calypte

These entries help me keep track of what day it is!

• make self presentable
• meet D and M for lunch/coffee
• laundry
• rhubarb!
• dishes
• plus oodles of reading, viewing, and anything else I fancy chillaxing with! :)

Figure I’ll leave the trip to Lush town for another day – maybe try to get out of the house every (other?) day rather than cramming it all in. And it’s waaaay too muggy for a bath!

I based this on the Sainsbury’s feed your family for a fiver recipe card, adapted to throw in some more moroccan-y flavours to jazz it up to my tastes.

For one:
splash of olive oil
1 chicken breast
sprinkling of cinnamon (about 1/8th teaspoon)
half a small red onion, sliced
small tin of tomatoes (240g?)
half teaspoon oregano
half teaspoon harissa paste, or to taste (I could have gone for a bit more heat!)
black pepper
chickpeas – about a third/quarter of a big tin, or to taste

1. Using a high heat, seal the chicken (sprinkled with cinnamon) in the oil until browned.
2. Add the onions and fry quickly to soften.
3. Add the remaining ingredients – tomatoes, oregano, harissa and pepper, then the chickpeas.
4. Turn the heat down, cover and simmer for about 10 minutes. Finish with the lid off to thicken the sauce a bit.

Serve with couscous – I used a pre-flavoured version, stirred through with roasted peppers and onion leftover from last night.

Worked well – am pleased :)

Today has been just lovely! It’s drifted past largely without me noticing, but not only do I not care, it’s been gloriously relaxing and pressure-free.

Woke a bit earlier than usual, but decided to roll over and go back to sleep – this is new for me, being able to do this. It rocks :)

Then I snuggled back down with my book through 2 cups of tea, reading for a lovely hour and a half.

The rest of the afternoon just disappeared. I played silly online games. I read some more. And… urm, that’s about it! Watched the thunder storm :) Finally made it to the shower at half three (!).

Not that I’ve been completely unproductive: I tried my hand at a spot of experimental cooking, and just ate a lovely moroccan chicken, followed by a Baileys coffee and just a l’il bit of Hotel Chocolat’s finest :)

And now… some tv, some more reading, and a good night’s sleep :)

Oh yeah, the point! For the first time at least all week, I had no expectations of myself. I stopped on the ‘I shoulds’ and just lazed – guilt free!