Krispy Kreme

Nope, not donuts, it's what I have nicknamed the Benzoyl Peroxide cream I am using to try to fettle my skin. I have been eating more healthily, drinking more water and generally trying to improve my skin but it got to the point where a more forceful intervention was needed - step up the Krispy Kreme...
I supposed in some ways it is nice to have skin like a 15 year old, but at 38 the huge spots do get a bit tiresome.
I have been using it for a few days now and I look like I have got some kind of red, flaky skin lurgy but I can see, underneath all that, that the spots are reducing and there are no blackheads so it's doing its job. Woohoo! Good job I work from home though, I am not sure I would be so elated if I had to go out and see people looking like this.

Anyway, now I've put you off your breakfast...

The butternut squash and spinach gratin wasn't the success I'd hoped - it was kind of watery and undercooked, despite putting it in the oven for 10 minutes longer than the recipe suggested. It had potential though, the flavours were good so I might modify it and try it again some time.
Todays culinary dilemma is what to do with a butternut squash, an aubergine, a punnett of chestnut mushrooms and half a pepper. We have 3 days to use them up, so it shouldn't be too difficult, but I fancy trying some more new recipes. I have about an hour between me finishing work and J getting home each day so there's no excuse not to try new things, but it's always easier to fall back on those easy recipes that you could do with your eyes closed, isn't it?

Exercise wise? Saturday we did none - we had a lazy day in anticipation of the beasting we were going to get from Gav on Sunday. Hmmm.
'Stuff' came up and we ended up having to reorganise our Sunday and putting Gav off.
That meant we had to motivate ourselves to go for a ride AND try to work harder. And we did!
We rode from home and started on our usual 'safe' 6 miler but instead of turning left near the top of the first hill we carried straight on and extended it into a 13-ish mile hill fest. Both of us pushed it that little bit harder up the hills and tried not to stop. It was a good ride - but damned cold (my usual asthma kicked in by the time we got home - I sounded delightful.)
We clocked up 21.5km with 420m of ascent, which is not too bad. And even better, we did it in a little over 2 hours, which isn't bad for us - sure we're not going to win any races, but it's not bad for us.

Here's the route - from the red dot on the left to where it says Moscar Cross is the infamous Gougy Hill - so named because it is a hill with big gouges in it. I came SO close to riding the whole thing yesterday, but I got knobbled by a frozen ridge of mud that threw me off and I couldn't get started again because it's so steep. I got back on a little way up, but felt slightly disappointed that I failed. I think I finally have the strength to ride it, just not the skillz, it seems. One day...

Only 2 days now until new boiler day. I can't believe how much I want a bath - just because I can.

Stinky, signing off...

Bored now

I'm fed up of being cold. I'm fed up of getting no warm sun on my face and having crap skin. I am fed up of having to wash my hair in a cold shower - I'm fed up of cold showers/kettle baths. I'm fed up of mid-week exercising inside because there's no daylight outside working hours.
Come on spring, do your thing!
The good news is though, spring DOES appear to be in the air - on Thursday I was able to finish my days work without having to turn the office light on. Granted I was really testing my touch typing skills in the last 10 minutes but hey, small steps.

I've not been doing a lot of exercise this week, my back has been playing up again. To the point where the turbotrainer and bike had to stay in the kitchen until yesterday afternoon because I was unable to lift it to carry it to the garage. :-(

Hoping to get out on my bike tomorrow though, pitfalls and pains-in-the-arse permitting. We'll see.

The best thing though is that I have just 3 working days this week and then we're off to London for a couple of days. I really can't wait. I am disproportionately giddy about it. I already was giddy but when I found out you could go to the Royal Institution that was it - my head almost exploded. And then, to add to that, a friend who I know from Singletrackworld.com has invited me and J to stay with him (who we have met) and his wife (who we haven't) and their dog for a night. Really, really excited.

So - a posting with little exercise, and a distinct lack of bimbo skills. What's going on?

Got a new recipe -butternut squash and spinach gratin - in the oven at the mo. If it's good, I will post the recipe later.

Grub's up!

