Another busy day off & another cookery fail.

Fridays I have off work as Lucas' preschool isn't open on Fridays. So we took Noah to school, walked the dog, got home and had to go to Histon Post Office to get Noah's passport sent off. (renewal). £55.17 poorer, we went past lovely independant toy store on the way back to the car park, on the high street that I knew nothing about so we took a detour. Well, it was lovely. Real oldie-woldy stuff. Had a good browse and settled on a lovely 'decorate-yourself' jewellery box for Lucas' friend Poppy's 4th birthday present. Came out of the shop and noticed a farmers market on at the church, so detoured into there. Wasn't much in there, a few hand made blankets, veg and loads of jams etc, but it was nice to just wander.

Got in, had a cuppa then walked Lucas off round the corner to Poppy's birthday party. So, I thought - some time to myself........wishfull thinking. I cleaned the kitched top to bottom. John gets in and he's got my Amazon book with him. READING MATERIAL YAY!!! it's my new vegan cookbook.

So, tonight I tried my first recipe, sun-dried tomato gnocchi with basil pesto. Hmmmm. No almonds, brazils or any kind of nuts in the cupboards, so bang goes the pesto. And the gnocchi?....if you can imagine a coagulated mess of reddish gunge floating around a pan of boiling water, well that was my gnocchi. So I made another batch and baked them for half an hour. The result? Not bad, I served them with some raw basil pomodoro sauce and sprinkled them with my 'mockisan'. Quite tasty, although definitely not 'dinner party' food!

And tonight? Well, it's Friday night, so John's working. I usually let the boys stay up late with me on Friday nights, if they're good, and we watch telly and eat popcorn until they give in to sleepyness and I have to carry them up to bed!

Off now to read more of my new cookbook for some inspiration. There might be cake tomorrow.....