Hello Dear Reader,
I thought I'd be tired, I am and glad that I prepped supper yesterday. All I had to do was warm the fish cakes in the oven, covered in the foil so they didn't brown any more and prepared the cauliflower cheese.
I steamed the cauliflower and made the cheese sauce.
Cheese sauce
50g of butter
50g of gluten free flour such as cornflour
750ml of skimmed milk
pepper and nutmeg.
100g of grated cheddar
Melt the butter in a large jug in the microwave by heating it for 10 seconds.
Blend the flour with the butter and add the milk.
Microwave on full power for five minutes, taking the sauce out every minute to whisk thoroughly.
Add the cheese and keep heating in the microwave for another minute until the sauce had thickened considerably.
Transfer the cooked cauliflower (don't over cook or it become mushy) to an oven proof dish and cover in cheese sauce. Brown in the oven (180) for fifteen minutes.
Serve fishcakes with lemon wedges or tartare sauce (I buy several jars for £1 from Approved Food). I make my fishcakes with cooked fish and you can add as much or as little as you like, chopped small bunch of corriander and the zest of a lemon. Shape into fishcakes and bake with a drizzle of oil for 20 - 30 minutes at 180.
The fishcakes are equally good cold the next day for lunch.
Some one asked to see the UFO I'm working on. I'm trying to add a row of blocks a night. The design is by Bonnie Hunter and from her book Adventures with Leaders and Enders. The design is called Blue Ridge Beauty. It's 97" by 109" when finished and I've got a long way to go yet. I'm taking ages as I unpick every seam that doesn't line up properly. DB chose this and it's for him so I want it to be perfect.
I have two completed quilts that need backing and quilting and this one that needs finishing. I needed to get the confession off my chest. I started making a 'summer quilt' and finished it last summer! and shamefully I haven't backed it yet! I really must get on with the quilts that need finishing.
Talking of quilts, a while ago I had a give away for some quilting books and magazines that were won by a local reader who came and collected them on Saturday. It was lovely to meet Lyn from Plymouth and I hope she gets lots of pleasure from the quilting books.
Over to you, please let me know that I'm not the only person lagging behind with lots of quilting jobs left unfinished.
Until tomorrow,
Love Froogs xxxx
