Lunch. In the garden, must be the final time this year.

 So sunny and warm,we couldn't resist coming out into the sunshine,to eat our Sausages

, garlic. Mash with onion gravy, plus peas and soya beans, boring to look at, but scrumptious none the less.

Raspberries and cream afterwards,

And have made shortbread this morning, plus a carrot cake,AND been to Waitrose.

Today's cake.

A complete make up of ingredients, but loosely asked on a Nigel Slater recipe,. I have used prunes, apricots and pistachio nuts, with ground almonds, lemon  zest and juice for sharpness,the normal 2 eggs,  and butter ,sugar and plain flour. A dense, moist cake  but very delicious. So any people through the door today, that I shall have to be making something else for tomorrow!  This is all that is left .

Lamb Tagine for lunch today.

Tagine made with.smb neck fillet,  butternut  squash, aubergine, red onion ,prunes,with tomatoes, a good teaspoon of cinnamon anpwdered ginger  and a lime for added flavour. Cooked slowly on the top of the stove, it is meltingly delicious.  Some coriander scattered on the top.

A simultaneous cup of tea, and a Bloody Mary

Here is what I had when I got back at 6.00 p m ,having spent the day having Chemotherapy.

Pork fillet, bashed out ,with potatoes, leeks and wilted spinach. I was absolutely starving hungry.

Roast chicken!

Resplendent and 

 Dusted with Fennel pollen it definitely looks good enough to eat.  Now it is tea time. Ad I am about to ave a well deserved cup of tea, plus a piece of chocolate cake that I made this  morning. Before the chicken went into the oven.sorry the pictures are out of sync.    

So  come on, all you who read this,      loyal family, friends, Doctors, nurses, Physiotherapists, , Occupational therapists, ,Health Care workers. ,anyone. Please tell every body that it IS POSSIBLE to cook one handed ,even in the middle of having the ups and downs of Chemotherapy,and all that that has meant for me. THERE IS FAR MORE TO LIFE THAN JUST A SANDWICH 

Today's offering is a butternut squash and sundried tomato Risotto.very simple and quickly made,as I. Am fast falling by the wayside.have done stuffed courgettes with celery , red onion and red peppers with chopped ham for extra flavour

Feeling slightly better,

So I have made a fish pie, using salmon with a sauce of mushrooms and parsley . And also an enormous Caponata, a Sicilian recipe, you cube a couple of medium Aubergines, chop 2 stalks 

 of celery, add onions,and a large de -skinned tomato plus some Tomato purée. then sweat this mixture till it is soft, then add some cider vinegar,and soft brown sugar to taste. I taste food, rather than weigh ,so it is my personal taste that's involved. I have made such a lot of Caponata so that my carer can take some for her lunch tomorrow.,when she goes and another one arrives to look after me!

So here I am, back a bit wobbly, but still fighting hard.

Please ,no more infections.......