Cooking through October: Day 1

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Tonight when I come home from work there will be a Sainsbury's delivery if all goes well and tonight's dish will be either:

Chicory with cheesy mash: Initially making a small portion, because it's been ages since I prepared it this way, and it's the first time with English chicory and I've no idea if there's differences in flavour once it's cooked. It is somewhat ubiquitous in the north of The Netherlands, but I've been told it is not a common vegetable here. So if it is as nice as what I remember making previously, it probably won't join the ranks of regular food, but rather that of a treat.

Spaghetti Bolognese: Or, if I can't really be bothered to spend hours on it, a standard meaty sauce for spaghetti. I'll probably make quite a lot, so I can either freeze the remainder for future use or use it the next day for pie.

*bounces a bit*

I'm actually looking forward to this. With this and Operation Get Happy Bouncy Music, I should be able to get myself through October with a minimum amount of gloom.

Also, I probably need a cooking icon.

Comments

[cwol.livejournal.com]

My knowledge of chicory has now been expanded to:
Chicory: strange stuff that foreigners put in coffee *and mash*. :)

[hobnobs.livejournal.com]

I misread that last line as cooking *iron* at first... That conjured some odd imagery.

[rpdom.livejournal.com]

Spaghetti Bolognese

I usually do the "cook sauce for a few hours" thing, but sometimes just do a quick sauce if I'm in a hurry (or can't be bothered). The sauce also makes a great base for a cottage pie.

Feel free to steal my icon if you like :-)