On the way to the busstop today I found myself crying for no particular reason so decided to turn around, take a mental health day, and go back to bed.
When I woke up at noon or so (from a dream of teaching Twitter to 17 eager students) I felt a lot better and decided to tackle the fridge. There I discovered many things which are now in the rubbish where they probably should have gone some time ago, and also a nearly-full can of coconut cream that needed using up.
So I made pancakes for lunch with coconut cream instead of milk (and halfway through added a squirt of lemon juice because I couldn't remember if the baking powder needed lactic acid to bubble properly) and lo, they were good, and I had half a can of coconut cream that needed using up.
So then I made a marinade for some chicken for dinner, using about equal volumes coconut cream and lime juice, plus paprika and half a chopped dried red chilli and garlic powder and whatever else seemed like a good idea at the time. Once it was nearly cooked I threw in some frozen peas (saving one of course for Boots). When it was fully cooked I ate it with rice and discovered that
When I woke up at noon or so (from a dream of teaching Twitter to 17 eager students) I felt a lot better and decided to tackle the fridge. There I discovered many things which are now in the rubbish where they probably should have gone some time ago, and also a nearly-full can of coconut cream that needed using up.
So I made pancakes for lunch with coconut cream instead of milk (and halfway through added a squirt of lemon juice because I couldn't remember if the baking powder needed lactic acid to bubble properly) and lo, they were good, and I had half a can of coconut cream that needed using up.
So then I made a marinade for some chicken for dinner, using about equal volumes coconut cream and lime juice, plus paprika and half a chopped dried red chilli and garlic powder and whatever else seemed like a good idea at the time. Once it was nearly cooked I threw in some frozen peas (saving one of course for Boots). When it was fully cooked I ate it with rice and discovered that
- it probably only needed about half as much lime juice as coconut cream, unless one really likes lime, but it was quite edible anyway; and
- I still have a quarter of a can of coconut cream that needs using up.