This is another favourite recipe - it's easy to make but looks and tastes like it took a lot longer. It's pretty healthy too, if you don't go nuts with the oil when grilling the aubergine and use low fat yoghurt.
Again, this was brought to my attention on the Domestic Sluttery website but it's become a firm favourite here, with modifications according to what I can find in the cupboard/fridge.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

GRILLED AUBERGINES WITH SPICY CHICKPEAS & PISTACHIO SAUCE (Serves two)
4 tbsp olive oil
1 onion , finely chopped
1 red chilli , deseeded and finely chopped
2cm piece ginger , finely chopped
½ tsp each ground cumin , coriander and cinnamon
400g can chickpeas , rinsed and drained
200g tomatoes , chopped (a tin works just fine, but drain them a bit if you use tinned)
juice ½ lemon
2 aubergines , sliced lengthways
For the Pistachio sauce200g tub Greek yogurt (I have used Greek, standard, low-fat - all different but all very nice too)
1 garlic clove , crushed
30g pistachios , chopped (or cashews or any other nut that you like the taste of...)
handful coriander leaves, roughly chopped
1. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan, add the onion and fry until soft and lightly browned, about 10 mins. Add the chilli, ginger and spices and mix well. Stir in the chickpeas, tomatoes and 5 tbsp water, bring to the boil, then simmer for 10 mins. Add a little salt and pepper and the lemon juice.
2. Arrange the aubergines over a grill pan. Brush lightly with oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper, then grill until golden. Flip them over, brush again with oil, season and grill again until tender and golden.
3. Mix the yogurt with the garlic, most of the pistachios and coriander and a little salt and pepper. Arrange the aubergine slices over a warm platter and spoon over the chickpea mix. Drizzle with the pistachio sauce and scatter with the remaining pistachios and coriander.
Yes, it's that easy.
If you are hungry I guess you could serve it with couscous or rice or some other carbo type food, but we just have this on its own and it's plenty.

Kind of looks like it has been 'previously enjoyed' but really, it does taste good.

Wine free Friday? Surely not.

So, in an attempt to thin the layer of cheese on my bones, I decided against wine on Friday night, That might not sound like much of a challenge, but it was. I had no wine!!
My back was still really painful so we had a very lazy day on Saturday so I didn't mess things up for Sundays bike ride out with friends. At this point I was in so much pain that I was worried I might not even make it out on Sunday and I was feeling pretty sorry for myself. So I had some wine. :-( Still, I only had half a bottle of very low alcohol rose.
Sunday morning came around - cold and windy, for a change - and my back was still painful but I figured what doesn't kill you, and all that...

Everyone turned up and we set off on a route around Ringinglow, Redmires and Stanage. We had riders of varying fitness - Sallie the triathlete at one end, and FKCB (me!) at the other - but it was a fairly relaxed ride that came in at just 19km with 430m of ascent. The recent snow seems to have tamed Stanage Causeway and apart from the bigger drops near the top (which I might tackle one day, but not just yet) I rode most of it and really enjoyed it. And all the hills - well, I got up all of them without stopping and I wasn't at the back, but that was down to some lucky mechanical issues (ie: other peoples bikes misbehaving)
Sallie hadn't ridden this route before and worried that she was slow on the downhills (she wasn't!) but more than made up for it on the hills. For someone used to the flatlands of Lincolnshire she does a bloody fine job on the climbs.
Here she is just after Stanedge Pole - I think she is enjoying herself. Or maybe someone just mentioned the coffee van to her?:

The ride on to Houndkirk crossroads was the hardest bit of the ride for me - it seemed to get really cold all of a sudden and my crappy asthma seemed to kick in. Still, I really enjoyed the descent to the crossroads and rode it faster than I have managed before, I think:

Best of all though, my back held out and all the juddering and jostling did seem to loosen it up.
Until I sat down again, then it was as bad as ever. Booo.

Here is a pic of J and Rich, just because...

Speaking of what doesn't kill you - getting clean after a muddy bike ride is interesting when you have no hot water and heating and a house that's actually colder than it is outside... I am sure people must've heard me howling at the end of the street as I tried to rinse my hair with 'triple point' water (there is no other explaination - it was liquid ice!)
In other news, Clumsy T made a comeback and as I put the bikes away after washing the, I managed to knock the hedge trimmer off the top of a cupboard. Not such a dumb thing, but then I tried to catch it with my leg - you know like you do when you see something falling out of the corner of your eye and you just try to stop it hitting the floor... That smarted a bit. Luckily nothing broke (on me or the trimmer, just a big lump and a disappointing lack of bruising...)

