Cooking with myself

I did pretty well at keeping up with the cooking this week. On Wednesday, with my friend coming over for dinner, I didn’t get the mince out of the freezer early enough so had to buy more for dinner while the large pack defrosted in the fridge. That led to a pretty beef heavy week…

Thank goodness for friends

Tonight’s dinner brought to you by my amazing friend Laura who is staying with me this week. Lamb burgers, roasted sweet potatoes, tomatoes, mange tout and some “massaged kale”. My contribution was harrisa mayo (which, though delicious, did not constitute a proper meal) It’ll be my turn tomorrow, a rule I’ve enforced myself to begin…

Self-care & Food

As someone who suffers from depression and anxiety I have never been particularly good at self-care. When I remember I swing in and out of it wildly with no consistency. I’ll do the occasional bath and face-mask or treat myself to a coffee out, or read a chapter of a book but the next day…