Saturday

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another weekend, the last in August.  My goodness, it rained round here yesterday morning - with bells on!  People turned up at Slimming World more than a little bit damp and it was still chucking it down when group finished.  It did clear up later and the garden has had what it needed, a thorough soaking.  It looks nice this morning and I've just taken my dressing gown off because I'm feeling warm so here's hoping for a pleasant day today.

The house is smelling all cosy and warm right now because I've just made a batch of 'quick rolls' using Thermione and Nellie.  Now, I am not expecting great things from the rolls - they were VERY quick and cut out the rising and proving stages which I'm not sure I approve of really! 
Also, I need to think about baking bread in the air fryer - I think I need to add a little bowl of water in one corner to get some steam going - must check that one . . .
However, it was a try and if I ever need fresh bread at an hour's notice, I have a recipe!

What I 'need' is a wholemeal burger roll recipe and the only one on Cookidoo is a brioche recipe which I am sure is lovely but not the sort of thing either Beth or I should be eating.  I must search more widely and adapt for Thermione.  

Maybe 'need' is the wrong word - 'want' is probably better.

I've confirmed the boiler work with Matt and, yes, he can fit a small radiator in the airing cupboard.   I guess I also need to get in touch with Seth to ask if he can fit some shelves.   I have a sneaky feeling it is something I ought to be able to do but I have neither the tools nor the knowledge so  . . .  Or maybe one can buy shelf units made with slats rather than solid?  I feel more searching coming on.

Alex did very well again yesterday.  We went through the instructions and then I just left him to it.  
We've decided that next week is burger week.  Two kinds, one for him and one for Beth.  Beth likes the Jack Monroe carrot, cumin and kidney bean burgers and I have that one in a book so it will be good practise in following a written recipe.  The other will be how I make burgers myself so I must write that down for him.
(This is why I want to make some burger buns - wholemeal ones for a healthier product!)

On to today and it is a stay and chill at home day.  There's washing and, hopefully, line drying, there's a kitchen that could do with a bit of a clean out, there's sheets to change, and there's meal plans to think about.  Oh, and the end of the month finances.

That should keep me gainfully employed for a while, I think.  

Have a lovely day, peoples.  Enjoy the summer while it's still here.  xx