Sunday Lunch and assorted musings

So Mum and Dad went to a "not-very surprise" party for David and Viv but as Adam wasn't doing anything (I assume that's the reason) he came round and we had Roast Chicken. The last couple of times we've had roast chicken we've used the Jamie Oliver recipe where you boil the potatoes with lemon and garlic and then stuff them (not the potatoes) while still warm into the chicken. Well today I did a slightly different one, but also using Jamie for inspiration. Onions carrots and a couple of garlic cloves on the base of the pan and then put the seasoned chicken on top, stuffed with a lemon that had been sitting in the fridge since I made the Pork Loin dish and a load of herbs from the garden: tarragon, thyme, rosemary and parsley, to be precise. It was very successful and the gravy was particularly delish with added flavour from the onion skins and some white wine that just happened to be lurking in the fridge. Coo we were pretty stuffed.

So why is my rocket doing weird things? It says on the packet to thin it out so the plants are 4cm apart. I've been waiting til they're big enough and now the seeds that were sewn really tightly together are doing well and the ones that were sewn (?) or sewed (?) more thinly look like they're dying - does that mean I don't need to thin them after all? well I suppose that's quite good news.

I also had to make bread this afternoon - out of a packet, mind. Sunflower brown bread from Sainsburys - only 75p a packet. Looks pretty good, doesn't it?