I am not a happy chicken. The flu is knocking my little family for a six, Finley is a mini monster with a cough, Mark is working till God knows when and I am dying from the kind of period pain you only get when you’ve been really, really wicked.
Today I am not even going to try to be a good housewife. Today I am hibernating in front of a cosy film (Mrs Miniver), with scraggy hair, toys everywhere and laundry coming out my ears. Even saints are sinners sometimes.
This is, I think you will agree, a day that calls for comfort food, and in my world that means:
Brocante Rarebit.
100g Grated Mature Cheddar.
2 tbsp Sweet Onion Relish.
1 tsp Grainy French Mustard.
2 tbsp Skimmed Milk.
1 tsp Butter
2 Slices Thick Granary Bread.
Toast the granary bread on one side only, then mix all other ingredients together to a paste and spread on the untoasted side of the granary.
Toast, serve with sliced tomato, watercress and black pepper et voila! scrummilicious cheese on toast, perfect for miserable mommies.
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The Autumn House
Look, it's a photo of the way I feel. Except I want to pull the bag down over my head.
Happy New Year,
Sam
Alison, it's so funny, I was just posting a link to this when I got the comment you were posting about the Paris apartment. http://audefrance.typepad.com/aude_france/
Take care,
Sam