Early thoughts are that my procedure was a success. Heart is beating strongly, and has regained its regular rhythm...

What a difference a year makes..... Exactly a year ago today, I had just landed in the South of France to look at properties to hopefully move to in the future, and now I'm waiting to go down to surgery to have a heart procedure done...

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Phwoar...

Absolutely banging chilli...🌶🌶🌶

I've been given a date for my Heart Procedure, and it's only being done next week, due to a space now becoming free...👀

Pesto and Parmesan creamy chicken pasta...

Char Siu Bellypork Burnt Ends....

Phwoar........

Beef Biryani and gravy...

Apparently this is me telling you that I'm a chef, without telling you that I'm a chef, even though it tells you that I'm a chef in my name...

Tell me you didn't read my name, without telling me you didn't read my name...

Cooooor...

Steak 'n Chips and peppercorn sauce on the way...

Last bit of prep for a little Outdoor kitchen on a film set in Capel Curig....

Phwoar...

Salmon, pea and mint in a white wine and garlic cream sauce, with linguini, and topped with a poached egg...

Phwoar....

Just a block and a half of butter...👀

Productive time in the kitchen so far this morning. Blueberry Muffins and some banging Pickled Red Onions...

The start of this mornings kitchen playlist.....

I've put aside for today, the rest will be for pies, but for now the freezer beckons...

Phwoar.....

Deffo a day for Scouse.....

Just felt like being a fatter bastard than I normally am, so its a Yul Brinner for me tea....

Mark King is a genius and an absolute master of his craft...

Been to see these fellas tonight, absolutely brilliant.... Level 42 at the Philharmonic

I think for the very first time in my long adult life, that I have answered NO to the UNITS OF ALCOHOL question at the Doctors....👀

Amatriciana con Funghi....

Phwoar......

About to go in the oven....

Mornin....

Spicy Chorizo quesadillas, with a homemade Mango Habanero hot sauce...

Mornin.....

Quite fancied Lasagne for me tea, so made a ragu and bechamel, and then found I didn't have enough lasagne sheets. So I've "BASTARDISED" it by making mix of Cannelloni and Enchiladas using tortillas instead... MEXI-TALIAN fusion...

@pam75.bsky.social happy birthday Twinny, hope you have a wonderful day xx

Here's to another......

Oooooph.... Goulash and sourbread.... "By the Power of Szoboszlai" 🇭🇺

It's a Goulash kinda day....🇭🇺

spicy chilli garlic vegetable chow mein....🥢

Post 5 pleasures in life 1. Cooking 2. Eating the food I've just cooked 3. Trying new foods abroad 4. Buying new vinyl 5. Listening to that new vinyl

After almost a year of Misdiagnosis, and wrong medications, it seems as though I'm back on track. Over a stone dropped in weight in 2 weeks, and no more fat ankles...

Baked chicken thigh amd chorizo orzo...

Pre-winter warmer upper.....

Is it soup season yet? You fuckin bet it is....

Steak n Eggs on sourdough, a little homage to LEAF on Bold Street....

Appointment done, all my markers were spot on, blood pressure best in years, cholesterol way below levels, and bloods ok. I've lost 8lbs in a week, but have been prescribed Mounjaro to knock off some more timber, and my procedure should be done in the next 8 weeks...

Here we go again, time for another appointment with the cardiologist....

Are there people still queueing for Spuds, in lines that take longer than it takes to cook a jacket spud at home....

Buon appetito....