Monday Sausages for girls and boys

Every now and again Joe makes pleading requests for childhood treats (egg and chips, sausages and chips and beans, fish fingers etc.) and I find myself losing all resistance.  I do at least try and find nice sausages, but the chips are straight from the freezer and the beans from a tin!  It's what seems to be a proper boys dinner and Joe runs long distances so he can eat what he wants.

Me, on the other hand, well I need my vegetables, but I'm not too much of a glutton for punishment so the chips are in and the beans are out in favour of some some tasty veg!  That's the girl's version.

Sausages, chips and beans (for boys)

Sausages, chips and vegetables (for girls)

Wednesday - Pasta with Curry Sauce and a Sausage....EH!?

I have a spare half an hour while the scotch eggs are in the freezer (don't ask....or you can if you want!) so I thought I'd do my blogging duties with Jo out on a trainee lawyer do - she has asked me to pick her up and has promised that she won't be too late....we will see!

Being in a sales job, it's a little tough keeping the motivation up to pick up the phone in the week or so up to Christmas so I left on time (6pm) which doesn't happen too often. After getting changed into the trackies it was straight to the kitchen where I danced around to the Smooth Radio Christmas channel, before flipping to hits of the 70's.....a little sad I know but I'd much rather that than listen to some of the shit the kids like now-days!!

It wasn't all dancing! I finished off a booze delight for a couple of our hampers, made dinner (more on that below) and also put into action Operation Scotch Egg which I am making for our work Christmas lunch....I have done them before and have tweaked the recipe a little so more on them tomorrow.

Dinner was a bit weird but tasted good! I remembered that Jo had put some left over sauce in a box in the fridge from Sunday which I though would be ok with pasta. It turned out to be a curry sauce that I had with the pasta and a chopped up sausage that was left over from the Scotch Eggs - you see, sounds weird but I had 2 helpings so I can't complain!!!

Friday - Home alone! Again!! Sausage, Egg & Chips.....

Jo and I both had the day booked off work, and after a quick run and a little tidying we decided on a trip to York to find some festive cheer and do some Christmas shopping. Earlier in the week, lunch at the House Of Trembling Madness had been recommended to us - thanks @EisntCNeil. It's a very cool pub above a very good booze shop that's definitely worth checking out - it is mad! We both has the beetroot, parsnip and horseradish soup which was a big old portion of wintertime goodness with a load of bread to dip - yum!

A sausage snack

A very good soup

At 5.30pm I dropped Jo off with a friend to get ready for her work Christmas party, and I headed home for some peace and quiet!! (only kidding Jo!).... My evening consisted of pottering in the kitchen, drinking red wine, eating and watch TT: Closer To The Edge which was awesome - those guys are totally barmby!!

It's Tuesday and Joe is in the Kitchen!

What a treat! After a late evening at work, I arrived home to find Joe in the kitchen making dinner with a glass of wine ready for me.  What a lovely husband to be!  He is even letting me watch Don't Tell the Bride on BBC3.

Dinner was a rather tasty version of Jamie's sausage fusilli, which Joe has been making for years and has perfected.  He even squeezed in some cauliflower at my request.  One day I'll convince him to put his secret recipe on here....

Joe's sausage fusilli