Disenchanted

The past little while I have been feeling a bit disenchanted with life in general. I'm not sure where this sentiment is coming from because I am well aware that I have ever so much to be grateful for in my life. But moods are moods and are difficult to control completely. Perhaps it is being a little winter weary, perhaps it is hormonal , perhaps I am just bored or maybe it is just a passing thing that will leave as easily as it came. Here's hoping. While waiting for it to pass, I am just carrying on even if I am not keeping calm.

  Cooking for my family. I maintain that soup is the most unphotogenic of foods. Here is my version of Nigel Slater's Thai-inspired noodle soup. My version because I used chicken instead of prawns because I am the only one here who eats food from the sea. Next time I will spice it up a little more, we are chilli lovers afterall. I have only just discovered Nigel Slater and his wonderfully wholesome simple cookery but this week I have made two of his recipes. The soup and a lentil stew which was also delicious.

 Although winter is still very much here and now, there is some lush growth on the nettles so they will be heading for the soup pot and pasta dough tomorrow. Perhaps even some to steep for spraying in the garden and to add to the compost heap too. Gotta love a plant that can feed you and work some magic in the garden  and compost too. Even if it is quite unlovable.

More cooking. The lemons looked great on the tree but they are no use there and they even looked quite good on the plate but they aren't much use there either. So now a couple of them are in a lemon slice and the rest have been juiced and frozen for later use. There are still a heap more on the tree so I guess it might be time to make lemonade.

Thanks for visiting
Tracy