Just like the demo client I put on our work database, I am very much Gladys Friday. I look forward to the weekend and doing some proper, actual cooking from scratch, and some exercising without having to worry too much about how much time I have to do it in.
I used to own a lot of old recipe books from the 70s and early 80s – a consequence of having gone vegetarian aged 17 (along with most of my family!). Someone once persuaded me to declutter and get rid of them but I was wrong to listen; I ended up buying copies of the same books back from the internet in recent years. I like them because they’re from a time before forces including some highly irresponsible capitalist greed caused supermarkets to be stocked full of ready meals. The food in them sometimes seems a bit plainer but I see protein sources, I see a lot of veg, I see not a lot wrong with the food. My original copies had stickers in, denoting which recipes did not contain dairy and could thus be made and eaten by me. Now, in 2022, when there’s a non-dairy equivalent for just about everything, I have no need of stickers – I can substitute.😊
Right: Fishcakes from the shop are so tiny – I blame Brexit, with lentil chips, Delphi tabbouleh salad (which is not as nice as the Damas Gate one but still nice), red pepper, mangetout, rocket, and a dressing that is half mayo and half soya yogurt
I’ve been pondering getting back into the step aerobics because my leg and foot seem to be behaving OK on walks now, but I think I’ll need a smaller step because my step board thing I have is way higher, even on its lowest setting, than what they are using on the DVD – no wonder I pulled a muscle keeping up.