Market Harborough lite...

Day 47

We awoke to another glorious morning and Sophie and I took advantage of the beautiful weather and sat in the garden eating our breakfast. Tomorrow is set to be much cooler and cloudier so we're making the most of it!

I applied another coat of paint to the small garage door and then cleaned and varnished the main garage door, as well as the step on our back door. It looked so much better when I'd finished!

At lunchtime, Sophie and I went over to Mum's and collected a shopping list. Although she and Binty had already been down to the Co-op, they still wanted quite a few bits for meals so we said we would go to Aldi in Market Harborough to get what they wanted.

We had heard that Farndon Fields farmshop was still open so we headed over and joined the very short queue of people waiting to go in. Obviously, the restaurant was closed, but we spent a very pleasant half hour wandering around and picking out some lovely foods, as well as getting something to eat for lunch. It was very sad to see the closed up restaurant but we're both hoping it won't be long before we can go and enjoy the food there again.

We ate sausage rolls in the car and then enjoyed three macarons each which were delicious - the flavours were coffee, lime and kiwi and they were lovely.

From Farndon Fields we visited Aldi and bought everything that was on Mum's list as well as some ginger and coconut milk for our dinner tonight. It wasn't busy at all but the queue for Waitrose was quite long and I was glad we were able to get everything in Aldi. It hadn't been our usual visit to Market Harborough, but it was better than nothing!

We dropped the shopping off at Mum's, stayed for a chat and then headed home. Sophie had been doing prep for our Malaysian Coconut Chicken curry since this morning and had become very frustrated with grating all the fiddly coconut bits so she'd come up with the idea of blitzing it in our little food processor. This worked beautifully and I roasted it all in a saucepan over a low heat.

We had half an hour of relaxation with a drink and then made a start on the meal. I had already measured out our basmati rice and rinsed it and everything was set to go! We fried the onions, then added a very fragrant curry paste that Sophie had prepared earlier, then the chicken, coconut milk, roasted coconut and lime juice. It smelt delicious and when I tasted the sauce, it was!

We let the curry simmer for about forty minutes and then cooked the rice which was lovely and sticky. This recipe was a success and we'll definitely be cooking it again soon!