Off sick ... so an oldie but goodie, making risotto

It would appear that there is a stomach virus floating around and I have caught it. I've been nauseous and unwell for the entire weekend. In fact, aside from a few commitments, I spent most of the weekend in bed. My weekend which was supposed to be a fun weekend in The House with The Boy turned out to be me mostly tired and horizontal. Not much fun at all.

Today is Monday and I'm home from work because I woke up feeling miserable and dragged myself off to the doctor. Unfortunately, there was nothing the doctor could prescribe for me to make me feel better which was a bummer. I want drugs to make me feel better!!!

There has not been much cooking as a result and no planning of meals either. There are a few reasons for that, one because we were away and I was unwell, plus The Boy is away most of this week interstate for work.

I'm going to make a chicken and mushroom risotto for dinner tonight in the Thermomix, just because it's easy and it's yummy. I'm really not up to anything fancy or trying anything new.

There wasn't any Sunday night cooking of any note either. On Saturday, we had intended dinner to be our usual "The House" dinner which consists of hot dogs made with beef sausages and corn on the cob. However, after a rather late lunch, we weren't terribly hungry, The Boy had an apple and I had nothing cos I was laid up in bed feeling ill. Saturday night's dinner was brought forward to last night and between that and me not feeling well, last night's dinner was not terribly exciting.

Funny thing about the hot dogs though, The Boy claimed that the dinner last night did not taste as good in The Apartment as it does in The House. Odd, isn't it? The only thing that is really different is that instead of cooking the sausages on a BBQ grill, we cook the sausages in a pan. I guess the flavor is different cooked that way? Not entirely certain, but that could be the case.

Anyhow, I'll stop rambling now, which is mostly what I've been doing for this entire post, but I didn't want to just not post anything this week.

Other posts that I'm planning:

• Prawn and gorgonzola risotto
• Spinach, fetta and mushroom quiche
• Raspberry fool (this is a dessert)

See you all when I'm feeling better!


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I'm not away, but I'm sick ... so, it's sort of like being away

I'm so sorry that I haven't posted in such a long time. I have a very good excuse though - I've been sick, still am, in fact.

I've got a nasty, nasty cough that is keeping me (and The Boy) up nights and exhausted during the day. It's been going for about a week now and even though I'm up during the day, I'm just too tired and my mind is just too fuzzy for me to do much of anything. I've tried concentrating, that doesn't seem to work very well.

I just took a shower and that's wiped me out. I'm surprised how tired I'm feeling from just taking a shower. On top of that, my appetite has gone. I'm barely eating at all and only forcing myself to have breakfast and dinner just because the meds need to be accompanied by food.I'm off to the doctor tomorrow in the hopes that I'll be able to get some anti-biotics to knock this sucker out of me.

As a result of being sick, I haven't been cooking much either. I've made oatmeal a few times for breakfast, The Boy has whipped up some cauliflower soup and we've had Chinese take out a couple of nights. I'm going to attempt a chicken and pea risotto tonight and there might be a post coming out of that, if I'm up to cooking. Hopefully, there will be.

Anyhow, this was just a quickie to check in and let you all know that I've not disappeared off the face of the earth.

When was the last time you caught something you didn't want? What are you doing to prevent catching any bugs and infections?

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