Phil
@progmusicgood.bsky.social
Loves cats (we have 4), tolerates dogs (also have 4) and enjoys complex music of all sorts, especially symphonic prog and jazz.
Enthusiastic home cook, owner of a crumbling diabetic body. Married for 35 years. IT techie. Live in Wiltshire, UK
Enthusiastic home cook, owner of a crumbling diabetic body. Married for 35 years. IT techie. Live in Wiltshire, UK
Say goodbye to our beautiful little cat who died quietly in her sleep last night. She was 17 and had one day of sudden illness. We were going to take her to the vet this morning but she'd already gone. She was so loved - from a scared rescue to queen of our bedroom.
March 22, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Say goodbye to our beautiful little cat who died quietly in her sleep last night. She was 17 and had one day of sudden illness. We were going to take her to the vet this morning but she'd already gone. She was so loved - from a scared rescue to queen of our bedroom.
🍽️ Did a turkey breast joint yesterday (proper roast dinner!) so wanted to do a curry with it today. Onion, garlic, red pepper, turkey, coconut milk and tomato passata and sultanas. Served it with leftover saffron rice & mushroom and leftover roasties, crisped in the air fryer.
March 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
🍽️ Did a turkey breast joint yesterday (proper roast dinner!) so wanted to do a curry with it today. Onion, garlic, red pepper, turkey, coconut milk and tomato passata and sultanas. Served it with leftover saffron rice & mushroom and leftover roasties, crisped in the air fryer.
Was feeling classic today so we have soy, honey, mirin 5 spice and honey marinaded trout, pan fried. Served with pearl barley, mushroom and white wine risotto and fried crispy kale.
It's the best thing I've cooked in a while - skin is crispy and sweet/spicy, risotto is soft and umami.
It's the best thing I've cooked in a while - skin is crispy and sweet/spicy, risotto is soft and umami.
February 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Was feeling classic today so we have soy, honey, mirin 5 spice and honey marinaded trout, pan fried. Served with pearl barley, mushroom and white wine risotto and fried crispy kale.
It's the best thing I've cooked in a while - skin is crispy and sweet/spicy, risotto is soft and umami.
It's the best thing I've cooked in a while - skin is crispy and sweet/spicy, risotto is soft and umami.
🍽️ it's "what's in the fridge" day.. Some sausages (skin removed, chunked and fried), then removed. Red onion (biriani cut) fried off with mushroom, garlic, tomato paste, tin of tomatoes and Italian herbs. Simmer for 30 minutes!
All served with shop bought German spatzle.
All served with shop bought German spatzle.
February 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
🍽️ it's "what's in the fridge" day.. Some sausages (skin removed, chunked and fried), then removed. Red onion (biriani cut) fried off with mushroom, garlic, tomato paste, tin of tomatoes and Italian herbs. Simmer for 30 minutes!
All served with shop bought German spatzle.
All served with shop bought German spatzle.
🍽️ Wanted something lighter today - so I threw together (with some slightly sad veg 😁) a mushroom, red pepper, ham and chopped smoked cheese frittata (cheese melts and gives little smoky pockets of melted cheese!).
Some leftover panettone for pudding with a nice cup of rooibos tea.
Some leftover panettone for pudding with a nice cup of rooibos tea.
February 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
🍽️ Wanted something lighter today - so I threw together (with some slightly sad veg 😁) a mushroom, red pepper, ham and chopped smoked cheese frittata (cheese melts and gives little smoky pockets of melted cheese!).
Some leftover panettone for pudding with a nice cup of rooibos tea.
Some leftover panettone for pudding with a nice cup of rooibos tea.
