WEDNESDAY 22nd/NOVEMBER 2017.
I was up early again this morning to see ‘
Reina’ back with us for the day, as usual she shot upstairs and went on the bed
for a little lie in with Brenda, I freshened up and then got things on the go
for this evenings supper, before Brenda came down for breakfast, Lee & Daniela
are joining us for an early supper this evening.
We had our regular breakfast of ‘ Weetabix’
toast & tea, I then, with the ‘ Second Chefs ‘ help, made the ‘
Chicken & Mushroom Tarragon Casserole’ – I diced/cubed the Chicken Breasts,
dusted them in seasoned ‘Tarragon’ flour and lightly browned them off, all the
ingredients are then sweated off in White Wine, diced Onions, Shallots & Garlic,
Sippits of Smoked Bacon,( most important!) Carrots, Leeks & Celery, Garden
Peas and Baby Mushrooms, with a dash of ‘ Lea & Perrins & Tabasco’ and
lots of ‘ Tarragon’ before adding a strong ‘Chicken & Vegetable’ Stock and
the Chicken, I adjust the seasoning and then leave the pan to cook-off slowly
under the eagle eye of the ‘Second Chef’! I will finish off the ‘Casserole’
this evening with a handful of Chopped Parsley & a dash of Double Cream,
after adjusting the consistency.
Meanwhile the ‘ Vegetable Chef’ was
preparing Whole Baby Green Beans, Cauliflower Florets ‘ in a three-Cheese
sauce, Glazed Carrot Batons, ‘ Parsley’ New Potatoes and as a garnish
twice-cooked ‘ Stringfellows’ I was going to make a ‘Pie’ but the new ‘Puff
Pastry’ ( I couldn’t find my regular one) is in small square sheets, so it’s ‘Plan
B’ – I’m going to bake them in the oven, after marking them with a fork and egg-washing,
and then serve them individually on top of the ‘Casserole’ We are offering a
small selection of light ‘Tapas’ to start and for the dessert a selection of
fresh fruits with a slice of Apple Sponge Tort with Vanilla Ice Cream/Double
Cream!
We have yet another glorious day down here
on the ‘ Costa Del Sol’ – the sun is out and the sky is bright blue, it’s
hovering in the low 20s, the rest of the week and over the weekend is now
looking the same, next week has now picked up, the rain has been blown away and
it’s forecast to be ‘ crisp’ warm & sunny in the low 20s, watch this space.
Yesterday evening Lee re-registered the new
system and it’s now back to normal, he showed me another hint to help with
re-setting the TV, at the same time.
No news yet about the car, we are awaiting
to hear from Pedro, at the garage, he said that he will call in, this has
changed our plans, for the next couple of weeks, at least, we won’t be able to
get go up to see Joyce in ‘ Alhaurin El Grande’ over this weekend, next week, on
Wednesday it’s our 46th wedding anniversary, we were going out for
supper but will now wait until the following week, when we go on the coach to
Malaga to see the Christmas Lights, we will go for supper in a restaurant in
the city, for a change, we also have an appointment across at the hospital past
Marbella in the middle of December, for Brenda’s check up with the ‘ Heart
Consultant’ - watch this space.
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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