as the s...