One handed chopping using my trusty device

Here you can see something I use almost everyday to peel, chop and slice vegetables one handed. I got this from the hospital 10 years ago, lots of trial and error but still works well enough.q

Here's how it works:

I always lay the peeler device thing on to a damp cloth first - this keeps it firm and stops it slipping.

Impale object on to triangular spikes

Using peeler or knife to peel or slice, flipping your veg over and spiking again to peel the under side. I find it easiest using a knife. It works for most veg, but long and thin roots such as carrots and parsnips I usually cut in half first.

Cauliflower cheese,with ham and tomatoes, plus curry the curry is chicken, chickpeas and cauliflower,with red onions, garlic and ginger ,with a few cardamom pods, and mustard seeds.plus tomato passata to give colour to the Curry.

Food cooked over the past two days.

Yesterday I made a carrot cake, which I haven't done for months.

Carrot cake.

150mls sunflower oil.

125 gms  caster sugar

2eggs

125 gms plain flour

Teaspoon of cinnamon

Teaspoon of bicarbonate

Teaspoon of basking powder 

250 gms of grated carrots 

Mix the first 3ingredients together, and add the dry ingredients to the wet then mix well.

Pour into a greased and lined tin, and bake at 160o for 40 minutes, 

Test for done ness. And turn out when cold.

Ice with a mix of cream cheese, icing sugar and butter,with some grated lemon zest.

The cheese makes it rather wet,so make sure you have the consistency you wish for! 

Toad in the hole.

In all it's glory,and sfraught from the oven,Lunchtime treat.

Oh rats!

You won't believe what I have done! Having to beautiful pictures of our Lunch taken by my guests, I fessed the wrong button, and ave last the lot.

 So no picture of the lamb Tagine,nor the pears in red wine with Chartreuse Ice Cream. I am so cross with myself

Today's. cooking

Feeling rather washed out as have had Chemo three days ago,and  have the usual infections to cope with,

However it hasn't stopped me cooking this morning, I have made a massive Ragu for a bolognaise,and a lasagne, then did pears in red wine,then some mushroom soup,and finally for lunch, chicken breast stuffed with home made pesto,and wrapped in Parma  Ham,which was baked in the oven,and eaten with  a chive, and parsley mash,and creamed spinach, followed by baked apples stuffed with vine  fruits .

 Tomorrow, all being well with the mega storm, I will have three extra for lunch ,when we will have lamb Tagine,with Couscous and a salad ,plus home made multi grain bread.i made the bread last night, and the Tagine has been in the freezer for a week, so it is not really that onerous .

Then the pears in red wine with a home made ice cream.  I have used some apple purée,double cream and custard and flavoured it with Green Chartreuse, as my friends used to live in Savoie, where the liquor is made !  Cheeses if anyone can manage it afterwards..

Sorry no pictures, unless I can get one of the guests to take some tomorrow at lunch.,as I am too wobbly to hold the iPad still enough to take a photo. 

The brioche.

Here are the photos of little brioches, done in muffin cases only one has last it's hat,and a larger one which has been made in a deep tartlet tin.

made on a deep tartlet tin.