Can Non-Gran People Post?

What a great idea. When it is a freezing cold day and you can warm your socks and curl up with a book, luxury

How many calories in microwave slipper socks then? And do they taste any better than tofu? (Don't answer that - anything tastes better than tofu!)

Just did a Google and they do seem to exist, Cari. Several versions available. Put in "microwavable slipper socks" without the inverted commas, though - if you include them you just get two links to someone's Christmas list and one back to this thread.

You might be surprised, Anno, there is a very large bio/gluten free section in one of the bigger supermarkets. I will check if they have Quorn.

OK, Greatnan. I'll have to bring the Quorn with me - I can't imagine they'd have it in France!

Anno The plain Quorn fillets are pretty low in calories. They have some texture and take a marinade or well flavoured sauce very well.

I found WW meals left me hungry after an hour. I would rather eat a smaller portion of a 'proper' meal. Tonight I am having strips of pork with onions in a crème fraiche and mustard sauce, well seasoned, with mashed potatoes, buttered carrots and petit pois. Somebody asked me if it is worth cooking a meal for one person - it is for this person! (I do make enough for two meals, and freeze one).

Anno - you owe me a Moroccan stew! Next year!

I have a WW veggie cookbook which has a very nice Moroccan stew - the only drawback is that it contains tofu which I consider to be a waste of space. Quorn would be better, perhaps.

That sounds like a good plan to me Galen is it me or do WW meals have a lot of sawdust in their ingredients
I enjoyed our rather quite get to-gether last night but the eyelids just wouldn't stay open. anyone ? thanks for the inviteabsent but I don't think the jet lag would have done me any good at all.

I'm just trying to eat a WW Moroccan tagine! Yuk! I'm throwing it away. I'll have cheese on toast instead!

Sorry to have missed last night's midnight feast - still coming down after Il Giovane Montalbano [sigh]
DH is a porridge purist (cooked overnight in slow oven, eaten with salt etc etc)- fortunately I am not, I like the micrwavable sort that tastes of raspberries and pomegranates (but have you seen the calorie content? Me neither!)

Almost snap, Stansgran - but I start off with half-fat milk. I add a pinch of salt, a smidgeon of cinnamon, sultanas, and bottled cherries. Who said porridge is boring?

Greatnan a woman after my own heart. I make my porridge with skimmed milk and then add cream. None of this salt and water rubbish

Hello there, negligent! You are very welcome, and there are lots of spirited discussions on everything under the sun.

Loads of non-gran people post on here and as long as we aren't banned from sites like Mumsnet you are very welcome.Mind you, you will have to put up with grannies/granddads going off on a completely different subject then the one posted. See above. But that's what we oldies do!

Tell tale! Just for that, I am going to start buying full cream instead of half cream. In for a penny.......

Welcome, Negligent. What Greatnan neglected (geddit?) to tell you was, no, she might not like cake, but she luuuurves cream! If it was up to her, she would pour it on cereal, porridge, soup, fruit and anything else in her sights

Welcome Negligent I do like your sense of humour.

pricks ears up! was my name mentioned and the word "broomsticks" gosh!! do you realise it is coming up to the 2nd Halloween party!!

welcome Negligentmother

You don't have to like cake - I don't, except my grand-daughter's coffee and walnut! What makes you think you are negligent? I have always thought a bit of 'benign neglect' is good for children.

Maybe another time. Sleep well everyone.

absent I think they have all gone off to bed, but a glassortwo and a bit of sunshine will do the power of good, I have missed our get together 's.