Then it was Monday and back to work. Yippee.
No exercise but J made some cracking curries for tea, so that ended the day on a high.

Today? Work and a bit of coach Troy. Oh, I've missed you, you cheesy American dude with shorts pulled up to your armpits, oh I've missed you...

A food interlude...

Courtesy of Delia, this is one of my absolute favourite cold weather comfort food recipes.
I believe it isn't technically a risotto, because it is baked, but do you know what, it's easy to make and tastes fab so I really don't care. I hope you get round to trying it some time and enjoy it as much as we do.
Mmmmmm.

Roasted and Sun-dried Tomato Risotto

Pre-heat the oven to gas mark 6, 400°F (200°C)

For the roasted tomatoes:
1.5lb (700g) tomatoes
1 dessertspoon olive oil
1 fat clove garlic, chopped
Basil leaves
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
For the risotto:
2 level teaspoons sun-dried tomato paste
4oz (110g) sun-dried tomatoes, roughly chopped
1oz (25g) butter
1 red onion, finely chopped
8oz (225g) risotto rice
10 fl oz (275ml) dry white wine
2oz (50g) parmesan, freshly grated
1 tablespoon double cream

Slice each tomato in half and put halves on a roasting tray, then season. Sprinkle olive oil, followed by and top each one with half a basil leaf dipped in oil first to get a good coating.
Put in oven and roast tomatoes for 50-60 minutes or until the edges of the tomatoes are slightly blackened. Remove them from the oven and then put the dish in the oven to pre-heat it, reducing the temperature to 180°C first. Now put the tomatoes and all their juices into a processor and blend.
Melt the butter in a large heavy saucepan and fry the onion for about 7 minutes until it is just tinged brown at the edges. After that, add the rice and stir to coat all the grains with the buttery juices. Now add the wine. Bring it up to boiling point, let it bubble for a minute then add the tomato paste and 12 fl oz (330 ml) boiling water. Give it all a good stir, season with salt and pepper and then add all the processed tomato mixture plus the sun-dried tomatoes. Stir again and bring it just up to simmering point, then transfer the whole lot to the warm dish, return the dish to the oven and, using a timer, give it 35 minutes. (I have never cooked it for this long - more like 25 minutes, so do check it earlier)
After that stir in the grated Parmesan and give it another 5-10 minutes – what you'll have to do here is to bite a grain of rice to check when it's ready. It should be tender but still retain some bite.

Just before serving, stir in the cream and top each portion with shavings of Parmesan and any leftover basil leaves.

Fat Knacker Cheese Bimbo rides again...

So, Saturday already!

The week started well with a bit of coach Troy on Monday but after Sundays bike ride it took a lot to get my legs moving fast enough to get the heart rate up to a worthwhile rate. Still, I did it.
Wednesday started VERY early with a journey down to Reading. My legs were still tired from Sunday and Monday but I took my running kit with me. Then an evil colleague invited me out for a curry that evening. OH NO!!!!
But do you know what - I resisted the temptation, went for a 'run' and ate relatively healthily at the hotel.
The run was more of a waddle but I experimented with my style (ha haa!) and found that it was a lot easier and more comfortable to use a longer stride, but it tired me out a lot more quickly. More practise needed, I think. Still, that's another 2.5 miles done.
Thursday was another long day with a drive home from Reading. Tired tired tired. And I woke up with a really bad back - you know the sort where you get out of bed and do a great impression of the 'ascent of man' picture? So Friday was another lazy day.
Plus side though, I didn't have any wine on Friday night, I had a small vodka with fresh orange yet I woke with what felt like a hangover (and a bad back still). How's that work then? Not fair.
J cooked 'lazy pierogi'. It wasn't bad, but fairly stodgy, typical Polish fare. We might try it again, but J says we need to 'increase the cheese:stodge ratio'...

In related news, I ordered some scales last week and they turned up on Thursday. They're those fancy ones that measure your body fat %. Oh dear. I think my jokes about a camembert reinforced skeleton might not have been so far off the mark. Henceforth I shall be known as Fat Knacker Cheese Bimbo.

This may be my last post. Tomorrow I am going for a ride around Stanage/Houndkirk and Sallie has had her bike fixed and J seems to have regained his fitness so my short lived 'hill supremo' status is under threat.

