Food, then.

[denny]

Just got back from shopping... for the entertainment of those following my attempt to revise my eating habits, here is this week's shopping list:

3 litres of orange juice
3 litres of apple+raspberry juice
2 litres of apple+pear juice

1 bag of clementines
1 bag of apples

Half a cucumber

Fresh leek and potato soup.

2 x 500g fresh pasta
2 x cheese sauce
1 x bolognese sauce
1 x tomato and herb sauce with extra garlic

Roule
Double gloucester

Ham from the carvery (yum)
Bacon (going to attempt the microwave thing here - any tips welcomed)

1 loaf of bread
2 pints of milk
8 tins of tuna

12 x hot cross buns
2 x sponge puddings
1 x cherry pie

Conspicuous by their abscence: drinks other than fruit juice, chocolate, ready meals.

Meant to purchase but forgot: mushrooms, to go in the tomato/herb/etc sauce.


Best of all, though not really of any dietary benefit, I found a hair conditioner that smells of apples. Happy now. :)

Comments

[kelemvor.livejournal.com]

If you don't have one of those bacon-specific microwave plastic things, a standard plate works very well. Cover the bacon with kitchen roll (preferably one that has some water retaining properties) and zap for about 45 seconds per rasher. Some experimentation may be required. The kitch roll soaks up the fat and water that comes out, and reduces the spattering.
Unless I've missed the point of your comment about the microwave thing, in which case I'll leave you to it...

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

Exactly what I was looking for - thanks!

[kelemvor.livejournal.com]

I was useful? Gosh!
Oh, and you're welcome.

Depending on where you are, I'd be happy to come and cook something for you one evening. You'd just need to let me know what's good and what's bad.

[ravenselene.livejournal.com]

Well well..! Just checked LJ for the first time in ages and read this...

I'm impressed.

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

I joined a gym this week, to try and help rebuild my leg muscles. and regain the general fitness/stamina I lost while stuck in bed after the crash. I figure if I don't start eating a bit more healthily at this point, the exercise will probably kill me :)

[lusercop.livejournal.com]

Go for it! good luck!

[ravenselene.livejournal.com]

Denny? Is that you?!

Bloody Hell. I AM impressed! Seriously impressed... Well done you-I'm gonna watch and see if you stick to it-really hope you do =)

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

Denny? Is that you?!

Unsurprisingly, you're the third person to ask that so far :)

[ravenselene.livejournal.com]

After a decade of knowing you it is a little surprising! Keep it going :)

[trishpiglet.livejournal.com]

Fantastic!

[world-of-skin.livejournal.com]

Personally, I feel you need some custard to go with that cherry pie :P Not very helpful, am I?

Received your text by the way but, unfortunately, I have no credit at the moment.. Wasn't this weekend though, it'd be the 21st :)

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

I don't like custard, or cream. I'll tolerate ice-cream with pie in restaurants, but really I just like pie.

Mmmm, pie. (http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/pie.htm)

[world-of-skin.livejournal.com]

Hmm... really?

There's something very, very wrong with you.. besides the obvious, that is.. :)

Pie is excellent, though. Seems to be a foodstuff that's very often capable of making people very jealous.

Like me, right now. :( Gah, want pie.



Incidentally, is it okay to give you a call sometime? If so, when's good? Feel free to say no, though!

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

Um, it is, but I'm not very good at talking on the phone. You're welcome to try me though :) Anytime in the afternoon or evening is fine, generally speaking.

[world-of-skin.livejournal.com]

Cool. You busy now? :)

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

Not particularly, nope.

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

*applause*

That looks like a very good start! One of these days I'll stop worrying about you.

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

Damn you! Now I'm hungry!

[aiwendel.livejournal.com]

oo well done :)

do you like peppers and corgettes? they go very nicely with tins of tomatoes n herbs (or if you're being posh tins of tomatoes that already have herbs in) to make nice pasta sauce, oh, with onions, obviously....

... and frozen sweetcorn too.
I presume you have a freezer?
Frozen beans/peas/sweetcorn etc are a good way to make sure you don't run out of veg. If you like those things that is.

Eggs are good for essential amino acids too, I seem to recall.

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

I don't like peppers or sweetcorn. Or onions. Or peas. Or green beans, really. Courgettes are just about edible sometimes, I think it depends how they've been cooked.

I was thinking about eggs when I was shopping, but the only way I really like them is fried, and that's too much effort and mess and I can't be bothered with it. I suppose I could try the microwave scrambled version, that might be a good enough taste:effort ratio for me.

[aiwendel.livejournal.com]

lol
You know that those pasta sauces you've brought almost certainly contain onions?

hmmm scrambled egg on toast with spicy tomato ketchup?

:)

What about omlettes? but I guess even if you did like them there's not much hope if you thing fried egg is too much effort!!!!

Microwaving egg sounds wrong though. Do you not have a hob?

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

I'll eat things with onions in them if they've been finely enough diced and/or boiled away that I can no longer taste or feel bits of onion. One of the main reasons I don't like them is their texture - cooked onion feels like it should taste bad :)

I've seen someone microwave scrambled eggs before and it worked fine. You just stir them every now and then while they're cooking, it looked easy enough for me to give it a go :)

Omelettes are nice, but again, messy. All fried food is great, but messy. I include the hassle of washing up in my reasons for not cooking anything complicated.

[djlongfella.livejournal.com]

Ahh, then the basic recipes I was going to send you, may start with the odds stacked against them, on the washing up grounds...

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

Maybe I should look at prices for those counter-top dishwashers.

[djlongfella.livejournal.com]

Must admit, I recently bought dishwahser, it makes cooking so much more fun. Really sounds sad, but don't know why I didn't buy one before.
Although I bought a slimline one ( fitted into crap kitchen better ) I must admit, the bigger size you can get the better, as it's those nasty pans that are always the worst that won't fit into some of the smaller ones, but it will at least reduce the trauma of you " having " to cook.

[aiwendel.livejournal.com]

*grin*
One pot cooking is good...
and roasting things is easy/minimal mess sort of cooking too, but maybe the microwave does a reasonable approximation...

[faerie-in-boots.livejournal.com]

Microwave scrambled eggs are the best mainly cos they don't weld themselves to the bottom of the pan!

3 eggs, 4 dessert spoons of milk, 1 teaspoon of butter/marg (or for those with a sense of adventure - a splash of milk and a knob of butter *g*)

Whisk together in a largish mrcrowaveproof bowl/jug and microwave for 2 minutes on high power, whisk and repeat until cooked.

The trick is to stir lots and often or it ends up less scrambled and more solid lump at the bottom!

Mmm Pie!!!

[talodi.livejournal.com]

But seriously, this is really good, I'm so pleased for you - keep us informed of your progress?

[lzz.livejournal.com]

Oh my god! Who are you and what have you done with Denny?

but seriously, that's brilliant progress :)

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

Well, it's a start. We'll see how long it lasts.

Real Food!

[belaroo.livejournal.com]

and Pie!
Seriously good start...well thought I out list there.

Lots of back patting and nodding :)