Menu - 17th to 23rd November

Mon: pan-fried salmon
Tues: jacket potatoes
Wed: celebration meal

Thur: sausages and mash

Fri: sweet potato curry

Sat: roasted veggies and feta

Sun: lamb scouse

Menu - 10th to 16th November 2025

Mon: goat's cheese and caramelised onion pastry
Tues: butternut squash pasta
Wed: roast chicken

Thur: home made ready meals from the freezer

Fri: sweet potato curry

Sat: cheese on toast

Sun: chicken piccata

Savoury Pancakes

Ingredients

2 cups of SR flour ( I use Dove Farm gluten-free flour)

1 egg (or 1 Tsp of chia seeds soaked in 3 Tsp of water)

water

Method

Mix the flour and egg together in a bowl. Gradually add in water until a good thick pancake batter is created. 

Put the pancake pan on at gentle heat, and then pour in a quarter of the batter. To one side, add the toppings of your choice. 

When the batter starts to bubble, flip one half of the pancake over the over, and lightly press. Allow both sides of the pancake to cook to a golden brown.

Serve immediately.

Suggested fillings

• Stilton and prosciutto
• mozzarella and ham
• tuna and diced red onion
• sun dried tomatoes, spinach, roasted peppers and pesto
• peanut butter and jelly
• chocolate spread and banana

Notes

Oooh, these are good. At some point, I'd like to try freezing one, and then defrosting, and cooking in the air fryer. As yet, I've not had a chance.

Menu 3rd - 9th November

Mon: pizza

Tues: scouse

Wed: chicken and spinach pasta

Thur: cauliflower cheese and sausages

Fri: chicken risotto

Sat: fish pie
Sun: sweet and sour chicken

Books - October 2025

1. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Becky Chambers

2. A Closed and Common Orbit

Becky Chambers

3. The Stranger Times (The Stranger Times)

Caimh McDonnell

4. Love Will Tear Us Apart

Caimh McDonnell

5. This Charming Man

Caimh McDonnell

6. Relight My Fire

Caimh McDonnell

7. Tales from The Stranger Times

Caimh McDonnell

8. Ring the Bells

Caimh McDonnell

9. Doing Time (Time Police)

Jodi Taylor

10. Hard Time

Jodi Taylor

11. Saving Time

Jodi Taylor

12. About Time

Jodi Taylor

13. Santa Grint

Jodi Taylor

Menu 27th Oct - 2nd Nov

Mon: scampi and mash

Tues: chicken goujons in brioche rolls

Wed: Chicken Piccata

Thur: quorn lasagna

Fri: pizza

Sat: butternut squash pasta
Sun: braised sausages and cabbage

Menus, and Eating from the Freezer

Last week's menu did not factor in a certain little bear falling ill. The noble, and brave Beloved stepped in and provided meals during this time.

It's standard for us to have sausages, scampi, pizza, and homemade ready meals in the freezer for just such an eventuality. It was also useful as the freezer needs to be given a hard reset. There's goodness know what in there, apart from a huge build up of frost. 

This week, I'm trying to eat as much as we can from the freezer. The goal is to have a pretty empty freezer by the first of November. This will enable it to be switched off, defrosted and cleaned. Then I can get back to the joy of filling it back up again.

The first items to be added will be soups, most likely tomato and lentil, and also French-ish onion soup. On the Monday, (our usual day for going food shopping, the convenience foods will be added, pizza, scampi, sausage, hash browns etc - all so useful for the days when cooking is not an option. There will also be the basics, like chicken, fish and mash. There will be ice cream.  

I'm thinking about designating a shelf of the freezer for the Offspring's use. They can put anything they want in the freezer, as long as it remains within that shelf.