fruit: kiwi, blood oranges, bananas, Gala apples, avocado
veg: mushrooms, leeks, courgettes, onions, lettuce, carrots, Sarpo mira potatoes, Chioggia beetroot

I’m finally on the road to recovery from a batch of pretty nasty bugs, so my interest in food is slowly recovering too.  On the upside I’ve lost around 3 kgs so not all bad.

We have already kicked off this week with a very tasty roasted chicken, which we had with mash, watercress and [1] German buttered carrots.  I have just stripped off the rest of the chicken and am boiling up the bones with bayleaves, onion and a carrot to make a chicken stock.  The cold chicken has been sorted into plateworthy and sauceworthy pieces.  We will have Hainan Chicken rice with the plateworthy chicken bits, the rest will become a chicken, leek and mushroom pie.

The courgettes are going to be made into [2] courgette risotto as I want to have a go at making arancini.  The beetroot are really beautiful, so I am going to slice them very thinly and have them raw in a salad with the lettuce, grated carrot, and a simple dressing.