What would I do without Skype? Callum was in his element this morning. After a slightly dopey start he was forever chattering and running around, having books read to him, then reading them himself, looking for pussycats in the garden through the window, playing with Igglepiggle and Upsy Daisy or just making a lot of squeeking noises. The first picture is Daddy's Father's Day present, created by the fair hands of Callum. Isn't it nice? I am sure he will wear it with great pride!!
Otherwise the week went past really fast. Ed had a busy week, visited lots of interesting places, met up with the teacher and some fellow students from his Hungarian class back home, took the train to Eger and is now preparing to go home tomorrow.
We managed to get a lot of things done which have been outstanding for ages. We had the boiler serviced, the chimney inspected, I went to see my homeopath who has put me on an even more restricted diet than hitherto, but I am sure I will survive. I have to cut out dairy yoghurt and all things with gluten for a minimum of 2 months. So no bread, no pasta, no cereals other than corn and rice, off went my favourite dairy yoghurt but I can have soya yoghurt, which is just as nice. Talking of soya: yesterday I invented a new dish, which was basically just thrown together in a hurry, like most delicious dishes are. I bought some tofu, raided the fridge for vegetables, garlic and some salad bits and it turned out delicious. I first fried some onions and peppers in olive oil, then added the shredded garlic and finally the cubed tofu. I made sure that the little cubes of tofu got brown and crisp on all sides and served it with sliced spring onions, shredded parsley, tiny plum tomatoes and raw cauliflower florets as well as a couple of rice cakes with butter on. I made an absolute piggie of myself, although you will all have to forgive me for not showing it to you as I only thought of photographing it when there were only a few mouthfuls left. That was a shame as I always like to prove to people that even a vegan (and this was a vegan dish with the exception of the butter on the rice cakes and you can leave that out!!) can eat like a king and stay healthy with it.
Talking of butter and health and such matters: another long outstanding job was to get a new battery for the scales. Well, I blame the butter, but I am back nearly to my old weight, weighing in a hefty 66.5kg. In a way I shouldn't complain as I was only barely over 50kg just over a year ago, but I ought to stop gaining any more.
Next week we are back in the country and on the Monday after that Philip is arriving for WMOC.
1 comment:
The tofu sounds very delicious, Julianna!
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