CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Aditus]

I was promised a soup recipe...

Good day, everyone!

Edited September 26, 2020 by aditus

[Marty]

4 minutes ago, aditus said:

I was promised a soup recipe...

Good day everyone!

Good day, Adi!

Here you go.

Pea and Mint Soup recipe (close your eyes, @Valkyrie )

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/pea-mint-soup

Edited September 26, 2020 by Marty
Tidying up

[clochette]

1 hour ago, Bucket1 said:

Slept in

Read a book

Did some shopping, had BBQ steak and salad for lunch - yum

Listened to the cockatoos sing during the rain - they loved it

Not a bad Saturday so far  

Sounds like paradise to me

[clochette]

@Bucket1 give the heat back!!! It's cold! Barely 14°C, grey sky and windy brrr. I got the plaids out last evening to watch the tv. I think we're not far from having to put the heat on on the evenings and mornings. 

[Marty]

1 minute ago, clochette said:

@Bucket1 give the heat back!!! It's cold! Barely 14°C, grey sky and windy brrr. I got the plaids out last evening to watch the tv. I think we're not far from having to put the heat on on the evenings and mornings. 

I've already had to put the heat on for at least an hour or two some evenings this past week or so.

Here's the short term forecast from Met Éireann for my area in Ireland:

Today
Today will be a bright, crisp day with good spells of sunshine in a light to moderate northerly breeze. Maximum temperatures of 12 to 14 degrees.

Tonight
Dry and cold tonight with a widespread frost. Long clear spells will allow temperatures to drop to between +2 and -2 degrees. Some mist and fog patches will develop in a light breeze.

(Those temperatures are in °C)

[Aditus]

1 hour ago, Marty said:

Pea and Mint Soup

Sorry, Val! 

Thank you, Marty!  *dashes to the grocery store*

Edited September 26, 2020 by aditus

[Valkyrie]

3 hours ago, dughlas said:

It brings something most might overlook front and center. Well done. Does anyone else think it looks somewhat alien or something found under sea?

  I was thinking it had an alien look to it.  

[Valkyrie]

2 hours ago, aditus said:

I was promised a soup recipe...

Good day, everyone!

  Here's the recipe for the butternut squash soup I've been making.  It's absolutely delicious. I used heavy cream instead of coconut milk.  

https://www.gimmesomeoven.com/slow-cooker-butternut-squash-soup-recipe/

And here's the recipe for pumpkin crumb cake I promised you   

https://alldayidreamaboutfood.com/keto-pumpkin-crumb-cake/?fbclid=IwAR3C5GoBwO8ts7HtYvKtaXCOTi_4Ss1gu5By0h07LPhRD0GT9UdoHIGykMA

I just need to buy some of the brown sugar Swerve, then I can make it.    After breakfast   

[dughlas]

3 hours ago, clochette said:

@Bucket1 give the heat back!!! It's cold! Barely 14°C, grey sky and windy brrr. I got the plaids out last evening to watch the tv. I think we're not far from having to put the heat on on the evenings and mornings. 

 

3 hours ago, Marty said:

I've already had to put the heat on for at least an hour or two some evenings this past week or so.

Winter is coming ... what?!? Marty's the one who brought GOT to mind with the blurb about the tree lined avenue on the previous page.

[Aditus]

1 hour ago, Valkyrie said:

I used heavy cream instead of coconut milk

I love coconut milk...maybe I try both.

OMG the cake looks perfect! I have to mix the pumpkin spice from scratch though, it's difficult to get here. Doesn't matter, it's similar to gingerbread spice I guess.

Edited September 26, 2020 by aditus

[Headstall]

5 hours ago, dughlas said:

It brings something most might overlook front and center. Well done. Does anyone else think it looks somewhat alien or something found under sea?

For a few seconds I got the impression of a bat's head in the center...  

[Headstall]

4 hours ago, Timothy M. said:

 Gary, I sent edits for ch 4 to you.

Thanks, Tim.  

[Headstall]

4 hours ago, aditus said:

I was promised a soup recipe...

Good day, everyone!

Hi, Adi.  

[Headstall]

Good day, all!  

[Aditus]

7 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Hi, Adi.  

Hi, Gary!

[clochette]

3 hours ago, Marty said:

I've already had to put the heat on for at least an hour or two some evenings this past week or so.

Here's the short term forecast from Met Éireann for my area in Ireland:

Yeah i feel like we dont have the in-between-season season. I went from shorts+tshirt+sandals Monday and Tuesday to jeans+sweater+boots+jacket overnight!

Edited September 26, 2020 by clochette

[Marty]

11 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Good day, all!  

 

Hi, Gary!

[Valkyrie]

50 minutes ago, aditus said:

I love coconut milk...maybe I try both.

OMG the cake looks perfect! I have to mix the pumpkin spice from scratch though, it's difficult to get here. Doesn't matter, it's similar to gingerbread spice I guess.

I can't wait to try it  It's really easy to mix your own pumpkin spice blend.  Yup.  Very similar to gingerbread spice.  Just less ginger.  I just picked up the last ingredient I needed - the brown sugar Swerve.  So I'll make it sometime this afternoon. 

[Valkyrie]

46 minutes ago, Headstall said:

For a few seconds I got the impression of a bat's head in the center...  

Shhhh!  Now Marty's secret is out   

[Bucket1]

5 hours ago, clochette said:

@Bucket1 give the heat back!!! It's cold! Barely 14°C, grey sky and windy brrr. I got the plaids out last evening to watch the tv. I think we're not far from having to put the heat on on the evenings and mornings. 

It must be somewhere else, only reached 21C today, nothing like the 31 early last week

[Headstall]

Mother turkey and five babies are about six feet from my bedroom window. Two of the young ones are laying down, ruffling the feathers in the dirt. Such beautiful, regal birds. Oh, they are about to cross the road now... I always worry they will get hit, but the road isn't very busy....

[Headstall]

16 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Mother turkey and five babies are about six feet from my bedroom window. Two of the young ones are laying down, ruffling the feathers in the dirt. Such beautiful, regal birds. Oh, they are about to cross the road now... I always worry they will get hit, but the road isn't very busy....

Now they're back in front of my window, laying in the sun. Cookie's keeping an eye on them.  

[Headstall]

18 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Now they're back in front of my window, laying in the sun. Cookie's keeping an eye on them.  

More have shown up... twelve now.  

[Marty]

1 hour ago, Headstall said:

Cookie's keeping an eye on them.

I hope it's not a hungry eye...

 

[Page Scrawler]

6 hours ago, aditus said:

I was promised a soup recipe...

Good day, everyone!

Hey, Adi. 

Here's a recipe for gumbo.

https://mykitchencraze.com/chicken-and-beef-kielbasa-gumbo/