I know this is not a weather thread but I’d love to have it hot enough to not want to cook! Here ( near Manchester) it has been warmer but not really heating up the inside of my house!
However, being hopeful for this week, I’ve planned a few meals using chicken pieces that I’ll batch cook. One where I warm up a garlic baguette sliced lengthways with a layer of grated cheese inside to seal the bottom, then mix some sliced chicken with cream cheese and some chilli sauce, cover with pre cooked bacon and more cheese and drizzle more chilli sauce over the top. Only takes a few minutes to prepare then I can pop it in the air fryer or over to cook the bread.
Another meal will be some cold shredded chicken with Greek salad ( feta cheese, onion, olives, tomatoes and peppers) in either a wrap or on top of some flat bread. I will then heat up the rest of the chicken in a white sauce and whatever I fancy from the fridge, possibly just cheese and mushrooms, and use it to top a jacket potato. I’ll cook the potato in the microwave until almost cooked then pop in air fryer for 5 mins with the sauce on to crisp it up. I’ll probably have this with hot roasted red peppers also cooked in the air fryer.
I live alone so for the rest of the week I’m going to be creative with two small salmon steaks which are in my freezer, one possibly hot with a jacket potato and frozen corn on the cob then the other cold chopped up with salad on top of a bagel.
i have just had a food deliver today so will be having fresh seasonal fruits for dessert most days, I’ve been naughty and got both double cream and ice cream to go with it!
I will be eating out two days next week so that’s the next 6 or 7 days sorted!