Baking, beans and vets

 Busy morning, I made a fruit cake and apple crumble bars - was going to make individual little tarts but it was easier to make a traybake and then just cut it into bars....anything for an easy life!  I also made pork, sage and apple burgers for husband - I might even try one myself, they look so nice.  

I don't mind the look, smell or even taste of pork or chicken mince on the odd occasion, but can't stand beef or lamb mince, they taste far too 'meaty' and strong for me now, and I hate the smell of them.  I'm eating less and less meat - haven't eaten beef, lamb, pork as chops or joints, or any kind of offal for a couple of years now.  I have occasionally eaten a bacon sandwich about once a month but not anymore, the last 2 or 3 times I've not finished them, deciding I really don't like the bacon after a few mouthfuls.  I will eat a pork sausage very occasionally, and don't mind a savoury mince type thing or lasagne made with chicken or pork mince, but I don't eat any of them on a regular basis.  Most of my meals are veg based, usually with eggs or cheese, I eat some kind of fish about 3 times a week.  Sundays if we're having a roast, I normally have my own homemade nut roast, or just the veggies, Yorkshire and stuffing.  I do class myself as vegetarian - well, pescatarian strictly speaking - but I'm not fanatical about it and don't make an issue out of it - if we have a meal at someone's house and they serve something meaty, having forgotten I don't eat meat, I just quietly push it to one side of my plate - or give it to husband!

I'm soaking dried beans overnight and making baked beans in the slow cooker tomorrow - we're having our friend over tomorrow and I don't know how long she'll be staying, so getting the slow cooker ready in the morning means I won't need to do anything much later on (she's coming late morning, she won't be staying for supper).  Husband will have some chicken drumsticks with his beans, I'll just have sourdough bread and a sprinkle of cheese on the beans.

I'm on the last one of my library books that I got well before Christmas (I've renewed them once) so will go to the library on Thursday for more.  We also need to collect our prescriptions and take Betty to the vet to be weighed and collect her flea & tick med....apparently there's a new rule now stating that dogs have to be weighed at the vets every time before getting the meds.  I know the dosage is weight-related, but as Betty's weight has been fairly consistent for years now, she never had to be weighed every time before (thank goodness we humans don't have to be weighed before receiving meds!!).  She's got her annual vaccination jab next month, so it's an expensive few weeks for her (well, for us, she doesn't pay the bills 😉😂).