🍽️ Local farm shop had some fresh beef shin so it would have been rude to not make beef, mushroom, beans (Lima/butter and pinto) and carrot slow cooked stew. Served with air-fryer jacket potatoes (with 2 left over to make loaded skins later)
February 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
🍽️ Local farm shop had some fresh beef shin so it would have been rude to not make beef, mushroom, beans (Lima/butter and pinto) and carrot slow cooked stew. Served with air-fryer jacket potatoes (with 2 left over to make loaded skins later)
🍽️ Wanted to do something simple (ish) so roast spiced butternut squash, sausage, mushroom and spinach in a cheesy sauce pasta back. Because I'm not allowed to use my right hand (big hole in the wrist from the angiogram) my wife did all the chopping, cutting and lifting. I was allowed to stir stuff!
February 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
🍽️ Wanted to do something simple (ish) so roast spiced butternut squash, sausage, mushroom and spinach in a cheesy sauce pasta back. Because I'm not allowed to use my right hand (big hole in the wrist from the angiogram) my wife did all the chopping, cutting and lifting. I was allowed to stir stuff!
🍽️ Ukrainian buckwheat chicken soup (except, confusing buckwheat with bulgar wheat, I didn't have buckwheat so I used pearl barley..). I also added some chopped potato. Has 6 cloves of garlic and a lot of black pepper!
Needed something warming to face my day in hospital tomorrow ☹️
Needed something warming to face my day in hospital tomorrow ☹️
February 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
🍽️ Ukrainian buckwheat chicken soup (except, confusing buckwheat with bulgar wheat, I didn't have buckwheat so I used pearl barley..). I also added some chopped potato. Has 6 cloves of garlic and a lot of black pepper!
Needed something warming to face my day in hospital tomorrow ☹️
Needed something warming to face my day in hospital tomorrow ☹️
How hum. Got a day in hospital next Monday - the artery round my stent is showing signs of inflammation so they are going to do a coronary angioplasty to see why. Could be a stent failure, could be more stents needed right up to bypass required.
Not greatly looking forward to it.
#HeartHealth
Not greatly looking forward to it.
#HeartHealth
February 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
How hum. Got a day in hospital next Monday - the artery round my stent is showing signs of inflammation so they are going to do a coronary angioplasty to see why. Could be a stent failure, could be more stents needed right up to bypass required.
Not greatly looking forward to it.
#HeartHealth
Not greatly looking forward to it.
#HeartHealth
🍽️ So the tempura prawns got done, served with air fryer chips and a simple Marie rose sauce (mayonnaise, tomato ketchup, dash of Worcestershire sauce and a sprinkle of hot cayenne pepper).
Much approval from the other end of the sofa!
Much approval from the other end of the sofa!
February 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🍽️ So the tempura prawns got done, served with air fryer chips and a simple Marie rose sauce (mayonnaise, tomato ketchup, dash of Worcestershire sauce and a sprinkle of hot cayenne pepper).
Much approval from the other end of the sofa!
Much approval from the other end of the sofa!
🍽️ Local Lidl had some packs of good sized king prawns so I thought I'd do Kung Po prawns served with stir fry noodles in oyster sauce and veggies. Was delicious!
Still got about half the prawns left so Wednesday it'll be tempura prawns served with something.. (Haven't decided yet)
Still got about half the prawns left so Wednesday it'll be tempura prawns served with something.. (Haven't decided yet)
February 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
🍽️ Local Lidl had some packs of good sized king prawns so I thought I'd do Kung Po prawns served with stir fry noodles in oyster sauce and veggies. Was delicious!
Still got about half the prawns left so Wednesday it'll be tempura prawns served with something.. (Haven't decided yet)
Still got about half the prawns left so Wednesday it'll be tempura prawns served with something.. (Haven't decided yet)
🍽️ Sausage casserole tonight - onion, celery, tomato, mushroom, Dijon mustard, carrot, thyme and good Cumberland sausages.
All served in an individual Yorkshire pudding and then artistically sprinkled with chopped parsley by my wife 😁
All served in an individual Yorkshire pudding and then artistically sprinkled with chopped parsley by my wife 😁
January 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🍽️ Sausage casserole tonight - onion, celery, tomato, mushroom, Dijon mustard, carrot, thyme and good Cumberland sausages.
