Well I wasn’t up catching worms but I did catch an early train to work and I was at my desk just after 6:30am!  I had so much to do this morning and I woke up at 4:30 stressing about it.  Rather than toss and turn I decided to go in and crack on.  What a great idea.  I got everything done I needed to do.  Next time you wake up early and start stressing, get up and work in it if you can.

I took in a breakfast of 1/2 a can of pumpkin (the last one in the cupboard), 1/3 cup of oats, almond milk, pumpkin spice (cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg), chia seeds and almonds with some mixed dried fruit.  I ate it 2 hours after making it, by which time the oats had softened and the chia seeds had swelled and it was lovely.

I didn’t get out for lunch until 2pm but by then I had completed a days work so I took a whole hour.  It was great.  The sun was shining and the market was still busy but not crazy.  For some reason I fancied a bratwurst today.   To be truthful, it is next to the Raclette stall which had a really long queue!

They serve it with with mustard, ketchup and sauerkraut.  I hate sauerkraut but it is supposed to be good for you so I ate it.  Yuck.  The Bratwurst was lovely though and I managed to avoid my trademark when eating such things of a large ketchup splat down the front of my shirt.  Never a good look and especially not at work, all down the front of a gorgeous orange blouse.

While I munched I wandered round slowly, looking at the stalls.  One of my favourite things on the planet is meringue – check these out!  Look at the ladies arm to get some sense of scale – they are massive.

And they had little custard tarts.

These always remind me of my friend Jeremy who was happily living in Malaysia for 3 years and we visited him every year.  We had amazing holidays together and he lived near a city called Johor Bahru in the South, near Singapore.  When we went to the shops we ate these lovely tarts.  So I treated myself to one and had a lovely reminisce about some very good times with a dear friend.

Having consumed lunch, while pottering about, I went to Turnips.  How I love this stall with their unusual goodies.

Mushroom-mungous!

King Oyster mushrooms,

Morels ( I didn’t buy any but I may tomorrow)

Brown, yellow and orange tomatoes.

I bought loads of goodies and happily paid for them.

I am looking forward to cooking then up this weekend.  When I got home, my wonderful daughter had cooked us all a lovely dinner:  maple marinated salmon, brown Basmati rice, broccoli and carrots.

Maple Marinated Salmon

Ingredients (serves 4)

• 2 tbsp maple syrup
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 inch chunk of ginger, grated finely
• 4 pieces salmon

Method

• Mix together the maple syrup, soy sauce, garlic and ginger in a large bowl.
• Add the salmon and marinate all day.
• Lightly fry the salmon for about 5 minutes on each side.
• Heat the remaining marinade in a small pan and bring to the boil.  Serve with the salmon.

It was lovely and a wonderful treat to come home to.  Thank you Lara.

The carrots are purple, not “burnt” as Harvey thought!