I saw a lovely optician, who checked my eyes and suggested I switch to disposable daily lenses as I'm not wearing them very often. I agreed, so she gave me a pack of five to try and let the branch know how I get on with them. My nails have grown, so I had a worry about getting them out, which isn't easy with longer nails!
When I met up with Keith, he had managed to get the ingredients for the soup, namely lemongrass, galangal, coriander, chillies and Thai red curry paste. I texted Sophie about meeting her for lunch and she asked us to go straight down to her office.
Sophie had already had lunch, but she joined us and had a cup of tea, while Keith and I chose sandwiches. It was lovely to sit and chat for half an hour, and we managed to avoid getting cake afterwards! I definitely feel a little slimmer, but I'm going to weigh myself tomorrow... !
We walked back to Sophie's office, said goodbye and drove over to Kettering to drop off a CD for my Dad that he'd asked me to order last week. I put it on for him, stayed and chatted to my parents for a while, and then it was time to go home and get on with the usual Wednesday chores!
As is usual with soup, it took me ages to prepare the ingredients. Keith had already cut up the chicken, but I finely chopped shallots, chillies, garlic and mushrooms. I bashed the lemongrass stalks and put the rest of the ingredients into little pots ready to be added to the soup.
The various spices smelled delicious when I started cooking, and I let everything simmer slowly. I'd added the chicken and coconut milk, and felt quite hungry!
Sophie returned from work, and it was great to sit and relax while the soup simmered. We served the soup with naan bread, and I was delighted with how it tasted! I sprinkled some coriander over mine.
We will definitely make this again!
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