TARRAGON & THYME

So we have as a family stayed indoors in the shade with the fans on.  I shall venture out into the garden when it cools a little more and we will take Missy for her constitutional then as well.  She does not do well in the heat either. As it has been far too hot to cook OH dropped in to the Kentucky and came back with some lovely cold ice cream shakes with cherry in which were just what the Doctor ordered together with chicken, chips and beans and it has gone down well.  It has saved me cooking. I have been on the computer again doing more research as well as having my books out.  I have also been drafting some posts for later on of stuff I want to have a go at.  However I want to show photos of what I have a go at together with comments on whether we like the recipe or not to share with everyone.  As I have no camera at the moment these posts will follow in natural course as I make them.  I want to get back to more traditional solid cooking that ...

My planned day changed to what it should have been which was a shame but never mind.  It will be re-arranged, and so for once I took some time out for myself.  Writing posts, (which are still not finished) and doing further research for articles yet to come. It has also been a bit of a scorcher of a day in any event and I don't really function properly if it is over hot so in the greater scheme of things I made the right decision.  When I watered up earlier it was cooler fortunately. The hosepipe is now in operation and so I used that and it certainly made things a lot easier. I also picked a small cherry tomato and a larger tomato and a couple of apples which are ready on my tree. The tomatoes were sweet and delicious and the apples are eaters and are crisp and sharp.  A nice change will go nicely with a piece of cheese.  The courgettes are in blossom and there are a lot of flowers so I am looking forward to harvesting some of those in due course. ...

Sorry folks this should have been posted last night but I forgot to push the button. Yesterday I got up early with OH and then set too and completed typing a post I had started Thursday night, completing and posting it. I have since then started a follow up post to that one which is still very much a Work in Progress and may be a day or two before it is published.  However in between time life is still moving forward. It has been really hot here today so much so I have stuck in the house where it has been a little cooler. I did not sleep so well last night my back was playing up again and I was awake for most of last night.  Typically though I dropped off when OH was getting up!  However I got up with him all the same. I cooked Lasagna from scratch earlier on for tea and it was very tasty.  I have a cottage pie to prepare and I also have a ragu made up to have with spaghetti or some other pasta as well as a little of the Lasagna left.  OH can...

Be pre-warned this is a long post. I visited B & M today again to make a shopping list for next week – well not to buy everything of course but to work out the things I was interested in, their prices, and to start to re-stock the pantry.   A list I thought would be useful to work out how many pennies and how many of each item I would need.   I also thought that for those of you with a B & M near you it would give an idea of what kind of offers are available. For those of you who have been before and for any newbies. Please note this is not as a result of any enticement from that said company, just my own way of going about trying to restore order to my household after a few months of neglect. I have always kept a healthy pantry but recent months have found me running it down so that I could re-stock.   To say that I have found this pretty frustrating is an understatement and I take the view that the quicker my pantry is restored to order the...