I am a cooking genius!

[selenay]

I have had an incredibly productive Saturday morning. Set out really early for the farmer's market over the harbour and somehow managed to fill a huge shopping bag with stuff in less than half an hour! I now have chipotle mayonnaise (mmmmmm), pita chips, handmade sausages, some baklava for dessert tonight, coffee and some green veg that is not broccoli. I foresee my cauliflower cheese in my future this week :-)

The best bit is that I only really need a few odds from the superstore this week like cat litter and cleaning stuff :-)

I was back here by 10am and started to construct Oxford Beef. This is kind of like a really fancy beef stew with wine and apricot jam that cooks in the slow-cooker for eight hours. It's gorgeous. I'm having my aunt over for supper tonight and there will be lots left over for the freezer, which is excellent.

Then I needed to get rid of 2lb of tomatoes that my parents left (why did they think they could eat that many in the two days before they left anyway?) so I dug out my recipe for roasted tomato soup. It's cooked, liquidised and simmering on the hob for me to eat for lunch. I suspect that I may be reheating some for lunch at work for the next couple of days.

This afternoon I intend to bake. Mum gave my sister and I each a copy of her best baking book so I've got the recipe for cheese straws. Yay!

I'd forgotten how much fun this kind of stuff could be!

I'm concluding that the added vit D, vit C and calcium are definitely helping because I feel so much better mentally since I started taking them. As I'd usually be going through my hormonally induced severe depression right now, that says a huge amount.

Now I'm off to eat amazing soup and read before starting the next round of cooking and washing up :-)

Comments

[catseatsocks.livejournal.com]

Wow! I wish I could be that productive. All I've managed is shower, dress, eat.

[selenay]

I'm not usually this productive, but I feel really good about it so I may try to keep this kind of thing up on a Saturday.

Tomorrow I think I'll be lazy :-)

[djonma.livejournal.com]

Oh wow!
Sounds so yummy!
And I'm glad you're feeling better with the vitamins, it's obviously doing you a world of good!

[selenay]

It was all very yummy :-)

I'm still feeling better so I'm thinking that the vitamins are the answer. Why do I feel daft for having a suspicion that this might be termed SAD? Anyway, hopefully the vits will continue to be the answer and they'll strengthen up my bones as well. Apparently there is research to show that EDS patients are more prone to fracture, so I can understand why the rheumy has recommended them.

[gmul.livejournal.com]

Ooh, the stew sounds good. Mine tends to get about 2-3 hours. Never thought of adding jam. Is the recipe online anywhere?

[selenay]

The recipe isn't on-line anywhere to my knowledge, but I could email you a copy if you'd like. It's designed for a slow-cooker but I'm sure you can adapt it to regular cooking without too many problems.