kis

(keeping it simple)

sometimes only one thing will do - after the week I've had, I know what it is and where to find it!

I hope that you're having the same success today

treat day!!! and when

an ice cream van parks right in front of the viewit's too subtle a hint to be ignored, really, isn't it? I'm sure you agree! so, what do you fancy then. . .

this Friday we'll go out, shall we!

(they do soft drinks, too)
(and very excellent coffee)

Friday!!!

today I offer the humble beetrootdelicious in salads (I've not tried it in deserts, so can't vouch for that) no gluten! vegan friendly! and, according to some people, they make your pee a more interesting colour. . .
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(I've never looked, so can't vouch for that)

erm, ok, so it's not great but. . .

it's all that is available

(insert image of dried up old sandwich
with oily sweating cheese slice and limp lettuce hanging out of the edges
- I'd share the real thing with you
only I'm going thru an internet connection blackspot it seems)

(train menus aren't what they should be!) (on the other hand, what can you bring to the table dear reader?)

sometimes only one thing will do

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XXX

a treat for the heat

cucumbers. . . sliced. . .how would you like yours? with freshly grated black pepper and tomotoes?
in a jug of ice water? in an interesting drink?
(I might pop my cucumber slices on my eye lids and just lie down somwehere cool!)(cucumber slices: brought to you by I,LTV: no gluten and vegan friendly)(*MWAH*)

The Teen learns to cook

(Nigella's dense chocolate loaf)
(well, almost) (this is kind of how we did it, but not quite) (I mean, how he did it)

do you have a passion for passion

fruit?

I love it! it's so gloopy and slurpy (apart from when you crunch the seedy bit); kinda reminds me of a more palatable oyster. . .

GAK! ok, so maybe I shouldn't have brought oysters into it (sorry!!); anyhow, back to the plot. . . which was the deliciousness that is a passion fruit - they kinda remind me of a bittersweet lychee, only more gloopy and slurpy and slightly less firm in the bite (and you don't crunch the nut thing in the middle) the insides of a passion fruit look a little like frog spawn. . . in a slender aubergine eggshell. . . don't they, whereas lychee - - -
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blast, I'm all confused now

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this week I discovered the wonderful passion fruit in the most perfect form: as a gloopy slurply sauce on top of a smooth coconut milk panecotta

YUM!

(the only problem is that for some reason the silly people who make it
just had to add beef gelatin to the recipe: GAK!)

something cool

your choice of a FAB or a ZOOM

(they're probably a little more than 6d these days)(well, I know that they are)(and the sugar strands on the FAB don't cover as much of the lolly as they used to)(and I don't think that they are allowed to use the food colouring that made the top of the ZOOM so green anymore)(not that I'm moaning about the good old days!)(or am I?)

and for today

a light snack gently steamed asparagus. . . I like mine with some freshly cracked black pepper and lots of butter (and sometimes a poached egg, but don't tell Vicus) (actually don't tell Vicus about the butter either)

how do you like yours?

erm, it's Friday, isn't it?

perhaps some watermelon will help cool my frazzled mind - you're very welcome to some too (is your mind as frazzled as mine?)

bagels! (the good bagels)

today I offer you bagels (my favourite bagels)freshly baked! any type! (gluten free!!)
from H&H

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Friday (again?!?!?)

(how did that happen!?!?!?!)
anyhoo

all week I've known exactly what we're having today. . . it might not be to everyone's taste, but if you do like it, it's delicious
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(homemade elderflower cordial) (with tap or fizzy water?) (ice?)
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POSTSCRIPT: just for Vicus (but I'm sure he won't mind sharing)

simplicity

is sometimes found in an orange










plus they're good for peeling and sharing!

tongue of cat

yes - your Friday treat

I'm ashamed - neh, horrified - to admit that it was only the coincidence of having my toe licked the other day, by one of the males of the household - a feline male - and a little later engrossed in one of my new reads, that the penny dropped as to why this delightful biscuit is named as it is named. . .

d'oh

and again I gasp

TG(or any chosen deity with whom you are familiar)IFwhich can only mean one thing today. . .

yes! the return of the Crunchie
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I hope you have a good day

XXX

fancy a nibble?

NOBGM is taking me to a party tonight. . . we made some cupcakes for the birthday boy. . . any guesses who!

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(it's alright, I don't really expect you to follow the details of my life - but here's a clue: NOBGM and the birthday boy last summer)

crikey! is it Friday?

there's only one thing for it. . .

YUM
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try me! try me! try me!

Ines Rosales Tortas De Aceite

sweet olive oil biscuits from Spain

so you know on Fridays I try and get over my guilt and offer you, dear reader, something tempting and yummy? well, I do! and this week I'm offering you (yes, you!) the very most deliciousest thing I've eaten for a very long time. . . .

and it's so very simple!!! an olive oil biscuit from Spain - who'd have thought it??? (see, I've never been to Spain, so not me) .

(the very complicated bit is that each little torta thingy is wrapped in its own sheet of greaseproof paper) (the very best bit is when you bite into a caraway seed) and not only is the biscuit very gorgeous, the ines rosales website is an very absolute delight too: if you do one thing today (or a time-slot that suits you, with regards to a suggestion from moi) make sure it's to track down a packet of these delicious gorgeous delightful simple things