In the morning, D and I did our monthly bulk grocery shopping to stock up on sparkling water and other necessities.
Since July is the month of solden (sales), we decided to spent a few hours in the afternoon visiting two shopping malls. After that, D and I stopped for some much needed cold beers. We also decided to have our dinner in the city before heading home. Who the heck wants to cook in this kind of temperature?!
I have been harvesting, stir-frying and consuming the bolted butter lettuces from my vegetable patch. I am still okay. 😛
D and I took it easy today and bought tickets for a Hop On Hop Off tour bus experience. We started the journey with the inclusive river cruise. It was marvellous! Things were way slower on the bus because of the Friday traffic. So after two hours of sitting in the bus, we both decided not to ride out the lengthy tour. D and I hopped off at Trafalgar Square and went to a pub to drink beers.
Later in the day, we did a quick visit to Chinatown and got dinner for the family.
What a day!
Yesterday, D and I visited the National Gallery on our own. In the evening, we joined the family and friends and went to the musical Les Misérables.
Today, the family took a short walk from the hotel to visit the area around Westminster Abbey. So many tourists, it is unbelievable!
In the evening, we had dinner at Noble Palace.
Different people react differently to free food and drinks.
While my mother will be pleased to take when offered, my father will be wary and most likely refuse. D’s mother on the other hand will even go for seconds. D will take whatever that is offered, then look, and will hand it to me if he does not want it. 😛
My mother knows that she has the rights and entitlement to the free things life has to offer. My father, who grew up believing that ‘there is no free lunch’, cannot bring himself to partake in this kind of things. I will not try to analyse the Belgians.
As for me, I will take whatever that is offered but will not ask for more. My advantage is that I would or can, eat and drink anything.
This evening, this alleseter will whipped up a ‘creative leftover’ dish for dinner. The fridge needs to be tidied up a bit.
This afternoon, I took several items out of the freezer to make a simple fruit galette. The frozen ingredients were a store-bought pie crust, home-grown plums, last summer’s strawberries, and a few cubes of blackberry puree.
After eating two slices with whipped cream, I stored the rest of the galette in plastic containers which I then placed in the refrigerator.
A few months ago, I had a matcha latte in Kortrijk. I really enjoyed the simple drink of tea and milk, but find it to be a tad too costly. Matcha latte, which contain only three to four ingredients can be made easily at home. So, when I came upon matcha powder in the store not so long ago, I did not hesitate to put that in my shopping cart.
This weekend, I have been making warm matcha lattes using the milk frother my sister gave D and I a couple of years ago. Yum yum.
I have spent the past two days making endive croquettes, endive salad, and a big pot of vegetable dump soup with loads of … endives. March is usually when we hit peak endives.
This evening, D has a meet up in Ghent. I promptly signed-up to a webinar to know more about investments in gold and precious metals. Never a dull moment here… 😉
I never use broccoli florets in my fried rice dishes before, but I really need to use up this one broccoli that I bought a week ago. There is always a first time. It was unusual, but tasty. 🙂
I was planning to do a Too Good To Go purchase from the the baker this Sunday afternoon. But after taking a good look in the pantry, fridge and freezer, I decided not to.
D and I bought several bags of geutelingen this past Friday. And yesterday, we were running around in Jumbo supermarket like kids let free in a candy shop. Well, at least I was… 😛
