PANCAKE TUESDAY

Today is Pancake Tuesday and I nearly forgot! I'm very busy at work and after typing all day all I could think of was my bed. Thankfully a guy on the bus told his friend over the phone that he was going to make pancakes, so I bought the ingredients. They were very nice.

Easter falls really early this year and Carnival feels too close to Christmas. Well, there is no Carnival in England... or Lent... or anything really.

Anyway, it is raining badly outside. I hope it'll stop by tomorrow morning. Don't fancy getting soaked and ill. I'm looking forward to the Everest program I usually watch on Tuesdays. I'm also looking forward to a hot bath and my lovely bed.

BAKING ETC.

I wasn't feeling too good this weekend. Tummy ache... When I'm like that there isn't much I can do and there is no point for me going out and making plans.

I spent Saturday reading "The Tin Drum" in bed then I watched "La Vie en Rose". Sunday (today) I was feeling slightly better and decided to get up and cook a nice breakfast with scrambled eggs and salmon. Now I am also a mochaccino master. The milk frother I got for Christmas works a treat!

In the afternoon I watched an old series from 1995 entitled "Full Circle" with Michael Palin. Very interesting to see how much the world has changed in little over 10 years. Around 4pm I decided to bake scones and use my new heart-shaped cutter. They came out really nice and pretty. I had them with Cornish clotted cream and Bonne Maman Wild Strawberry jam.

For dinner I prepared my absolute favourite: lentils and polenta. This is really traditional of the area I come from and I always use my granny's recipe, which is the best. I could eat this dish every day. It isn't anything refined, but it is very healthy and I love it.