TONIGHT`S DINNER

Am thinking of changing my name from Sparkygran to Queen of the leftovers have been doing it again. Tomorrow and over the weekend have new receipies to try will keep you in the loop

Hi everybody tonight I made a dish that I briefly glimpsed on Celebrity Masterchef knocked up by Christopher Biggins (I know don`t mock me) I`m going to call it "Biggins" until I think of a better name. Any of you who watch said programme will know that you don`t get all of the ingredients etc but anyway I registered I quite like the look of that and it consisted of leeks, hard boiled eggs, diced potatoes all covered with parsley sauce and topped with ruff puff pastry - well that`s what I did anyway - and we had it tonight and it was really, really good ok could have had a bit more seasoning and perhaps some garlic or something to give it a kick but all in all a good dish.

If any of you Tweet, FB or whatever with said Biggins pl tell him I tried his recipie and we loved it

Griddled squid with lemon and coriander with mixed salad from the garden.

king prawns cooked in Green Thai Paste, with coconut pieces, carrot and cucumber ribbons and lime juice.

Barbecue and not cooked by me.

Tonight I had lovely white crab open sandwich on homemade wheaten bread and DH had his favourite potted herrings again with wheaten bread. My was accompanied with a cheeky little glass or two of Pinot Grigio

Vegetarian pasta coming up shortly - made with all the leftover bits of veg and some beans and things from the garden. Smells quite nice!

Chicken and Bacon pancakes from Waitrose, and very nice they were too, with courgettes, and a small glass of

I just love leftovers vegasmags they always taste so good

A chicken sandwich. Not very inspiring, but I'm tired and can't be bothered to cook just for myself. DH is working until 22.00. Wish I had some

My niece and great nephew have come over from Italy for their annual hols with us.

It happens to be her 43 birthday so we have had, at her request, spare ribs, egg fried rice and seaweed, following by lemon meringue.

I had fresh figs from our friends' tree, with Epoisses cheese & some cherries. ( had a huge lunch at friends)

We are having ocean pie with baked courgette. I prepped both earlier so will just pop them in the oven shortly !

Delice!

A nice piece of salmon with a salad, all very healthy but followed by a donut!

The remains of the curry I made on Tuesday have beeen in my fridge for toinghs dinner. Yum!

Tonight it was lovely sea bass cooked with lemon, fresh garden peas and local potatoes - simple but delicious

Okay, confession time. Husband is away and grandson put in a heartfelt request for cottage pie. So I bought him a ready made one because I'm just too tired to be bothered to cook.

Cold chilli & red pepper pork pie (thanks Morrisons deli )big cut oven chips made by hand and salad,some salad dips which are already in the fridge so need using up.
Belgian Chocolate Choc Ices for afters.
Easy peasy one to-night ladies.

No need to feel guilty grannyactivist there are times when a ready meal is just great

It's my 500 calorie day and I have had a tomato and lentil omelette with a sprinkle of parmesan and a few slices of cucumber followed by a satsuma. It sounds odd but I enjoyed it.

Lentil, cheese and onion slice for us, with a salad, followed by some French walnuts - we brought some home from our holiday and they taste far better than the shrivelled-up supermarket variety.

Last night was salade niçoise but I was too hot to post.
Tonight is barbecued brochettes of duck breast and dried figs soaked in brandy. Salad of pearled spelt, goji berries, sun-dried tomato, French beans (we have a mountain) and diced celery in olive oil and balsamic vinegar. We have to try one of Lidl's Spanish wines to see if we need to rush out and buy another case tomorrow.

Been out for lunch today and ordered fish gougons in a taco shell with pineapple salsa and salad. It sounds lovely but was very disappointing - soggy fish, taco like concrete and could hardly find the pineapple. I was planning a simple salad for tonight but have now decided it will have to be something more comforting to assuage my disappointment. Mamie - I'd love to come round to yours as your meal sounds amazing!

We went out to lunch with rellies, really, really nice!

I had chicken pate,

then

Lamb taguine, never had it before can"t say I will be having it again, not to MY taste I am afraid.

So tonight we will be having a simple pizza, as feel quite full !!

Feel free to drop in Vegasmag Plenty of room in the field for a parachute drop. (This happened once when a blood-streaked man appeared having made a bad landing from his parascending thingy, though I didn't invite him for dinner).