Domestic bliss

Yesterday was the perfect day. My daughter did everything by the book and was practically regimental in her routine. Poor thing was a little tired I think from the previous days - possibly her teeth were making things uncomfortable for her.

She's still loving her food and I'm loving giving it to her. Because she was so 'organised' yesterday, I was able to bake some 'Brown Betty' (search older posts for recipe) slice for a friend coming around that day and for Thursday for another friend. It's a social week this week!

I was also able to cook a Jamie 30 minute meal and get to the gym. Plus I got to sleep all night through until 5:15am. I then gave my daughter a feed, put her back to bed and had a sleep in till 7:15am. Then we all had breakfast together. She's really enjoying the high chair and I'm enjoying keeping good posture feeding her in a chair instead of her propped on my lap!

So, the 30 minute meal was the Spaghetti Alla Puttanesca with crunchy salad.
 http://hotcooking.co.uk/recipes/35/jamie-oliver-30-minute-meals-spaghetti-alla-puttanesca
I didn't do the dessert as I didn't have the ingredients and we try to steer away from desserts in our house. Especially when I bake every now and then.

It's a delicious recipe, and it really is super quick. Personally I wouldn't have attempted melting the chocolate while doing everything else as that sounds like a recipe for disaster, but I don't see why you couldn't do it later and still make it all in roughly 30 minutes.
I'd never had radishes or fennel before, and definitely not raw, so this salad was a wonderful surprise. My husband thought it was a little bland, but I thought it really worked well with the spaghetti and complemented it perfectly.


Tonight's dinner will be Morroccan chicken with fruity couscous...stay tuned!