Embracing Life

I purchased a new piece of equipment for my kitchen this week, well when I say I purchased I actually used my Nectar points that I’ve been collecting for ever. Therefore a £289.00 Magimix Food Processor actually cost me £0.95 🎉

The first thing I made was a version of Potato Dauphinoise. With the magimix I was able to thinly slice potato, leek and courgette. Then layer them with cheese and seasoning. I mixed milk and cream cheese together and poured it over and cooked for around 45 mins.

We had our Supper Club this week and our numbers have doubled, so we are now six, which I feel is about the right amount of people. We had a veritable feast and all ate far too much 😄

To start we had nachos smothered with cheese, corn cob niblets, and I made guacamole and pico de gallo (salsa) and bought sour cream also. To follow we had chicken enchiladas, rice and sweet potato mash and to finish we had a Carlota de limón dessert. To drink we had authentic Mexican beer with lime.

My Magimix came in very handy for my guacamole and salsa here are the recipes

Guacamole

3 avocados, ripe
½ small yellow onion, finely diced
2 Roma tomatoes, diced
3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh coriander
1 jalapeno pepper, I used a few slices out of a jar
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 lime, juiced
½ teaspoon sea salt

Place everything other than the tomatoes into a blender and blitz. Then mix the tomatoes into the mixture. This can be made a few hours ahead and to keep the green colour just add water to the top of the container and drain off when ready to use.

Pico de gallo

4 to 5 Roma tomatoes ripe and firm, seeds removed, finely diced
½ cup white onion finely diced
⅔ cup fresh coriander finely chopped
1 jalapeño pepper diced, use more or less depending on how spicy you want the pico de gallo
1 lime juiced, start with half the lime and add more as needed
1/2 teaspoon salt

Place onion, coriander and jalapeno into blender and finely chop. Then mix in the tomatoes, lime juice and salt. This keeps well in a container for a day or two.

This week has definitely been all about cooking as I also made a large moussaka to eat and freeze.

Moussaka is probably one of my most favourite things to eat, layers of vegetables and a tomato and lamb layer with a creamy cheese sauce to top it off, delicious 😋

I had two egg whites left after making the moussaka so decided to try out an idea that I want to make for our next Supper Club evening where the theme is Rainbows. I made meringue and used food colouring stripes on the inside of the piping bag before placing the mixture into it. I definitely got rather messy but I was happy with the results.

After nearly 30 years of straight hair I decided to get another spiral perm this week and I am so happy with the result.

All the old colour has been cut off and I’m left with my natural colour too. Embracing the grey 😄

I have to work this morning so must go but enjoy your week ahead and embrace the life you have and fill it with steps be they large or small.

Chris x