The roast chicken in milk turned out beautifully. Very moist and a lovely flavour. Probably not as tasty to me as my easy roast chicken (stick a pierced lemon, a handful of thyme and garlic cloves in cavity and bung in oven in roasting pan). Flavours were similar. The picture below shows the chicken just after I had browned it and poured the milk and flavourings in.
Over the weekend I took the time to try another kitchen experiment. I baked a savoury strata for breakfast. Jeff loves this type of thing and I must admit I enjoyed it too. We had some day old vienna loaf so I cut it into chunks, soaked it overnight in a mix of eggs, milk, salt and pepper. Just before cooking I stirred some bacon, cheese and parsley into the mix and them popped it into a springform tin. I had some for breakfast and then lunch the next day with a salad. It was a great light lunch option.
Some time ago I made some visits to a community garden near Kawana Lake. It is fantastic and has so many ideas that I'd love to implement if I only had the physical capacity to do so. I brought home some gooseberries and ate most of them. A few had spots so I tossed them into an empty pot along with some wrinkled cherry tomatoes and now I have seedlings galore. I've planted some out in the garden and think I will have to plant a heap more as there are just so many and I do love gooseberries. Three tomato plants have come up and I'll keep them in the pot. Looking forward to eating those too.
At Christmas I looked like this.....
My hair was really long at the back and curly and thick. It became a burden - I'm just too tired and sore to be washing all that hair and lugging it around with me. So I had about 6 inches cut off and now I look like this....
No, I wasn't driving! Much easier. I don't need a sleep after a shower and hair wash anymore...
In keeping with the theme of randomness, I am just having a pottery type day today. I've done my morning routine (Flylady), paid my bills, made some calls and now I'm going to potter. I have a vague list of things to attend to. Some crochet (a LONG procrastinated about project), cleaning the pantry, doing some ironing, spending time in the garden, a visit to the fruit shop for some supplies .... I'll just spend a bit of time doing each thing as it suits me. Some days I would use a timer as per flylady but I will just do each thing as my energy permits and maybe listen to some podcasts and use them as my timing for each project.
Meditation group tonight which I am looking forward to. I carpool with a friend I've had since kindy (so we've known each other for at least 44 years) and another friend meets us there. Even though we don't have a lot of catch up time it's still nice to touch base with them regularly. See you tonight Annoeska!
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