There's been a lack of food related posts lately, so I'll post another recipe in a bit...

Preparing for a summer of pain

I managed to wheedle out of it last year but there is no escaping it now.
This year I WILL be riding the Mary Towneley loop (more info here) which is 47 off-road miles with over 2000m of ascent. That's going to hurt. And I'm doing this one for fun...

Then there's the Mountain Mayhem race. This one's not for fun, but for charity. Me and J are riding as part of a team of 10 to raise money for Sarcoma Trust. It's a 24 hour off road race. So far I don't know much more about it, but rest assured, I will be begging for sponsorship nearer the time.

Anyway, for both of these I am going to need to get fit. I am going to need to get very fit. (for me)
I need to work myself up to being able to ride 30 miles off road, easily, and riding for many hours in one go. Oh dear. I think it's going to take more than the beloved Coach Troy.

And do you know what? Actually, I am looking forward to both of these events. I will probably hate every minute of them at the time, but I imagine the sense of achievement is going to be bigger than anything I have ever done, and that rocks. :-)

So, how'd we manage that then?

How can you plan a circular bike ride yet have a head wind all the way round? Who knows, but we managed it anyway.

Today, while J was off 'enjoying' himself at the Natural History Museum with 460 children, me and Heather decided it would be a good idea to go for a bike ride. In fairness we decided this last week, but the decision was made so there was no way it wasn't going to happen. Not even if there was rain and high winds. That's lucky then, because we had both in spades...

I have to say though, good old Coach Troy has done some magic on my legs. I managed to grind up some of the hills at a decent speed, rather than spinning them all as I usually do. Gives me a bit more faith in the turbo training regime. :-)
The route clocked in at 20 miles (32 km for you metric freaks) with about 550m of ascent. Not huge but with the 25mph winds and the rain it was blooming tough.

As an aside, why do I record distance in miles but ascent in metres? Odd.

Here's a pic of me an Heather after the ride. It isn't a pretty picture but I think you can tell just how knackered we were:

I have just collected J from Sheffield station. To say he looked knackered is something of an understatement. I think I got the best deal this weekend, despite the pain.

So anyway, this weeks tally is 3 x 50 minute hard turbo sessions and a 3+ hour ride today. Not bad really.

It's do or dye

The hair dye saga has finally come to an end. Phew.
I applied a lovely mid-brown on Monday and I now have very shiny brown hair with not a hint of pink. Never thought I would be so pleased to have normal coloured hair.

Okay, I promise, no more bimbo posts for a while. Or until I do my next stupid thing - whichever is first.

As for exercise? Hmmm. It's been a bit sparse. All I can say is God Bless Coach Troy Jacobson - that's the man who, according to J, just shouts "3,2,1 and soft pedal" over a 80's porn soundtrack. I suppose to the non-pedaller that is a fairly accurate assessment - there is a lot of garish lycra and sweating.
I have been on a few times since my last update for a 50 minute torture session each time but yesterdays really took the biscuit. 4 sets of: 15 secs at 95% effort, 15 at 97.5% and 15 at 100%, 15 seconds 'recovery'. 15 SECONDS??? 15 minutes might have been more helpful. Wow! My legs were like jelly - it's a good job that was the last bit. And I am really going to have to try to curb my instinct to vomit when I try hard...
And sweat?? I didn't know the human body contained that much 'spare' water!

I am pleased to say however that on Sunday, when my lucky lucky husband is away spending the night at a very cool museum, I am going for a bike ride. A real one - outside and everything. :-) And do you know what, I can't wait.
I will post photos at the beginning of Feb, because that's probably when I will get round to writing my next post. I'm sorry...

Bye for now.

I think I must be ill...

It's the only explanation. I was actually really keen to 'do something' today.

I was going to go for a joglet but the snow put paid to that - J went out in the car earlier, intending to go to town, but was back 10 mins later saying the roads were just treacherous. No way I am trying to run in that!! I am hampered enough as it is.

 

So it was turbo time instead. 

Does it sound weird to say I am actually starting to enjoy my turbo sessions?

I have a 'spinning' video with lots of not so beautiful and not so skinny people in it, which is actually fairly motivating. It's a really long vid and there's no way I can do the whole thing in one go, so I just pop in at a random point and do as much as time allows from that point on...