All served in an individual Yorkshire pudding and then artistically sprinkled with chopped parsley by my wife 😁
All served in an individual Yorkshire pudding and then artistically sprinkled with chopped parsley by my wife 😁
🍽️ Making stock for tonights minestrone - Had a roast spatchcock chicken yesterday so the carcass, skin, celery, carrot, bay leaves, onion and fennel are simmering away.
January 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🍽️ Making stock for tonights minestrone - Had a roast spatchcock chicken yesterday so the carcass, skin, celery, carrot, bay leaves, onion and fennel are simmering away.
🍽️ Leftovers - cold Polish sausage from yesterday, skin removed and cut into half slices then fried until crusty. Biriani cut onion - halved then cut into thin slices, stir fried with mushrooms then egg and pre-cooked basmati rice added. Light soy added, toasted almond and spring onion sprinkled
January 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
🍽️ Leftovers - cold Polish sausage from yesterday, skin removed and cut into half slices then fried until crusty. Biriani cut onion - halved then cut into thin slices, stir fried with mushrooms then egg and pre-cooked basmati rice added. Light soy added, toasted almond and spring onion sprinkled
🍽️ The postponed Silesian kielbasa (recipe was for bratwurst but I changed it) - onion and sausages cooked in beer, beef stock and butter then saurkraut and frozen peas added towards the end.
To be served with air-fryer jacket potatoes (with plenty of butter!)
To be served with air-fryer jacket potatoes (with plenty of butter!)
January 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🍽️ The postponed Silesian kielbasa (recipe was for bratwurst but I changed it) - onion and sausages cooked in beer, beef stock and butter then saurkraut and frozen peas added towards the end.
To be served with air-fryer jacket potatoes (with plenty of butter!)
To be served with air-fryer jacket potatoes (with plenty of butter!)
The old girl (3 months off 18 years old) waiting on my bedside cabinet for her regular scheduled treats..
Nicely underlit by my tablet in ebook reader mode 😺
Nicely underlit by my tablet in ebook reader mode 😺
January 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The old girl (3 months off 18 years old) waiting on my bedside cabinet for her regular scheduled treats..
Nicely underlit by my tablet in ebook reader mode 😺
Nicely underlit by my tablet in ebook reader mode 😺
🍽️ The world tour continues - Manchurian chicken (thigh fillets in an egg white, cornflour, soy sauce batter) served with leftover fresh linguine (egg noodles!) and a garlic, ginger, spring onion, tomato and soy sauce sauce.
January 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
🍽️ The world tour continues - Manchurian chicken (thigh fillets in an egg white, cornflour, soy sauce batter) served with leftover fresh linguine (egg noodles!) and a garlic, ginger, spring onion, tomato and soy sauce sauce.
Monday is drugs day, getting morning and night ready for the week (dad and mum used to do it for dads' Parkinsons drugs - he was a pharmacist and she was a nurse..)
Turns out that being a crumbling wreck has lots of medication associated..
Still, best to be organised rather than doing it all daily.
Turns out that being a crumbling wreck has lots of medication associated..
Still, best to be organised rather than doing it all daily.
January 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Monday is drugs day, getting morning and night ready for the week (dad and mum used to do it for dads' Parkinsons drugs - he was a pharmacist and she was a nurse..)
Turns out that being a crumbling wreck has lots of medication associated..
Still, best to be organised rather than doing it all daily.
Turns out that being a crumbling wreck has lots of medication associated..
Still, best to be organised rather than doing it all daily.
