Jo's Edinburgh Birthday Weekend - Thursday and Friday

So, we hot-stepped to Jo's hometown of Edinburgh for her birthday straight after work on Thursday with a fun packed weekend planned with the in-laws from both sides! We arrived at 10.30ish and did photograph the food that awaited up, but unfortunately I deleted it by accident - no great loss though as it was a slightly burnt Sainsbury's frittata and a glass of wine (there was more wine but the half cut in-laws got through the rest!!)

On Friday morning I left Jo and her mum to shopping, while me and my mum did a quick sightseeing tour. The highlights included;

Going to Edinburgh Castle

Mum meeting Brave Heart

Me meeting this gentleman who is 91 and looking to raise 40k for charity this year

Walking down the Royal Mile

Meeting Montrose at St Giles Cathedral who had his head chopped off in 1650

Soldier on a horse

We returned to an excellent birthday lunch for Jo that included two of my favorite things.....

Chicken and ribs!!

Lovely baked salmon

Getting involved with a rib

Jo and family

 Eton mess!!

In the evening we headed into Edinburgh for a night on the cocktails and snacks!

Beetroot hummus and flat bread

Calamari

Haggis spring rolls

Below are some of the cocktails that we had but I have no idea what they were called!

As we are a pair of fatties we had a midnight snack of leftover chicken sandwiches - ace treats

Jo's

Joe's

Turkey Milanese with home made potato wedges

So, I knew Jo was out for a few post work drinks this evening so I had been thinking about what dinner delights I could have without the healthy police in the building (only kidding PC Barcroft ;o)).

What would I have? Take away pizza? Fish and Chips? Charcos Chicken!!?....no. With payday not until tomorrow I had to make it myself but it had to be fried!!....I decided on Turkey Milanese (escalopes) with home made potato wedges and a side salad.....the turkey was shallow fried in a small amount of rapeseed oil so not as bad for me as I was hoping!

Also, I have two confessions that are a result of this blog;
a - because some breadcrumbs fell off the first plate I used and made it look unsightly I changed for a clean one.
b - the plate shows one piece of turkey and I actually had 2 - Fatty Joe!!

Clean plate with one escalope - the poor lighting makes the chips look burnt but they weren't!

Ketchup I bought on a whim - nothing special!

Tuesday - Spinach & Pea Frittata

Leftover tomato sauce

Spinach and peas frittata

Frittata the right way up