Dinner on 14/09/07

Menu: cottage pie and peas

As we had a lot of potatoes which had to be used, I wanted to make something using lots of potatoes. I was looking through my recipe books to find some ideas for what to make for dinner. I wanted something easy, and cottage pie and croquettes caught my eye. "Which one should I make??" I was in two minds, but finally decided to go for cottage pie.

I was in a good mood while cooking, playing some music and humming along. However, it suddenly changed when the knife cut into one of my fingers.

"Ouch!!!"

I tried to stop the blood, but it wouldn't stop. I used quite a lot of tissues which turned to red. My daughter looked worried and holding my shoulder. I had to stop for a while. I rarely cut my fingers while cooking, and I'm not used to dealing with that kind of situation. Eventually my husband came home, and I felt bad about the dinner not being ready yet.

I went back to the kitchen to start cooking again. I carried on cutting carrots, and as I tried to cut a carrot, the carrot rolled again. This was the carrot which made me cut my finger.

"Evil carrot!"

It must have been cursed or something. I snapped in half and put it in the bin.

The cottage pie turned out to be fairly nice, but I wasn't sure if it was supposed to taste like that. I haven't had enough cottage pies to judge it. Well, my husband liked it, and so did my daughter.

I made a big one, so we gave some to my husband's grandfather who lives on his own. Hope he likes it.

Cinnamon & Sugar on Toast

I like toasted bread, and my favourite toppings are marmalade, strawberry jam and cinnamon & sugar.

You might be thinking "cinnamon & sugar on toast?! What's that?", but actually it's really nice.

If you go to coffee shops or somewhere in Japan, you will see "cinnamon on toast" on their menu. Normally, they use extra thick slices of bread for toasts.
When I say extra thick, it's really thick.

Anyway, I had cinnamon & sugar on toast earlier, and it was lovely! What you do is just sprinkle some cinnamon and sugar on top of buttered toasts. It's that easy.

If you like the sound of it, try it and let me know what you think :-)