What are you been cooking today

[judydawn]

The things we do when we feel like cooking    I've been tearing recipes out of dozens of old magazines so that I can get rid of them and this was one of them - cherry meringues.  A messy job and I don't know how they'll keep but I've already eaten 4 warm ones.  I doubt I would be bothered making them again because if I was making them for visitors I probably wouldn't have time to do fiddly things like this at the last minute. Recipe from Super Food Ideas. I only did half quantity and they are nice.

[Cornish Cream]

They look very dainty and delicious Judy.I reckon visitors would love them.

[Kimmyh]

They look great Judy.

[judydawn]

Thanks girls.

[cookie1]

Judy they look lovely. Do they contain fresh cherries?

[judydawn]

Yes cookie, whole large cherries coated in the meringue.  I pitted mine first, the recipe left them in and and the stem on but they're easier to eat without the stone.

[mcmich]

They look lovely Judy, I hate having to eat round the stone in fruit, especially when I'm eating out, too messy.

[droverjess]

Yummy Judy... But I guess very fiddly.

I made a curry for lunch with left over cold chicken, it was excellent, and tonight I made the 5:2 carrot/lentil soup with chicken stock and added passata left over from the curry and added in even more left overs - cherry tomatoes and garlic cooked in olive oil from tea. It tastes really good. I have more chicken stock bones overnight in the Aga, making second batch of stock from the same bones.

I have also put yellow split peas to soak tonight, and cut up some veg and diced the leftover Xmas ham ready to make pea and ham soup tmro.

A soupy sort of day!

This was the olive/walnut bread we had with the baked tomatoes and garlic for tea. Based on chookies no fuss.

[obbie]

lovely Judy, also lovely plate...

nice for a special event.

great bread Jess.

[Cornish Cream]

Excellent loaf  DJ

[droverjess]

Thanks Obbie and CC, it tasted good too!

[judydawn]

A lovely looking loaf DJ, wish it was winter here for soups etc

No cooking for me today, although I might BBQ some sausages to make astarra's 'filled sausages' recipe for the freezer. I ended up steaming a piece of pickled pork around 9 pm last night then because I was still awake at 2 am I got up and put a pulled beef recipe in the SC. GD loves it so I need to have some in the freezer in case she descents on me again during the school holidays.

The cherry meringues held up well overnight - the recipe says to keep them at room temperature and I did wonder how they'd go.  At least now I know they can be prepared many hours ahead in case I did want to do them again.   I might have to farm some out to others today to help me eat them though.

[judydawn]

Finishing off the pulled beef recipe this morning when DD rang, very timely as it means I can now provide tea for them when child-minding.  So, instead of lots of little beef pots, I have 1 big one.

[cookie1]

With perhaps cherry meringues for dessert. It has all worked out well for you Judy.

I have just made some sort of chocolate icecream.

[achookwoman]

Fab cooking girls.  Jilly's Apple, raspberries and peach pie. Very rustic looking.