Today however, I actually chose the middle section because I knew it had a lot more <ahem> 'hill work' in it.

 

Having someone telling you what to do - albeit a little man on a computer screen - and when to change gear, get your arse off the sadde, pedal harder etc does make for a better workout.

Anyway, I had fun and it scratched that itch that I was surprised to have. Cool.

 

Now, the hair... Hmmm

There is still a lot of pink left in there - there's a bit too much and it makes the brown look a funny colour. It's not a good look. Still, I have a lot of hats so that's okay.

And I have a couple more tricks up my sleeve. (not including J's kind offer)

 

So, 50 minutes of pedalling with HR average 162, max 184 -  I tried VERY hard today (my theoretical max is 182!!) - and allegedly 750 calories burned.

 

Pizza for tea. :-)

(really, but home made so pretty healthy too)

Lucky dip hair

Okay, this is definitely a 'bimbo' post.
No exercise today (so far) as I had chores to do at lunchtime including shopping, disposing of a mouse and trying to bleach the red/pink out of my hair.
So, one mega blonde application later and it's less Ulrika Jonsson and more Ginger Spice in her heyday (but not in a good way).
Hmmm, gingery hair with some tired looking red bits - not a good look. How to deal with it?
J kindly offered to cut my hair for me, but it'd have to be REALLY bad for me to go with that, so I am currently sitting waiting for the next dye to cook - going for a mid brown this time. Wonder if my hair will melt/fall out - guess I'll find out in about 30 minutes. Maybe my pink wig won't have been such a silly purchase afterall.

On the plus side, I got some lovely chunky cable-knit wrist warmers today and I painted my nails a nice shade of 'almost black'.

Yep, definitely chanelling the bimbo vibe today.
Normal service will (may?) be resumed tomorrow.

In the meantime, here is a pretty picture...

50 minutes of hell...

Okay, maybe not hell but I was never good at pedalling stood up and on a turbo trainer it is even worse.
I have been using a 'spinning' DVD and today I did the last 50 minutes of it. It is a 2 hour workout - I am never going to see the end unless I come in half way!
Todays particular brand of evil involved a lot of intervals including pretending to be pedalling up hills. This in itself is something of a novelty as I have only recently actually started pedalling up hills as opposed to walking.
Anyway, the HRM tells me I did 50 minutes with an average HR of 156. Not sure if that's good, bad or indifferent, but that's what I did.
My legs hurt now.

Mmmmm, food.

Yeah, I'm here early today aren't I? That's because someone who shall remain nameless doesn't do 'getting up quietly' so I am wide awake but really don't feel like getting out of bed. It's all cold and I can hear the rain lashing on the window, so I thought I would cheer myself up with thoughts of food.


As threatened, here's the recipe for last nights tea.
The recipe is taken directly from http://www.domesticsluttery.com/ - one of my favourite websites. There are loads of other lovely recipes there for food and drinks and also lots of pretty stuff.
Anyway, food...
This recipe was quite a revalation because I HATE peeling squashes. They're all hard and dangerous. And it tastes lovely. And if you don't go nuts with the olive oil and you make your own tomato sauce (come on, it's not difficult!) it's pretty healthy too

Autumnal Squash, Mushroom & Chick Pea Roast (serves 4)
You'll need:
1 butternut or acorn squash
1 red onion
Olive oil
1 punnet of chestnut mushrooms
1 can of chickpeas
1 small jar of tomato sauce, I used Sacla stir-through pasta sauce because I happened to have some in the cupboard, but if you're feeling nifty you can make your own

 

Make it!

Pre-heat the oven to 200c / Gas 6.
Cut the squash in half and scoop out all the seeds and stringy bits with a spoon, discard the seeds. Cut into wedges - leave the skin on as it helps the wedges keep their shape and it's easy to scoop the flesh out at the table once it's cooked (you can even eat the skin if you fancy it).
Remove the skin and root from the onion and cut into wedges.
Put the squash and onion into a roasting tin, drizzle with oil and season with plenty of salt and pepper. Toss it around so it's covered in oil.
Roast for 45 minutes until nice and tender. The squash and onion should be nice and caramelised.
Clean the mushrooms and quarter them. Drain the chickpeas.
Add the chickpeas and mushrooms to the tin with the squash and onion. Shake it around and drizzle a bit more olive oil over if necessary. Roast for 10 more minutes.
Warm the tomato sauce in a pan, then stir through the vegetables.

