Greetings folks! It's a sunny cloudy day but I have eaten hummus, a few sunflower seeds and a big munch of egg white so I'm alright and I trust you are too.
She was too tired to do my tapping last night so we had a quiet evening and an early bed. She was 'slightly' disturbed to receive SIX telephone calls from her half brother who lives in Paris. She had already received two emails on the same from him in March, they weren't identical in text but had exactly the same content.
Two calls came through on the landline which showed 'Number with-held International'. As none of her (overseas) friends would do that to her, she just let the telephone ring, then in addition, she received in the space of twenty minutes, four calls on her mobile which again showed the same notice, she let them all go through to voice mail.
The caller was her half brother, he is seventy five this year and she hasn't heard from or seen him since their mothers' funeral in 2002. His voice sounded very old, more than a bit 'doddery' and each message was basically the same, it seems as if he has no memory or recall of emailing her or having made four telephone calls.. pre-senile dementia comes to mind.
In each of the four messages he laboriously spelt out his new address, but gave no telephone number, this contact from him is due to the fact she'd let Catherine, his first wife, know she had come across photos of him with their mother in India and Kashmir when he was a baby, circa 1942 and that she would send them to her.
He is a strange man for whom she feels pity, for it cannot be easy to live with the fact by betraying your mothers' trust you broke her heart and ultimately, caused her death.
Enough of sad things over which you have no control.. Let's write about much happier things!
Like food.. for you know how much we love food and we know how much you do too! For the most read post on my blog is the one about the Gateau de Pommes de Terre Savoyard.. which she had eaten when she was a youngster, they were made by the much loved Paulette Hotchkiss.. and then seen being demonstrated on Masterchef Professional by Michel Roux jr.
You all know she on a mission to lose weight in order to save her poor old wonky knees being made worse.. well, soup is something that is delicious hot or cold and can be as chunky or as delicate as you like BUT they do have to be tasty and this Carrot & Ginger Soup is a real cracker!
This is what you need: Timing.. about 30 minutes!
Olive oil.
2 onions peeled & chopped.
2 celery stalks chopped.
2 garlic cloves peeled and bashed, then chopped.
2cm piece of fresh ginger root finely grated.
1.2 litres of vegetable stock.
700g of carrots scrubbed and roughly chopped.
Salt and black pepper to grind.
Fat free yoghurt, the thickest possible.
Flat leaf parsley to chop at the last minute as a garnish.
How to make it:
Put a small amount of olive oil into a large pan.
Cook the onions, celery, garlic and ginger for about 3 minutes on a low heat.
Add the stock and the carrots and bring to a slow boil.
Reduce the heat and simmer for 20 - 25 minutes until the carrots are tender.
Allow to cool slightly.
Season well.
Liquidise using a hand held wand or a food processor.
Serve it with fat free yoghurt and a sprinkling of chopped flat leaf parsley.
Do you have a hand held liquidiser? They save so much time and washing up! She has two, one has a bigger head on it and its' knife blades are larger and sharper which she uses if she is making a soup with meat in it. You simply puree the soup in the pan. We like 'simple' in our tiny YumYum HQ.
Vet again today.. hey ho.. but no collar, they (mother & vet) decided that whilst talking on the telephone. I'll report back later and we are going to give you another cracking recipe.. Ah so..
Chinese Greens in Garlic Sauce.. Gotta eat your greens so they might as well be scrummy!
PipPip..
GeeGee Parrot.
April 6th, 2016.
She was too tired to do my tapping last night so we had a quiet evening and an early bed. She was 'slightly' disturbed to receive SIX telephone calls from her half brother who lives in Paris. She had already received two emails on the same from him in March, they weren't identical in text but had exactly the same content.
Two calls came through on the landline which showed 'Number with-held International'. As none of her (overseas) friends would do that to her, she just let the telephone ring, then in addition, she received in the space of twenty minutes, four calls on her mobile which again showed the same notice, she let them all go through to voice mail.
The caller was her half brother, he is seventy five this year and she hasn't heard from or seen him since their mothers' funeral in 2002. His voice sounded very old, more than a bit 'doddery' and each message was basically the same, it seems as if he has no memory or recall of emailing her or having made four telephone calls.. pre-senile dementia comes to mind.
In each of the four messages he laboriously spelt out his new address, but gave no telephone number, this contact from him is due to the fact she'd let Catherine, his first wife, know she had come across photos of him with their mother in India and Kashmir when he was a baby, circa 1942 and that she would send them to her.
He is a strange man for whom she feels pity, for it cannot be easy to live with the fact by betraying your mothers' trust you broke her heart and ultimately, caused her death.
Enough of sad things over which you have no control.. Let's write about much happier things!
Like food.. for you know how much we love food and we know how much you do too! For the most read post on my blog is the one about the Gateau de Pommes de Terre Savoyard.. which she had eaten when she was a youngster, they were made by the much loved Paulette Hotchkiss.. and then seen being demonstrated on Masterchef Professional by Michel Roux jr.
You all know she on a mission to lose weight in order to save her poor old wonky knees being made worse.. well, soup is something that is delicious hot or cold and can be as chunky or as delicate as you like BUT they do have to be tasty and this Carrot & Ginger Soup is a real cracker!
This is what you need: Timing.. about 30 minutes!
Olive oil.
2 onions peeled & chopped.
2 celery stalks chopped.
2 garlic cloves peeled and bashed, then chopped.
2cm piece of fresh ginger root finely grated.
1.2 litres of vegetable stock.
700g of carrots scrubbed and roughly chopped.
Salt and black pepper to grind.
Fat free yoghurt, the thickest possible.
Flat leaf parsley to chop at the last minute as a garnish.
How to make it:
Put a small amount of olive oil into a large pan.
Cook the onions, celery, garlic and ginger for about 3 minutes on a low heat.
Add the stock and the carrots and bring to a slow boil.
Reduce the heat and simmer for 20 - 25 minutes until the carrots are tender.
Allow to cool slightly.
Season well.
Liquidise using a hand held wand or a food processor.
Serve it with fat free yoghurt and a sprinkling of chopped flat leaf parsley.
Do you have a hand held liquidiser? They save so much time and washing up! She has two, one has a bigger head on it and its' knife blades are larger and sharper which she uses if she is making a soup with meat in it. You simply puree the soup in the pan. We like 'simple' in our tiny YumYum HQ.
Vet again today.. hey ho.. but no collar, they (mother & vet) decided that whilst talking on the telephone. I'll report back later and we are going to give you another cracking recipe.. Ah so..
Chinese Greens in Garlic Sauce.. Gotta eat your greens so they might as well be scrummy!
PipPip..
GeeGee Parrot.
April 6th, 2016.
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