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Food ideas with photos

Sounds delicious. Does it freeze well? I would have to eat it all as hubby is allergic to coconut, unless I could find a suitable substitute.
 
silver minion said:
Sounds delicious. Does it freeze well? I would have to eat it all as hubby is allergic to coconut, unless I could find a suitable substitute.
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Freezes fine. I typically divide it up into batches of 6 slices each and store them in the freezer in zipped sandwich bags. Each bag is breakfast for two days.
 
I have always enjoyed nigellas recipes but many especially pasta are now off my radar. As I have been overweight for years I tended not to do her puddings.
Her recipe on bluesky today is one I will do at the weekend. I went to the coast yesterday ( less than 20 miles away) and bought some wild sea bass. She has a recipe effectively for potato salad. At this time of the year I like Majorcan new potatoes. I will reduce the number of new potatoes, use yoghurt not buttermilk and as greenery watercress. I live in a part of the country that heaves with asparagus at this time of the year. I may braise some fennel as a side dish.

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Asparagus, Radish and New Potato Salad

Fleshy green asparagus, as fresh as you can; sweet new season’s baby potatoes; juicy, pepper-hot radishes: this simple but sensational salad is made just by steaming the potatoes, roasting the asparagus, halving the radishes, tossing everything together gently with some tarragon, before dressing...
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I put together my wet floor mop today and cleaned the kitchen and bathroom floors. Normally I'm useless at DIY but this was easy. My arthritis had got to the stage where I couldn't stand for long or kneel to get under the very heavy table. Sitting on a chair or the edge of the bath, and using the flexible head, the whole job was done pain free in 15 minutes! Joy!!! This afternoon I'm off to the garden centre to organise my bedding plants and hanging baskets. I still see the same person who did all my plants when I moved here 26 years ago.

B: Boiled egg and soldiers

L: Red pepper and potato frittata with salad

D: Teriyaki Chicken thigh, peas, leeks, sliced baked potato

S: Latte, peppermint tea.
 
Bit of breakfast this morning double cream chives salt and pepper scrambled eggs with honey and mustard sausages smoked back bacon button mushrooms and half a vine tomato all sourced from the local farm shop
Yes a little bit dearer on the pocket but the quality and flavours are worth it IMG_3707.jpeg
 
IMG_3753.jpegTonight’s dinner pan fried tuna steak marinated in honey soy chilli with salad comprising of lettuce, red tomatoes, yellow tomatoes, black grapes, strawberries, avocado, cucumber, spring onion, beetroot, small dollop of potato salad, a few cubes of cheese and dressed with a honey and mustard vinaigrette
 
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These pictures make my mouth water. :D
 
Hi all,

This is my everyday salad that I eat in my office. The first pic is the basics and the second pic is where I add the magic. This has almost no effect on my BG at all.
It is spinach leaves, cucumber, radish, tomato, orange pepper, celery made exciting (!) with feta cheese green olives out of a jar, one hard boiled egg, mayonnaise (2 teaspoons) plenty extra virgin olive oil, walnuts and pecans, home grown chives. I think thats everything. I like the crunch of the celery, the spinach lasts a long time in the fridge, feta adds flavour, egg and mayonnaise have a delicious taste combined, the olives are salty and an acquired taste.
The salad needs making at 6.30am and putting in the fridge til 12 - it just seems to taste better than if its freshly made! I dare say the oil is fattening but it taste great though a little expensive these days. May cost £2 a day.
 

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lordburnside said:
Hi all,

This is my everyday salad that I eat in my office. The first pic is the basics and the second pic is where I add the magic. This has almost no effect on my BG at all.
It is spinach leaves, cucumber, radish, tomato, orange pepper, celery made exciting (!) with feta cheese green olives out of a jar, one hard boiled egg, mayonnaise (2 teaspoons) plenty extra virgin olive oil, walnuts and pecans, home grown chives. I think thats everything. I like the crunch of the celery, the spinach lasts a long time in the fridge, feta adds flavour, egg and mayonnaise have a delicious taste combined, the olives are salty and an acquired taste.
The salad needs making at 6.30am and putting in the fridge til 12 - it just seems to taste better than if its freshly made! I dare say the oil is fattening but it taste great though a little expensive these days. May cost £2 a day.
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That sounds like my sort of salad. I used to take that sort of thing when I was at work but had various home grown leaves, rocket, nasturtium, chicory, beetroot, and my colleagues called it my weed salad.
 
lordburnside said:
Hi all,

This is my everyday salad that I eat in my office. The first pic is the basics and the second pic is where I add the magic. This has almost no effect on my BG at all.
It is spinach leaves, cucumber, radish, tomato, orange pepper, celery made exciting (!) with feta cheese green olives out of a jar, one hard boiled egg, mayonnaise (2 teaspoons) plenty extra virgin olive oil, walnuts and pecans, home grown chives. I think thats everything. I like the crunch of the celery, the spinach lasts a long time in the fridge, feta adds flavour, egg and mayonnaise have a delicious taste combined, the olives are salty and an acquired taste.
The salad needs making at 6.30am and putting in the fridge til 12 - it just seems to taste better than if its freshly made! I dare say the oil is fattening but it taste great though a little expensive these days. May cost £2 a day.
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That looks delicious and I would eat all of that except for the celery. I prefer a few slices of fennel bulb for the crunch.
 
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