sunday lunch

Cor, blimey! It's November already. I don't wanna hear anymore "soon be Christmas!" Fxxk Christmas ( sorry, if you like christmas), I'm working cooking massive turkey for the residents just like last year. It's fun in some way, and just being nice being with some old folks there. I don't do very much anyway. And, I don't mind really, pay is good. Since I don't eat meats anymore, I don't have any interests to cook them. My meat eating days are over. I had enough. I'm not complaining, but everywhere I go, menu is shit (for veggie option, and here in Suffolk not many nice veggie cafe or take away shops! ☹), and quite often I say to myself " I can do better than this!" One of my colleague, Denice the gardener ( I hear she's very good home cook/ house wife) agreed with me too. That's why when I get invited nice veggie lunch etc, I get excited! on Sunday(6th/Nov), me and Marcus went to see Marilyn (have I got it right??). It was lovely to see her! And I met Marcus sister, "Anna-Marie" (is it right spelling???). She was lovely. We had really chilled out afternoon in front of fire. Marilyn's cat was enjoying herself by the fire too. Here in England, it's already really dark 4-5pm. anyway, here's our lovely veggie lunch♥

Lovely home made leek and potato soup from Anna-Marie's garden with watercress and soya yogurt.

some salady things on the table. they were all yummy. She made carrot in ginger juice. Purple haze and orange carrot, lovely colours. Again, purple haze were from Anna-Marie's garden. I love the simplicity of foods like this, no need to add anything on fab quality of ingredients. Sometimes I see in cafes/restaurants here (locally), they make foods too complicate. That's how I feel anyway.As usual, I ate quite a bit. When Marilyn asked us If we were hungry or not, I really wanted to say "yes" straight away. But I didn't. I didn't want her to think I was a greedy cow (excuse for my language☺)........ I'm always hungry!!!!! And I can eat anytime good foods and cakes!!!! Then that evening, we were hungry again, so I cooked "Quinoa and bean burger and tofu sausages with "sweet potato and chill puree". it was sweet and spicy. I made sweet potato and chili puree by cooking in water first ( I usually bake them but there were no baking tin in Marcus's house so, I cooked in water), then blitz with good harrisa and extra grated garlic and extra virgin olive oil. When sweet potato are cooked, it's quite watery anyway, no need to add anything runny. For quinoa burger, I chopped garlic, very lightly blanched fresh broad beans, cooked quinoa, blanched spinach, then,  i kind of blitzed it half way, add chopped butternut squash and broad beans (they both raw), some herbs, seasoning. Made shape. If I had dehydrator, I would defo put them in the machine for some time, but I don't. So, We ate them how they were. (I would bake slowly @ 100 degree for 1 hour or so, turning once to make outside crispy)

 Basically, our dinner was my left over vegetables in my fridge and Anna-Marie's fresh products. Not bad result!!!

I don't eat tofu sausages all the time. I do eat something else. Just when I take photos what I cook, it tends to have them on our dinner menu! Well, I will cook something else next time!