Batch cooking, and one irritation less

 Thank you for all the low carb snack ideas, I'll check them all out over the weekend.  I've got lots of reading to do now, all the leaflets and memory handbook I ordered from the Alzheimers Society arrived yesterday, not had a chance to look through them yet.  

I'm doing some batch cooking in the next few days.  I bought a kilo of minced chicken yesterday, I shall use half to make moussaka and the other half for lasagne, using courgettes thinly sliced lengthways instead of pasta sheets.  I'm also going to make an asparagus, mushroom and red onion risotto, with a little chopped smoked salmon for flavour.  Instead of rice I'll use cauliflower riced in my processor.  I'll do a big tray of roasted Mediterranean veggies as well.  All of these will be portioned up and frozen for caravan meals, they can be reheated in the microwave or air fryer, I rarely use the caravan oven now.

I usually make cake to take to the van with us, I wasn't going to make any this time.....however, our van neighbours C&J asked hopefully if I will be bringing cake - they love my cakes and said they'll be more than happy to eat it so we don't have to! 😂  So I'll make a small fruit cake just for them, J says she rarely bothers to make cakes nowadays, they buy them instead, but jump at the chance for some homemade cake.

Husband offered to make the dogfood for Betty yesterday, I had to oversee it but it saves me a job.  He does make a mess in the kitchen though and isn't great at clearing up after himself.

He did come into the supermarket with me yesterday, much to my irritation.  Every few minutes he's bombarding me with questions "Do we want this?", "Shall we get that?", "How many milks shall I get?".  He puts stuff in the trolley without telling me, meaning when I pick up the same thing I then find he's already put it in and so one of them has to go back on the shelf.  He gets things we don't need and aren't on my list, or he gets the wrong size or brand.  He thinks he's helping, but he's not - quite the opposite.  I've now actually requested that he stays in the car from now on and leaves me to do it on my own.  He's far too distracting, he constantly interrupts my thought processes and makes it harder for me to do the shop quickly.  And he always exclaims loudly at the price at the checkout:  "How much?!?!". 😒 He was quite agreeable to my request, he'll just put the radio on and fall asleep in the car I expect.

Back to blustery winds and heavy rain again from the early hours this morning, weather forecasters are saying we have to get used to these weather extremes now.