Home Cooking*

Wow, what a busy girl you have been, and it all looks so lovely, especially the bread. Glad you are feeling better PP.

At least all that cooking & exercise in the kitchen kept you warm on such a cold day! :-))

How did the bread turn out after all? It looked very nice just out of the oven! :-))

Did the cheese & onion pie go down a treat with your husband?

Brilliant Pp, you really have been busy and turned out some great food there, your bread looks fantastic, and smells good from here, and that pie, mouth waterering,glad to hear you are feeling better, take care and keep warm, I nearly forgot to mention the beautiful cake also, delicious with ice cream, custard or just on its own.

ooowww makes me feel hungry, not felt like eating at all today, winter blues i thinks, all looks so yummy carole and bet harry will enjoy it after all his hard work decorating, bet you feel better for doing it to carole, enjoy :o))

mmmmmm, lovely. how much cheese and onion go into that pie?

oh my goodness how well will you be eating .The bread looks scrumptious

You ve done well with the bread it looks lovely hope it all went down well and your cheese and onion pie and plum cake lood so delicious. Wonderful photo of the Robin so cute.

Thanks everyone for your kind comments, to day is the first day since Friday that I have felt like eating, but I have made up for it today;0)
We havent got around to trying the bread yet, my timing was out and we had eaten the Veggie Broth before the bread was done!
The cheese and Onion pie went down well with us both and I will put on my recipe tomorrow for of you who maybe interested.
As for Shirleys plum cake it is delicous and half as gone into the freezer to delight any unexpected visitors;0)

oh great ~ thanks PP

Ooh, busy girl Carole! Hope you feeling a lot better now,, some lovely food there to keep your boiler stoked...Lol! Cheese and Onion pie, haven't made that for years, I bet your kitchen smelled wonderful all morning!....keep warm and cosy....

Thanks Janey, it has been quite theraputic doing all that cooking and certainly tempted my appetite back again!

Thank you Carole I shall be saving your reciepe to my favourites and trying it out.

They all look so appetising Carole.I have never had a go at bread making.We had Cheese and onion pie,about 2 weeks ago,and we hadn't had it for a long time.It did taste good.
Harry will be feeling happy,if its a favourite of his...I know he loves his food :o))

im planning to eat that cheese and onion pie tomorrow if you put the recipe on PP, and although i have a bread maker im also wondering about making bread ~ the kneading would keep me warm?! what an inspirational blog!

Lovely blog ,I have baked today as well no where near as much, just a pie crust for the lad's tea with mashed potato and pea's.It was mince today sometimes I do kidney they both go down well.

It all looks scrumptious, PP. Pleased you are feeling better now. I think I will have another go at bread making - my last effort was not a great success.

Glad you are feeling better PP. All that food looks delicious specially the bread. Look forward to the recipes and will definately be having a go.

I'm sorry you hadn't been well Carole and am pleased you are feeling better , all your cooking looks really yummy , in fact if it wasn't so far away you might have had me knocking on your door .. LOL... in the interests of quality control of course , I could be your chief tester ... :o))

Nice to hear you are feeling better PP. I just love cheese & onion pie, unfortunately I've had to give the cheese a miss lately due to a high cholesterol reading, groan. So come on ladies (and gents), how about some recipes for fellow sufferers. I can try them out and I promise to post some pictures on. Might even do a blog, depends on the response. :o)))

can you have the low fat cheeses LL?

Yes, Sticki, but I prefer a good strong cheese, not parmesan. UGH.

some of the cheddars now are low fat,
i make a nice butternut squash and stilton pie ~ but not sure you can have the stilton?

Thanks All I tried the bread today it was passable but not worth all that kneading would probably have been better with fresh yeast and a bread machine to mix it!
Stick I am going to put my recipe on now [it was delicious]
Littlelegs sorry about the high cholesterol but I have it too, but just for treat I have mature cheddar! Dont think it would be quite the same with low fat. But I do make a quiche sometimes with Cottage Cheese and low fat cream cheese which is very tasty;0)
Amy you would be very welcome to pop round any time just as long as you dont Blacklist me!;0)

oh thank you PP, i was hoping you would cos im planning on making it for tea. just made leek and bacon soup with cheese scones for lunch and some fennel and sultana bread ~ seems nice ~ but i have used the bread machine. im going to do that coconut rice pudding from meanie for tea ~ after the cheese and onion pie ~ lots of comfort food should make me feel better?

That leek and Bacon Soup sounds delicious especially with the cheese scones, you will be having quite a feast ,not seen Meanies recipie for coonut rice pudding will go and have a look, we need lots of good hearty meals to combat this cold weather. Hope your cheese and onion pie turns out nice;0)

i hope so too ~ is it on? i havent found it yet

yes its on;0)

where is it PP ~ am i looking in the right place? thanks anyway.

Am looking for it too but can't find it Sticki,

its on PP's photo page Rohima and its very nice ~ we've just eaten it!!
thanks PP ~ OH liked it and thats quite a compliment cos he loves his mothers cheese and onion pie!

Thats great Stick we have quite a collection of yummy recipies on Goy , think we maybe all needing a diet for the Spring!

ive given up the thought of a diet till after christmas now! i really want to learn to make chocolates ~ anyone know of a good course ~ thats affordable?

Don't know about any chocolate courses, Sticki, but this is a very quick & easy choc truffle recipe that we have made each Christmas for years and years!

6ozs plain chocolate, melted
6ozs softened unsalted butter
1lb icing sugar
1 tablespoon rum

Beat plain chocolate into butter
Add icing sugar until all blended together
Add rum
Shape into small balls, walnut size, and roll in chocolate vermicelli.

Leave in fridge to harden for at least 1 hour.

Baileys, Tia Maria, etc can be used instead of rum. If unable to obtain vermicelli, use cocoa powder on its own for a slightly bitter taste or cocoa mixed with icing sugar for a sweeter taste.

They can be made beforehand and frozen too :)

oh fabulous, thank you ~ think i may make some for presents ~ if i can keep them that long! ive copied this into my recipe file already!
i will of course have to test them before i give them to anyone!

So pleased your feeling ok, and after reading this blog i feel quite hungry

Well done, Pansypotter ...
lots of lovely baked items ...
... and pretty pic of the robin :o)

Thanks Carol and Terra, everything is gone now.just wish my cough and cold has, Im still feeling not 100per cent so just rying to keep up with Goy when I feel able ;0)

I hope you are feeling a bit better today, PP. Coughs can seem to hang around for weeks after the rest of the symptoms have passed. That's what happens to me.

Thanks for your concern Balcony, a little better today!

Now it's my wife's turn to come down with a cough & soreness in her chest!

Sorry to hear that Balcony hope she is able to shake it off before Chriistmas, you do really need to be on top form to deal with all the shopping , cooking and visitors. I went out today for the fist time in well over a week not 100 per cent yet but getting there. I was concerned that we might get snowed in again as there is snow forecast for later in the week ;0(

Thanks, PP. She was at home all last week as she was on holiday. We couldn't go anywhere on account of the ice & snow we had here as well. We actually only had a couple of cm of snow but the ice was everywhere! I, myself, hardly went out of the house either!

Unfortunately, like you say, the snow & ice are forecast to return from Thursday this week onwards. :-((

I hope you have made a good recovery from your cold now.