...disjointed day, what with a car service and a couple of electricians climbing through the roof cavity. Seems we have a few power points without an earth?! Bit of a startlement, still, it will all be sorted out soon.
Breakfast didn't happen, busy, busy even the coffee was a non event.
Lunch was a ham and salad sandwich on toast. A new experience for the Darling. Thankfully he enjoyed it.
Dinner tonight was the other end of the fillet steak, with a jacket baked potato with chilli and onion cottage cheese topping. The Darling would prefer chilli chunked potatoes (so frankly would I- but all that oil.....won't be seeing them for a little while), and of course a nice big salad.
Stephanie Alexander has a great recipe and insight into making a quick steak sauce or Red Wine Jus. Tonight I just didn't have the get up and go......so caramelised half a brown onion with the finely sliced eye of a bacon rasher. Removed the onions from the pan when done, re heated the pan to high and did the steaks, removed them to plates when done and schlonked a good schlonk of red wine into the hot pan, added a little water - stock would have been better- popped the onion/bacon back into the pan and reduced the liquid. Poured it over the steaks for a tasty steak sauce/Jus. Yep, your right, hardly gourmet but still and all, tasty.
And that's what it is all about........tasty, within my energy levels, and healthy eating.
One of the Electricians eyes bugged, and he yelped 'There is a Mountain Cat in the House' when the Cat streaked by.........agreed, he is a big boy, but I ask you....how could you be scarred of this
he adopted that box, no one has the heart to take it away form him......but the Grandies are working on a plan for an upgrade, complete with toys. We will see what the school hols bring.
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