They DO serve 1940s food at some places…

Last night Mr Tiddles (Richard) and I drove up into the beautiful Derbyshire countryside to Bakewell (yes where Bakewell tarts originate from and Richard makes the best Bakewell tart on the planet!) for a pub supper.

The Peacock in Bakewell is my most favourite pub to eat at. The chef knows how to cook vegetables, the portions are generous and the food is fresh,  tasty and presented very nicely. We both craved ‘Homity Pie’… served with new potatoes, a panache of vegetables and a mound of rocket.

And Homity Pie has it’s origins in the 1940s during WW2. It is said that ‘Land Girls’ created the dish and took the pies to work with them. Homity Pie is an open small deepish pie with a pastry bottom and sides, filled with seasoned/herbed mashed potato plus onions or leeks and a little cheese over the top and very tasty indeed… (The Peacocks version had garlic in it)

I’ll be making one soon for the blog but for the meantime, feast your eyes on these piccys (yes I do take pictures of food wherever I go)

And after our supper we went to Monsal Head and looked down upon the valley as the sun set. It was glorious, breathtaking, beautiful…

NOTHING can beat natures beauty, it’s just even better that now I have someone to share it with.

C xxxxxxxxx

Breakfast: Porridge made with water and a splodge of syrup to sweeten – 200 cals

Lunch: Bean, lentil and vegetable Stew with baked potato plus two slices of bread/margarine – 800 cals

Supper: Not sure yet! Laters!

The Marple and District WI displayed this at their last meeting… gulp!

I think I need to start writing down what I am eating so I can keep a track of things better so some days you’ll probably find a menu and/or some photos appear randomly… I think it will help.

Am also beginning to stress about doing my very first talk on my blog in front of an audience in two weeks time because I HAVE to actually stand up in front of people and talk and this is one of my biggest fears in life (Crazy isn’t it! It’s not as if I could lose my life or anything!!). I think part of it is I’m still a big girl, a very big girl with a 100 lbs left to lose but also that I freeze, go red and just want the ground to swallow me up.

BUT I’m gonna do it…. one has to face their demons face on (I’m talking metaphorically here as I know the sixty odd ladies from Marple WI who will be listening are going to be simply lovely and not like demons at all!)

So anyway… (gulp!..)

Here is what I have eaten today..

Breakfast: Sauted spinach/mushrooms/tomatoes on two slices of toast (had some soft tomatoes and going brown mushrooms that needed eating up- I often have kale or spinach on toast for breakfast if I’m not up to porridge) 400 cals ish

Lunch: Kale and other veg stew plus 1 oz of cheese plus two slices of bread 700 cals ish

Dinner/Supper:  Oslo meal (without cheese) and a slice of eggless sponge