Welcome to this week’s edition of my weekly roundup of posts…Especially for you just in case you missed any posts during the week…So whatever your time zone grab a coffee or a glass of wine…Take a pew, get comfy… have a read… I hope you enjoy it!

Monday always starts with news and my views… always something new to discover…This week was no different…I discussed how Covid-19 has changed our eating habits…
COVID-19 …although devastating to many has meant that many have also discovered the joy of eating food and sharing it with their loved ones…Family time has come to the fore and people are eating together again…
https://carolcooks2.com/2020/09/07/how-covid-19-has-changed-our-eating-and-buying-habits/
Tuesday Topics…Breakfast Oats…
Oats … a popular breakfast dish which is easy to make or can be made and left overnight ready for the morning…When my kiddies were little I used to pop the oats in the slow cooker overnight…hubby was first up and out to work so he had his and as the kids appeared it was nice and hot and ready for them…no burnt saucepans just beautiful porridge oats…
- Oats
- Porridge Oats with fresh fruit
https://carolcooks2.com/2020/09/08/tuesdays-topic-breakfast-oats/
The Culinary Alphabet with a twist…The letter E (agrafE)
The letter E was a doozy…
Did you know?
There are 95069 words that end with E…of course, not all food-related but there are quite a few so I have not gone for the obvious many of your favourites will not be here …Brownie being one but never fear chocolate is still featured…
- Apple pies with lattice tops
- Agrafe
- Shitake Mushrooms
https://carolcooks2.com/2020/09/09/the-culinary-alphabet-with-a-twist-the-letter-e-agrafe/
National Organic Month…what is organic and what foods are classed as organic and how are they certified?…
Organic farming first began as an alternative method of farming, a healthier way of farming without growing produce using man-made pesticides and fertilisers or contain and use genetically modified organisms (GMO’s)…There are still these small farmers who have no official certification but they follow to the T organic procedures and also take a whole farm approach and practise long term sustainability thus protecting the environment.
That statement made a few of my regular readers smile as like me they had grandparents who practised farming and grew foods without using pesticides …farming then went through changes where like smoking it was seen as a way to get rid of unwanted pests or in the case of smoking it was fashionable…hindsight is wonderful, isn’t it?
- I remeber my dad doing this taking the soil in his hands
- digging the soil
- Freshly dug potatoes
Today too many it is a new way of farming…
Fruity Friday’s… The chilli and yes it is a fruit!
Chillies are in season all year round here…although a pepper’s hotness is generally determined by genetics, the environment can play a role. Long hot days cause peppers to produce more capsaicin, the specific alkaloid that delivers the spicy kick…The chillies I am picking at the moment have certainly racked the heat up a bit..they are spicy hot babies…
This wonderful versatile fruit which some love to hate… Are the fruits from the flowers of the Nightshade family. Mainly eaten as a vegetable but most definitely it is a fruit.
https://carolcooks2.com/2020/09/11/fruity-fridays-the-chilli-and-yes-it-is-a-fruit-2/
Saturday Snippets…12th September 2020…
Welcome to Saturday Snippets were anything goes…whatever catches my eye or my imagination could be on this post…something for everyone…I hope so…so whatever your timezone grab a coffee or a glass of wine and enjoy!
This week there was music and art, the real million dollar quartet, health from Sally and more…
- sauteed carrots
- Milk Thistle
- wild mushroom soup
https://carolcooks2.com/2020/09/12/saturday-snippets-12th-september-2020/
That’s all for this weeks roundup I do hope you have enjoyed it and I look forward to your comments xx
God bless you all in these turbulent times…especially those of my readers who are affected or in the path of these wildfires in California…Please stay safe…x
When this is all over my hope for the future is a cleaner world… I do want to see communities, and caring for your neighbour becoming the new norm…WORKING TOGETHER INSTEAD OF WORKING AGAINST EACH OTHER…Being kind to each other…Loving someone whatever their religion or skin colour…Can we make this happen? We have to but in the right way…Are we willing to make a stand? Personally, I would love to see lessons learnt ..realistically I have my doubts…
Thank you for reading be well and stay safe xxx
About Carol Taylor: Enjoying life in The Land Of Smiles I am having so much fun researching, finding new, authentic recipes both Thai and International to share with you. New recipes gleaned from those who I have met on my travels or are just passing through and stopped for a while. I hope you enjoy them.
I love shopping at the local markets, finding fresh, natural ingredients, new strange fruits and vegetable ones I have never seen or cooked with. I am generally the only European person and attract much attention and I love to try what I am offered and when I smile and say Aroy or Saab as it is here in the north I am met with much smiling.
Some of my recipes may not be in line with traditional ingredients and methods of cooking but are recipes I know and have become to love and maybe if you dare to try you will too. You will always get more than just a recipe from me as I love to research and find out what other properties the ingredients I use contain to improve our health and well being.
Exciting for me hence the title of my blog, Retired No One Told Me! I am having a wonderful ride and don’t want to get off, so if you wish to follow me on my adventures, then welcome! I hope you enjoy the ride also and if it encourages you to take a step into the unknown or untried, you know you want to…Then, I will be happy!
Thank you once again for reading this post I hope you all stay safe and healthy xx