Plans for today (2024)

SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
I've missed something what's happened?
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You've not missed anything. I've not said.

I've just not slept for 2 nights and had a really busy day yesterday. If I don't bale on knitting today, I'll end up ill. I'm not feeling great now as it is (this is part of the Addison's disease) so once I've looked at the instructions for my new router, I'm going back to bed to sleep. That way I can attend day 1 of a 4 week course (one morning a week) that I've paid for tomorrow. After that I'm back at university full time, so won't be able to do the patchwork quilting course.
 
SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
You've not missed anything. I've not said.

I've just not slept for 2 nights and had a really busy day yesterday. If I don't bale on knitting today, I'll end up ill. I'm not feeling great now as it is (this is part of the Addison's disease) so once I've looked at the instructions for my new router, I'm going back to bed to sleep. That way I can attend day 1 of a 4 week course (one morning a week) that I've paid for tomorrow. After that I'm back at university full time, so won't be able to do the patchwork quilting course.
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That's rough. As you of course know Addisons is all about the energy management so hats of to you for not forcing things and going back to bed.
Hope you get some good sleep and sidestep that dodgy feeling turning into something else!
 
Made pea pesto, went to the GP surgery for a coil replacement (ouch) and am watching my eldest pressure washing the scuzz off the balcony floor. Everyone’s off to the pub, not my sort of thing so I’m going to spend my time doing one of my favourite ways to waste time - wading around the internet looking at recipe’s 👏 👏 👏
 
Morning Glory said:
Thought you hated peas...
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I do dislike them quite a bit but pea pesto is a completely different and very tasty beast.
One of my sons also dislike peas (he didn’t get that from me I always hid my distaste for them and only fessed up recently that I don’t like them) and even he likes pea pesto.

It’s the skin not the flavour I don’t like. Pea’s fresh from the garden are just about tolerable but there’s no joy there for me!
 
It rained yesterday, and it was raining this morning. My plans to go to the shopping centre - no way, because when it rains here, traffic is insane. Sooo - I reviewed a few GRE essays a student had sent me, wrote up a few recipes and am now wondering what to eat...
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
I do dislike them quite a bit but pea pesto is a completely different and very tasty beast.
One of my sons also dislike peas (he didn’t get that from me I always hid my distaste for them and only fessed up recently that I don’t like them) and even he likes pea pesto.

It’s the skin not the flavour I don’t like. Pea’s fresh from the garden are just about tolerable but there’s no joy there for me!
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I'm afraid my dislike extends to pesto. They are just to sweet for me. Its not really the skins. Peas a la francaise I do quite like because the sweetness is tempered.
 
Morning Glory said:
I'm afraid my dislike extends to pesto. They are just to sweet for me. It’s not really the skins. Peas a la francaise I do quite like because the sweetness is tempered.
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I’m not a big fan of normal pesto but weight wise the pea pesto is half pinenuts and parmesan so I wouldn’t describe is as sweet. Salty and garlicky perhaps.
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
I’m not a big fan of normal pesto but weight wise the pea pesto is half pinenuts and parmesan so I wouldn’t describe is as sweet. Salty and garlicky perhaps.
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Ok. Well maybe I should try it. Pinenuts are damned expensive though... mind you, the good thing is my partner will eat anything. Nothing wasted now he is back home*

* for those that may not know he has dementia and has been in respite care whilst I recovered from an op.
 
Morning Glory said:
Ok. Well maybe I should try it. Pinenuts are damned expensive though... mind you, the good thing is my partner will eat anything. Nothing wasted now he is back home*

* for those that may not know he has dementia and has been in respite care whilst I recovered from an op.
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An easy starting recipe is Jamie Oliver’s pea pesto.
But proportionally I reduce the peas and increase the garlic (and up the parmesan a tad) so there’s no risk of it being overly overly sweet (100grams of parmesan, 100grams pinenuts and approx 270g peas (half a pack of Birds Eye petite pois), 6 large sprigs of basil with one fat clove of garlic).

The quantities I make are generous compared to his recipe so you could halve that easily but it freezes well and I find it easier and faster to work in one block of cheese, one bag of pine nuts etc.

It’s better the day after it’s made as by then the sharp edge garlic it sometimes has is gone.
But I start eating it immediately, can’t help myself!

Glad he’s enjoying his food, how’s he settled in?
 
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Morning Glory said:
Ok. Well maybe I should try it. Pinenuts are damned expensive though... mind you, the good thing is my partner will eat anything. Nothing wasted now he is back home*

* for those that may not know he has dementia and has been in respite care whilst I recovered from an op.
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I've subbed out pistachio, macadamia nuts, and cashews before (not all in the same batch) for pine nuts in pesto and liked it quite well.
 
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