Shrinking Violet

What's the weather like in your area?

Thunder, lightning and rainbows at dawn!  Lots of heavy showers.  Lots of rainbows all day.  At least they're pretty!  For the rest - it's pretty dire!

What's the weather like in your area?

Bright sunshine occasionally.  Lots of very sharp showers - sleety and hail!

I was lucky yesterday visiting Wells - managed to avoid the showers, and thoroughly enjoyed the market etc.  Bought some superb garlic, since my own crop this year was a dismal failure.

What's the weather like in your area?

Dull and damp with more rain predicted.  Off to Wells today - no doubt the market will be a bit soggy!

What's for tea?

Cold sliced chicken from yesterday's roast with baked potatoes and  lots of veggies, all served with hot, spicy tomato chutney.  There's still a lot of chicken to finish up, so veg and chicken curry tomorrow, with carcass boiled for stock.  (Final pickings from the boiled carcass get given to the cats - so no waste!)

What's the weather like in your area?

A better day than predicted - sunny all morning, with some showers in the afternoon. 

We may moan about our weather from time to time - but I reckon I can put up with in in comparison to what they are experiencing on the eastern side of America right now!

What's for tea?

Chocolate tart:  OH and son loved it.  I thought it over-sweet and a bit sickly.  But then it was never likely to be much favoured by my less-than-sweet tooth.  Worth the effort, though, when entertaining, methinks.

What's for tea?

That soup sounds fantastic.  I'm a great fan of soup - perfect on a miserable winter's day, so I'll definitely give that one a go. 

Tonight it's roast chicken with sausagemeat, onion and parsley stuffing, with lots of veg.  (For me, the plus side of winter is the arrival of Brussels sprouts!  I know - sad or what?  but I really do love them!)

Dessert is Millionaire's Chocolate Tart - recipe in the supplement from the latest Good Food magazine, so don't know what it will be like.  We had expected visitors - but they were unable to come at the last minute.  I had planned to make this - so I've done it anyway, and will slice and freeze it after we've tested it!  (We only have desserts on a Sunday - not actually a great pudding lover.  And I suspect this will be far too sweet for me, especially since I'm not that keen on chocolate to begin with -  I'd rather have cheese and biscuits)

What's the weather like in your area?

Raining again.  What a difference a day makes.  Grey and miserable.  And we've had to put the clocks back, so it seems like winter really has arrived. 

What's for tea?

Chilli with garlic bread here, too, Zoomer - also from the freezer having used up some of the tomato glut, the peppers in GH and some of my eye-waterlingly hot chillies!  A real comfort meal on a cold evening.

What's the weather like in your area?

Lovely crisp day - bright sunshine, with a devilishly cold breeze, though.  Visited Hestercombe Gardens (just outside Taunton) which were lovely.  Even better at the height of summer, but some of the autumn colours were great. 

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