Today's menu and the oven timer experiment

I have to eat my breakfast at 6:30 am on week days along with my cup of coffee (necessary to get me on my way) , then get dressed and out of the house with my 12 year old son, DS, by 7:05 am for drive to Cockfosters, where DS gets on his school bus.

I have tried various things for breakfast, cereal is bit too much so early and takes too long to eat. Tried those breakfast biscuits advertised on TV but they are a bit dull so I have now cooked my own version which are really nice, if I say so my self, and the rest of the household seem to also enjoy!! Basically they are a sort of chewy flapjack cooky with seeds and dried fruit, will add recipe when refined a bit, too much sugar and fat at present, needs work!

Thursday is an “at home” day ( I work part time) and for lunch I had Leek and Potato Soup (out of freezer, made over xmas hols) with toasted seeded roll topped with melted cheese and a banana.

For diner we are going to have Cottage Pie, I made this afternoon, it sitting in the oven waiting for timer to work! I have to go and fetch DS from Cockfosters, leaving home around 6:10 pm, returning around 6:40pm, on days I am at work need to be able to get meal on so it is ready to eat when we ALL get back, so today’s experiment is to see if oven timer will work and actually turn on and cook diner, at least if I try this now I can step in and override!!