It should look something like this and taste delicious:

Right, 45 minutes before I have to start work. I think I am going surfing. ;-)

Starting as I mean to go on

I suppose I ought to put together a list of things I would like to achieve in 2011 - it seems like a good thing to do so I can come back this time next year and berate myself for having done none of them. Carrot and stick?

Travel:
Me and J have tried many times to get up Scafell and have been scuppered by bad weather. Well, not scuppered as in struck by lightning or avalanched, but I like to have a view when I go up a big hill so I am easily discouraged if it's murky and grey and wet. That said, we went up Snowdon in a blizzard a couple of christmases ago, so there's no excuse really...
Another trip to the French Alps would be cool too. We went in 2009 as a honeymoon re-run (we got rained off in the Lake District first time round - see above...) and it was just amazing. We took the bikes but didn't ride much, so time for a trip back, I think. I love France. :-)
America - America is big, but I think I can narrow it down to California or Colorado. This might be a 2012 trip though...

Cycling:
I have already committed to ride my first mountain bike race in June - a 24-hour thing called Mountain Mayhem, with J and various other crazies to raise money for Sarcoma UK.
I am also, tentatively, arranging another 24-hour thing for a work fundraising thing, but I have to do risk assessments and the like, and those who know me probably realise that's not something I am good at...
I intend to get out as often as possible after work, as soon as the sunset gets later than 18:00 but in the meantime there's lots of Turbo Training and Wii-ing - more of that in the next section.

Exercise:
This is the biggie. Those who know me know I like nice food and too much of it. And wine. So, in order to stave off an ever increasing waistline, I have committed to exercising at least 4 times a week. For the winter this will usually consist of 2 or more turbotraining sessions (with the help of a truly nasty spinning video), 1 or more sessions of my torturous 1 hour customised EA Sport cardio workout on the Wii - yes, really. I guarantee I ache more the day after that than I do after an hour on the turbo!
Depending on the other two I might even go for a run. I say run - I can't run. I am crap at it. No coordination, you see. You have to see it to believe it. (I had to leave a step class once after I ran into myself in the mirror)
Finally, weather permitting, I intend to get out for at least one real bike ride each week. When the weather gets better they will be long, all day rides.
I told a friend I would ride the Mary Townley loop with him this year - that's 47 miles, off-road, and apparently it's pretty tough. I really would like to do that, but will need to time it for maximum daylight hours and have a mountain rescue team on standby with emergency cheese and Diet Coke.
I have a heart rate monitor that tells me when I am doing stuff right and I seem to be heading in the right direction although I think it is faulty because for my age, my heart rate puts me in the 'very good' category - maybe it is vanity heart rating??? Or maybe I have huge lungs from all the swimming I did as a kid/teenager (yes, big lungs, that's what it is...) - that's what a paramedic friend suggested but I am not sure if he's taking the piss?

Other stuff:
I am going to invent a recipe to make tofu palatable.
I am going to knit loads of cute stuff - I am going to have to will various family member to get pregnant so I have an excuse to do so.
I am going to be happy in my work. This one could prove tricky. Don't get me wrong, I love the work I do, if I only had the time to actually do it!
I am going to become less gullible (see comment about about having big lungs...)
I am going to read more - not internet stuff or magazines, but books. Yes, really!
I am going to try to do something productive every day.
I was going to say I am going to get a sensible haircut - that will probably happen 3 or 4 times, each time I will resort to something less sensible, then get bored and go sensible again and so the cycle continues.
And here is one for Julian - I am going to try to remember where the dishwasher is, and use it. There you go darling, in writing. :-)

So, place your bets - how many of these will I achieve? What other exciting stuff will I get up to?

Hello, good evening & welcome...

So, this is blogging, eh?

My intention is to use this to record nice bike rides I've done, nice food I have cooked/eaten, pretty things I have made and all the things I have broken and clumsy things I have done.
The latter two may be more numerous than the other items, but what I lack in talent I make up for in enthusiasm, so we'll see.

Only a short entry right now - I'm cooking, you know!
(Roast squash and chickpea casserole - will maybe post the recipe and a photo later.)