3 December - very spicy parsnip soup and sausage and kale stew

Still trying to blast through my cold, I made up a batch of spicy parsnip soup for lunch. I went a bit heavier than usual on the chilli, so it came out really very spicy! Also feeling a bit woolly-headed and not concentrating, the final result was rather thick and looked more like semolina than soup! I'm feeling so unfussed about food at the moment though, it actually went down okay.

Having got some lovely cavalo nero in the vegbox yesterday, I used it to make up some sausage and kale stew. Always good and great comfort food.

15 September - sausage stew and an empty fridge

We're off on holiday early tomorrow morning, so today really is a case of trying to use up what's left in the fridge. Lunch involved a dish of boiled new potatoes mixed with some tomatoes and basil and a poached egg on the top. Not quite a proper meal, but it sort of worked!

There's still quite a bit of cavalo nero from yesterday, so I'm making it up into a version of a sausage and kale stew for dinner, together with the last few potatoes. Hopefully, that'll leave us with a nice empty fridge.

We're going to be off in Madagascar for a fortnight, so I won't be posting for a while. I don't think I'm going to keep a day-by-day record of what we eat, but I'll try and do a single holiday post when I get back to report on Malagasy cuisine!