Bit of baking!

Apart from going to get my flu jab this morning I have spent a good bit of the day in the kitchen, this morning making food for the freezer and this afternoon a pie for dinner and some treats to eat. But will start with the great sky again last night.

When I made the turkey cottage pie and lasagne I used the new dishes that we got yesterday. A perfect size to then divide into tour portions to go into the freezer. 

I had some ingredients left over from making the Christmas cakes so thought I would make a light fruit cake, Darren does like to have a cake to cut into and this one, from an old recipe book, turned out well, despite the erratic oven.

We got two enormous cooking apples yesterday and a few raspberries and blueberries, so a bit crumble was in order for them.

Tina doesn't like fruit cake, but she does like cheese scones!

My pastry making has been a bit hit and miss of late, but the steak and mushrooms were cooked so pastry was needed to make a pie. It did crack a bit, so not a great success, but it didn't fall apart completely as it has a few times, and it tasted okay!

So, on the whole a pretty successful day of baking, but my knee and ankle are not happy with me at the moment, too much standing, but feet up now, so they will be fine. It has rained on and off and this evening the sky was looking nice but the window was wet,so some 'arty' skies to finish today.

Darren and I are hoping that the rain will stay away so that we can have a wander at the boot sale. Casualty later and I am watching the very good tribute acts at the moment.