WEDNESDAY 18th/ JANUARY 2017.
I was up early to see ‘ Reina’ back with us
for the day, she shot into her Duvet and we all had a little lie in before breakfast,
‘ Smoked Bacon Butties’ with mugs of steaming tea.
I then made this evenings supper with the
help of the ‘Second Chef’ – “ Beef & Vegetable Stew with Herb Dumplings “ –
using our Butchers best diced Stewing Beef, I dust it in seasoned flour and then
brown it off, at the same time I sweat off the diced Onions & Shallots,
Garlic, Carrots, Celery, Leeks, Green Beans & Button Mushrooms, a good dash
of Lea & Perrins/Tabasco and a slug of Red Wine are then added, the browned
off Beef is then added and topped up with a good strong Beef & Vegetable
Stock, I adjust the seasoning, consistency and colour before leaving it to
simmer under the watchful eye of the ‘ Second Chef ‘! The ‘ Herb Dumplings ‘
will be put in the simmering pot this evening!! See below;
At the moment we are getting away with the
worst of the bad weather, the ‘ Cold Snap’ has set in, the sky is grey &
cloudy but there is now wind or rain/snow, it’s very cold & overcast, the
forecast is for it to pick up day by day and over the weekend even get a little
warmer, back to normal for the time of the year down here on the ‘ Costa Del
Sol ‘- ' Fingers crossed ' Watch this space.
Meanwhile up in ‘Torre de la Horadada ‘ the
‘ Moffatt’s ‘ have been spotted out in the snow?! ( See below ) Tim & Thea
are looking after a friends dog for a week!!
We are staying at home today, keeping warm
and taking things very easy, there is a nasty coughing/chest bug going around,
Mano & Anna have had to cancel their weeks holiday back in North Wales as
they have not been very well with it for over a week, Mano could not go into
work, for the first time that we can remember, Brenda is just about keeping on
top of the bug with the help of the inhaler that out Doctor prescribed to her,
sadly still no sign of her new ‘Green Health Card’ in the post, watch this
space.
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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