Potatoes planted out in bags!

Green bags and compost bins are lined up against a wooden fence in a garden.

Made hash browns from scratch this morning and they turned out well.

A plate of food containing two fried eggs, two hash browns, and slices of buttered bread is set on a green polka dot tablecloth.

A few years ago I had to pick jalapenos off my takeaway pizza because they were so freakishly hot.

Now I have over half a kilo of jalapenos in my fridge and I eat them with everything.

Spag bol was spot on.

Butter beans instead of meat.

A plate of spaghetti is topped with a savory tomato sauce containing beans and red and yellow bell peppers.

Relaxing morning with the kids.

I’m sucking on stray lumps of Red Leicester while stirring the rest of the grated cheese into thickened white sauce, monitoring the macaroni simmering in the other pan (for big kid and me), and checking on sausages in the oven (for little kid).

Big kid is playing Minecraft with a friend and little kid is exploring space on his tablet.

Wife is having her morning nap.

Wife beefed about the beef (“too salty”) and the horseradish (“tastes like jalapeno flavoured toothpaste”), but otherwise enjoyed the “perfect” roast potatoes and the veggies.

Kid A said he would try the tiniest piece of beef along with some cabbage, but ate neither.

Kid B said, “Maybe yesterday”.

Wife has had a sore throat on and off for a couple of weeks, so naturally she asked me to “get some beef” to cure it.

This reminded me of childhood weekends at my Granny’s house, especially with the hot horseradish sauce.

A plate of food featuring sliced roast meat, mashed potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, roasted vegetables, green beans, horseradish sauce and gravy.

Big kid always leaves his pizza crusts and asked me to make a stuffed crust instead.

I forgot all about, so just folded over the edge at the last moment before it went in the oven. It’s delicious, but looks and feels more like a pie, and no. 1 son didn’t like it at all!

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Shepherd’s Pie in the morning, my delight.

A plate of food featuring a serving of peas, a baked dish topped with cherry tomatoes and cheese, and a stew-like mixture with carrots.

I got a seeded multigrain bloomer loaf from Tesco bakery, which smells and tastes amazing.

Toasted and topped with half an avocado and fried eggs for breakfast this morning.

Two slices of toasted seeded multigrain bloomer bread topped with chopped avocado and two fried eggs on a white plate patterned with navy blue swirls on a lime green tablecloth with white polka dots.