I haven't felt so ill in a long time. It's a really nasty virus and has totally wiped us out. It also made me realise just how unprepared I am for me being out of action. I had no choice but to muddle through, so in the future I'd like to have a few things in place to make life a lot easier...
We have plenty of food and ingredients in the house, but nothing that's quick to grab for tea. To be honest, none of us poorly ones have had an appetite and when you do eat, everything tastes strange! However, I did still need to make meals and found that exhausting. In future I need some quick back up meals for times like this.
Baking went right out of the window and I still haven't baked. There's slices of Christmas cake in the freezer but no other baked goods. So what I need to do is have a baking morning and have a section in the freezer for cakes for emergencies. Even if I freeze plain sponge cakes, I can add jam, icing or decorations when they're needed. So I will be experimenting to see which cakes freeze well. Any tips on that will be gratefully received!
I normally get my shopping delivered on a Friday, but I didn't feel like shopping until today so it's coming in the morning. In that delivery are some freezer fillers and ingredients for easy meals for the week ahead.
I've got a lot to catch up on now I'm better and hopefully get organised.
Xxx
It is hard to drag your mind, let alone your body,into meal making mode when you are ill. I keep home made soup in the freezer and a tray bake cake cut into fingers before wrapping and freezing. I just slice the fingers in half and spread a little jam in them. cold as cake or microwaved and served with custard (from a tin) for pudding. I hope that you feel better soon.
ReplyDeleteI hope you all feel better soon.
ReplyDeleteWhen you make biscuits you could double the amount and freeze half the dough in rolls, then slice slice and bake as usual.
Or you could just make and bake double and freeze half like Pam does.
Margaret