Lovely granary loaf with pumpkin seeds

[CecilyParsley]

One of the positives of lockdown is my homemade bread 😋

[CarolMcl]

Mmmm yummy. Since Friday I've made carrot cake, apple crumble and batches of orange marmalade, piccalilli and chilli jam 😋😋

[CecilyParsley in reply to CarolMcl]

How lovely. I made a rhubarb and custard cake, six apple pies for the freezer ( brain fog ordered 18 Bradley apples😳 ). I have made a stock pot of beef chilli for my husband and a stockpot of veggie chilli for me. I love chilli jam but have never made it . Now you have put that idea in my head lol xx

[CarolMcl in reply to CecilyParsley]

I'm really enjoying cooking/baking again. Got a butter chicken curry on just now, making the chapati later. Plans for this week are tablet, gingerbread and a tea loaf. The chilli jam is so simple and no fuss

[CecilyParsley in reply to CarolMcl]

Sounds wonderful Carol 😋

[CarolMcl in reply to CecilyParsley]

Thanks 👍🏻

[KayHimm in reply to CarolMcl]

I would move in with you and CecilyParsley if you weren’t in shield precautions! I cannot believe the wonderful things you all are making. I heated up a duck leg that I got yesterday at the farmer’s market. I thought that was exotic. 😅

[CarolMcl in reply to KayHimm]

I always used to enjoy cooking/baking until Lupus and work drained me. Been shielding about a month I think and after about 2 weeks I woke up feeling more energised, I never realised just how exhausted I had become. A lot of the aspects of shielding are difficult but I'm really enjoying having more energy that I can actually enjoy cooking again. I may be exhausted late afternoon /evening but being able to do something I enjoy again prior to it is wonderful.

[KayHimm in reply to CarolMcl]

That is wonderful that you are finding joy in something your illness took away from you.

Wish I were your neighbor! 😅

[Kevin53]

Does it travel well in the post! Best wishes Kevin

[CecilyParsley in reply to Kevin53]

😂😂

[svfarmer]

OMG if I lived in your house I would be huge - it looks lovely x

[CecilyParsley]

I am huge but my husband is the bread eater and he eats 80% of the cakes and biscuits too. This loaf lasts him a day or a day and a half if I am lucky. He is a true Scotsman and fits everything and anything into a buttie xx

[Spotty-ewe]

My mouth is watering as I write. Looks absolutely delicious!👌👌 Bread puts weight on me TOO easily, but that lovely bread you’ve made looks worth the consequences. Yummmm! 😋

[DJK99]

Wow! puts my previous efforts to shame! Fantastic Cecily x

[CecilyParsley]

Thank you so much xx