Making Good Use: Like Piccadilly Circus

I took this photo of our back garden first thing this morning - it seems it was like Piccadilly Circus out there at some point during the night. I suspect the paw prints were made by Mr Foxy Loxy and he was after the bits of mouldy cheese I threw out (for the birds) yesterday evening.

For some reason he also circled the rotary washing line whilst he was there - that's a bit odd as there were no food bits thrown in that direction at all.

The tuna pasta bake was quite tasty for tea yesterday. We were both quite hungry by the time we ate so it all got snaffled up pretty quickly. It lacked a certain 'je ne sais quoi' tastewise but that may have been to do with the fairly mild cheese sauce made with Red Leicester. If I make it again I think I'll add more mustard to the sauce and some Parmesan to tickle it up.

The cold weather seems to have sent me into a cooking frenzy as this morning I made veggie soup from the leftover carrot, cabbage and potatoes from Wednesday evenings tea. Then cooked up mushrooms, carrots, pepper, garlic, onion and rice as the stuffing for tomorrow night's evening meal - stuffed cabbage leaves - and now I've got a large pan of sausage and cider casserole bubbling away on the hob ready for tonight's meal. I've jotted down a few recipe ideas for the coming days and I'm fairly sure we're good until next weekend with what we've already got in the house. We may not overly enjoy all the meals but we sure as heck won't starve.

Also, thank heavens for the Christmas treats that were leftover - they're serving us very well as dessert each evening, and for the huge tin of M&S biscuits given to me by my nephew - they really hit the spot with a cup of tea or coffee.