Hello folks! The sun is shining beautifully this morning, which is a far cry from the horrible storms and gale force winds that we have being experiencing in the UK. So far we have been pretty lucky where I live in terms of the weather, apart from one street by the river that has been flooded since New Years Day. On Friday night, the gale force winds and rain hit and although my little village held its own, the energy distribution company for my area did not. We greeted Saturday morning with a power cut with no clue when it was going to end.
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Rather than sitting at home worrying about all of the food in the freezer and fridge we decided to go out and do some window shopping and even test drove a new car. We had a pub lunch and I had the chicken calzone made with freshly made dough and topped with guacamole and natural yoghurt, it was really yummy. Luckily by the time we got home at 6 pm the electricity was back on. I’ve never been so excited to see the street lamps turned on when we were driving back to our house.
Other foodie highlights from my week include:
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This fajita bowl was delicious and the perfect Friday night treat. I cooked some chopped chicken thighs, peppers and onion in taco seasoning and tomatoes and added mixed leaves, avocado, salsa, 2% Greek yoghurt, jalapenos and grated cheese.
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My Baked Asparagus and Caprese Salad Topper recipe has been working wonders for quick lunches this week. Love this!
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Since I was off work at the end of the week I spent a little bit more time on breakfast on Thursday by making a pancakes. I ended up making 2 large pancakes and sandwiching them together with chocolate almond butter and banana in the middle. I love taking my time over breakfast, so this was great!
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Another great breakfast, well t was actually dinner but looks like breakfast was this plate of loveliness. A stuffed mushroom with scrambled eggs and smoked salmon, so quick and easy to make.
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Another favourite this week is this edamame bean salad that I picked up from Waitrose with more smoked salmon. I seem to have a thing for smoked salmon this week.
It has been really lovely having the last few days of last week off to relax and catch up with a few things. I feel very rested at the moment and it was nice not to rush around for a change. I hope this state of relaxation lasts, although I doubt it as it’s looking like a busy week ahead…eek! Hopefully we are turning the corner with the weather this week. I hope none of you have been affected too badly, some of the pictures have been horrific.
How do you wait out a power cut when they occur?
What has been the highlight of your week?
Mmm.. Your Foodie pics look delicious!
Power cuts suck! We’ve been lucky not to have any so far. During the day, I’d normally do the same as you and just get out somewhere to pass by time. If its later at night, then I’d probably just use it as a reason to get some extra shut eye!
My highlight of the week was actually receiving my surprise bouquet of flowers at work on Valentines! 🙂
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How lovely to receive flowers at work – bet that was a nice surprise! 🙂
The highlight of my week has been coming out of a shop in Chicago to find it was snowing! I love snow so much, I’m like a little child! Sorry to hear you were affected by the power cuts, I hope all of your frozen goods were ok!
I would love to visit Chicago I’m still wondering if we will have snow in the UK this year, it’s so pretty when it falls.
Our lights in the flat were flickering the other day and I thought we might have a power cut but luckily we didn’t. Sorry to hear you did, but I’m glad it was fixed quickly.
Your tortilla bowl looks lush.
Thanks Nikki, yes the energy distribution company worked wonders. 🙂
Hopefully your freezer stuff was OK so long as you didn’t open the door while the power was off- they can insulate for a long time.
Power cuts are a pain but worse in the evenings/ at night I think, especially as when things like the heating won’t work- going out sounds like the best plan.
Thankfully it was fine and yes surprisingly they seem to stay cold for quite some time. I was quite impressed by it!
Oh no, I think you did so well to stay calm in that power cut, I guess you are right though there’s not much you can do with the fridge and freezer anyway! When we’ve had power cuts it’s been quite nice as we’ve lit loads of candles to make it cosy.
That sounds lovely, candles make everything so cosy. Ours was during the day, so we thought we would use it as an excuse to get out and about. 🙂
The weather has been ridiculous! The lightning in mid week hit a street lamp outside my nan and gramps house, went through the ground and burst the main water pipe, almost flooding their house (luckily they have a step up) and breaking all of their electronic equipment. I feel so sorry for all the people affected by the flooding.
It has been horrible – hope your grandparents are OK!
Sounds rubbish about the power cut. But at least you got a nice day regardless. The calzone looks delicious! I’d have probably done the same and gone out for food 🙂
Hahaha! Yep the first thought was about my belly 🙂