🍽️ Was going to cook keilbasa sausage with onion and saurkraut but instead decided to do Spanish tortilla - fried potato cubes with red onion and mushroom, covered in beaten egg and cooked gently on the hob then flipped and finished. Served with chopped tomato. The dog treats are optional 😺
January 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
🍽️ Was going to cook keilbasa sausage with onion and saurkraut but instead decided to do Spanish tortilla - fried potato cubes with red onion and mushroom, covered in beaten egg and cooked gently on the hob then flipped and finished. Served with chopped tomato. The dog treats are optional 😺
🍽️ Had a smoked gammon joint in the freezer for a month or so - needed using.. Slow cooked in honey, soy sauce, balsamic and some cloves then oven roasted for 25 minutes. With air fryer jacket potatoes and oven roasted Portobello mushrooms with balsamic and parsley.
January 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
🍽️ Had a smoked gammon joint in the freezer for a month or so - needed using.. Slow cooked in honey, soy sauce, balsamic and some cloves then oven roasted for 25 minutes. With air fryer jacket potatoes and oven roasted Portobello mushrooms with balsamic and parsley.
🍽️ Mexican tonight - chicken enchiladas (chicken, red onion, red pepper), home made enchilada sauce (passata, cumin, dried oregano,chilli, smoked paprika, onion, garlic, brown sugar, cider vineger).
Covered in sauce and cheese, baked.
Served with shop bought salsa, guacamole and tortilla chips.
Covered in sauce and cheese, baked.
Served with shop bought salsa, guacamole and tortilla chips.
January 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🍽️ Mexican tonight - chicken enchiladas (chicken, red onion, red pepper), home made enchilada sauce (passata, cumin, dried oregano,chilli, smoked paprika, onion, garlic, brown sugar, cider vineger).
Covered in sauce and cheese, baked.
Served with shop bought salsa, guacamole and tortilla chips.
Covered in sauce and cheese, baked.
Served with shop bought salsa, guacamole and tortilla chips.
🍽️ Our local butcher had some pheasant breasts, prep butchered and ready for cooking! So I dredged them in flour and pan fried them. Along with gnocchi, pan fried in butter (there's a theme 😁). Some sprouts with chestnuts. Sauce is cooking juices, chicken stock, wine, capers, lemon and lemon juice
January 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
🍽️ Our local butcher had some pheasant breasts, prep butchered and ready for cooking! So I dredged them in flour and pan fried them. Along with gnocchi, pan fried in butter (there's a theme 😁). Some sprouts with chestnuts. Sauce is cooking juices, chicken stock, wine, capers, lemon and lemon juice
🍽️ Hmmm.. Pressure cooker beef stew (beef, carrot, potato onion, beef stock). Only way it could be improved is by adding pearl barley. Only had half the beef needed so added the same weight of mushrooms (and a can of black eyed beans). Also added red wine.
The slight mistiness is steam from the stew!
The slight mistiness is steam from the stew!
December 31, 2024 at 7:53 PM
🍽️ Hmmm.. Pressure cooker beef stew (beef, carrot, potato onion, beef stock). Only way it could be improved is by adding pearl barley. Only had half the beef needed so added the same weight of mushrooms (and a can of black eyed beans). Also added red wine.
The slight mistiness is steam from the stew!
The slight mistiness is steam from the stew!
#PSA
Had my first meeting with the pain management team - one of the things the doctor said was "avoid artificial sweeteners"..
Assuming that she didn't mean all of them I did some reading around and suspect that she was referring to aspartame.
Anyone else had that that recommendation?
Had my first meeting with the pain management team - one of the things the doctor said was "avoid artificial sweeteners"..
Assuming that she didn't mean all of them I did some reading around and suspect that she was referring to aspartame.
Anyone else had that that recommendation?
December 30, 2024 at 7:39 PM
#PSA
Had my first meeting with the pain management team - one of the things the doctor said was "avoid artificial sweeteners"..
Assuming that she didn't mean all of them I did some reading around and suspect that she was referring to aspartame.
Anyone else had that that recommendation?
Had my first meeting with the pain management team - one of the things the doctor said was "avoid artificial sweeteners"..
Assuming that she didn't mean all of them I did some reading around and suspect that she was referring to aspartame.
Anyone else had that that recommendation?