baking and roasting

Didn't do much today since was intending to go Bearwood for some grocery shopping. Went to this bargain store and found this - fleece thermal insoles. I think it's perfect for my boots..haha..cos I wore it for grocery shopping on Mon and the ball of my feet was a bit uncomfy..think I'm not used to wearing heels to walk so long. So these insoles should provide some comfy as well as keep my feet warm!

Planned to roast some chicken legs today cos I had bought a pack of 1kg potatoes, mushrooms and broccoli. I could've cooked soy sauce chicken also but didn't have garlic so intended to get some. Garlic is pretty expensive here..4 for 89p..cheapest already cos ASDA and Tesco both sell them at 30p each. Managed to get lemons 3 for 50p and onions (1kg bag) for 75p from Iceland. So bought leg quarters 2 in a pack and costs £1.15 only. Bought milk, carrots, butter and grated cheese too. Then I realised what I bought the other day thinking it was butter is actually vegetable fat solids! Haha!

Anyway, marinated the chicken legs (had SMSed L to ask if she n C will want some too but no reply). Then went on to bake the lemon drizzle cake and felt that the batter was too little...then checked recipe again but didn't seem right but I popped it into the oven. 175g of flour is not 3/4 cup of flour. Cos no weighing scale, I used cups. Anyway I followed a recipe from L's "Baking for Beginners" magazine. So removed the cake and add more flour. Then came the drizzle bit. It's supposed to poke holes on cake and pour drizzle..then a crust should form. See if u can spot any crust! Hope it tastes good though. Think the food processor is not good for beating small quantities!

In between got whatsapp msg from L asking me to let Poppy out to garden..so I did then she just walk a bit then came back in and still waited at the window. Oh man...hope she won't be depressed when she's home alone with me!! 

Before baking the mushrooms

Well, I was thinking if L and C not eating then I'll just pack the remainder and freeze them up.

*Added: L replied after I prepared everything..and yes, she said chicken sounds good. Haha..so anyway, they said the food (including gravy) was good..esp the mushrooms. I last min added gravy cos I realised they usually have roasts with gravy. Quickly made one with my own concoction..haha! The lemon drizzle cake tastes superb too except no drizzle on top as it's supposed to be! Oh well..but it's moist inside and lemony! Packed away 3 slices and told L she can have the rest...then she said she's just going to have a slice and she's trying to lose weight..haha! Too bad! Anyway, put the remainder in the big container (only just now then I realised that's where they place their bread and leftover brownie!).

Baked mushrooms and potatoes

my portion of baked chicken leg with sides

L is starting work tmr! I'll be doing my final revision tmr before Fri's paper.