Sunday, 17 June 2018

The Beautiful Game …


I hate to break it to you but there's a month of football (soccer) from 14th June to 15th July. In the UK we also have two weeks of Wimbledon in that mix so it is going to be a stressful time if you're not that keen on sport!

You may decide to embrace the football – it's every day and lots of matches – will you have a get together at weekends or will you want to fill the fridge with food so that everyone can help themselves whilst you beat a hasty retreat – a spot of retail therapy? In our house it's supper on a tray in front of the tv – I do use plates too.

My plan is to do just that – plan – if only in a relaxed fashion. I'm going to make life easy and decide what to cook – freeze as much as I can so that I can then pull it out as the mood takes. I concede that I will shop for fresh stuff and may be beer and snacks too.

I thought you might like to share my thoughts.

I always begin in the same place – if the oven is on then I'll do my best to fill it. I'll bake jacket potatoes and cook double the amount of roast potatoes and vegetables. I'll fill the slow cooker too.

I think the mantra for the month is quick, easy and tasty. You'll not get any accolades because quite frankly they are too busy watching. I would definitely advise not planning on cooking that really complicated cordon bleu meal you've been thinking about yet awhile. Unless of course you have an urge to drive yourself bonkers.

There's no doubt that the biggest problem is not the cooking but what to cook. I'd definitely recommend you add a bottle of your favourite tipple to your shopping list – if all else fails you can retire to a darkened room with said bottle and a straw – who needs a glass – more washing up!

I'm going to do my best to help ...



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