Not the 'armageddon survivalist kind of prepping... just 'heatwave survival' prepping.
After another hot and sticky and restless night, and a other very early 'rise and shine' (hello sun, good morning, do you know what time it is?) I got up and plunged straight into a luke warm shower before I could think too much about the day ahead. Oh yes! That made all the difference!
By 7am we had finished breakfast - BB is still eating porridge in the mornings but I've switched cold cereal - and we're relaxing with the First of our three coffees of the day.
By 7.30 I was in full prep mode;
Crustless quiche going in to the air fryer:
Broccoli prepped and in a microwave pan ready to zap in the microwave, and two fillets of salmon poached for 8 minutes in water with peppercorns, rosemary, bay leaves and a sliver of lemon.
We'll have crustless quiche, broccoli and air fryer frites for lunch today.
The salmon is for tomorrow with my go-to dressing of equal quantities mayonnaise and Greek yoghurt, some French dressing to taste, and lemon or mint or finely chopped pickled gherkin or something.
I have a pint bottle full of water with a green tea teabag infusing in the fridge... I just keep topping up the bottle more water until the teabag stops working.
We've been eating lunch outside at this little round table;
BB cleared the erigeron daisies from underneath, while I was meal prepping. They were so pretty, like the ones under the bigger table nearby. But they were full of little black insects, or maybe ants, that kept biting my ankles! Once we finished our coffee he'll remove the others ones... more bitey insects and, regretfully, they are a bit of a trip hazard. It's only 9.30 am, and still relatively cool here.
The sun slowly creeps up the grass towards the house until the only bit of shade at lunchtime is here, and that's gone by 1pm. After then, all the garden is in full sun except under the apple tree at the bottom.
An early lunch has to be the order of the day!
The afternoons have been hard going... so hot... today we have a site meeting with the architect and the builder, to dot some 'i's' and cross some 't's', with a view to agreeing a start date of 6th July. I reckon that where I'm sitting now should be about where the little table in our new extension will be. Now there's a vision to cling to.
My pastry free recipe is 4ozs flour, 4 eggs, half a pint of milk, add and ingredients to taste, normally cheese, onion, bacon, tomato anything in the fridge.
ReplyDeleteThat's an interesting version with the flour. I've never made it that way.
DeleteI dont have an airfryer, but its interesting to see what can be achieved with one. Your quiche made me hungry. I keep a jug af water with a bunch of mint leaves in the fridge.
ReplyDeleteWe actually had the last of the previous crustless quiche, made on Tuesday! This one is ready for later in the week.
DeleteThank you! Esp for airfryer time/temp details, I have plenty of peppers Ifridge and sliced mushrooms in freezer
ReplyDeleteIt WILL stick to the dish or liner; can't be helped, I suppose with no pastry base.
DeleteWith just me again for the most part, any cooking is meal prep I guess. I'd be fine with hummus and veggies, cheese, abd toast!
ReplyDeleteHard to enthuse about food until weather changes!
DeleteAll very exciting at your house. It will be good when the work starts.
ReplyDeleteI'm fixing my mind on the end dream...
DeleteMorning food preparation is key to surviving a heat wave. I did the same during our heat dome five years ago.
ReplyDeleteYour garden looks like a lovely place.
The garden is a little haven for us both
DeleteThe garden looks lovely, What a nice place to relax.
ReplyDeleteI hate cooking in hot weather.
My sister says she is finally beginning to understand how I feel when I complain about the heat too much, Days of it just seem to drag you down. It's too hot sometimes to even sleep and that makes me even grumpier!
It's hard work trying not to be irritable and sharp in this weather!
DeleteI hope the meeting with the architect and builder went well. You quiche made me hungry. Do you line your air fryer with parchment paper?
ReplyDeleteThe meeting was very reassuring, thank you.
DeleteI have a little pan that fits inside the airfryer basket, or else I use a silicone basket liner.
Thank you for the crustless quiche recipe. We eat a lot of those but I haven't made one in the air fryer. I have hardly cooked at all during the heatwave, mostly eaten salads with cold meats, tinned fish, prawns etc. Also raided batch cooked meals from the freezer and microwaved them. Just too darn hot. Stay cool, regards Sue H
ReplyDeleteWe're having similar leaks, but I do love boiled new potatoes tossed in a little butter with my salad.
DeleteA peppermint teabag is good in 'fridge' water if you like that sort of thing.
ReplyDeleteThat's a definite yes!
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