Reprobate Mum

08/06/2026

Yesterday’s Spatchcock shawarma chicken using The Spice Tailor’s Shawarma paste.

Served with roasted broccoli, sweet potato fries (the kids ate curly :/) and salad left over from Friday’s racing picnic.

Have also included our Saturday table picnic to watch the racing from the comfort of our living room (we picked the best day for weather)

08/06/2026

I have made this one before, but always tinker with the ingredients depending on what I have.

*Coconut Goan chicken curry* is tasty and if you cook it in coconut oil, you benefit from medium chain fatty acids that don’t fracture ;and become dangerous) when heated.

I used The Spice Tailor’s Goan paste for simplicity, and Freja Bone Broth for extra nutrition and flavour.

Reprobate Tom *kindly* diced up the chicken before he left for work today for which I am grateful as I don’t love slicing raw meat 😝

I flash fried in a desert spoon of (extra virgin) coconut oil, the paste, and then diced an onion, chilli, pepper and green beans. I would have liked to have added some finely chopped celery for fibre, but instead, I found some frozen fenugreek leaves and added a block.

I added a whole small bulb of garlic AND a dessert spoon of the homemade chicken stock that reprobate Tom made with yesterday’s bbq’d spatchcock shwarma chicken.

You *can* just add a stock cube but has way more flavour!

I popped it in the oven at 120 fan and will cook for around 3 hours, then turn oven off and leave it there for dinner. I will probably serve with saffron rice, but bear with for updates.

07/06/2026

Cashews are a fairly carby nut, but a good source of protein nonetheless.

I tried the Sensation range from and got a taste for the rosemary ones. But they are expensive- and in tiny packets.

Then I had a brain wave. 🧠✨

*Rosemary cashew recipe*

I coated plain cashews in bone broth chicken powder, 🍗, ground with dried rosemary from our garden🪴, ground nut oil and sea salt, roasted them for 40 mins on 160 fan.

They taste identical, at a fraction of the cost AND they are now protein enriched.

(but no longer vegetarian, obvs).

Now I can indulge AND they make a great snack to serve to bbq guests without feeling like you’re having your eyeballs ripped out 👀

Just need to work out a recipe for the chilli nuts, but it will no doubt involve chicken powder, paprika and dried hot chilli (and seeds). 🌶️

06/06/2026

Well, I’m happy we went to Epsom yesterday because the weather is NOT up to much today.

I have spent much of it curled up on my new Kaoudt red light mat, healing the excesses of yesterday and generally hoping to not become someone who always complains about her back.

I will add this to my Linktree wellbeing shop (see my links) as it’s a great quality mat at a comparatively low price.

With my grandfather and father suffering with , and my sister with scoliosis, this is a distinct possibility, so I’m hoping to head off the worst before middle age sets in for good.

Inflammation is driven by environment and genetics (and I make a habit of avoid starch and gluten although I makes exceptions (see my potato salad recipe from two days ago/ adding anti inflammatory herbs and spices).

Here’s an article of what can drive inflammation and how you can tell you have chronic inflammatory markers:

Six surprising signs of chronic inflammation and how to beat it

While not a disease itself, it is the underlying driver of many serious health conditions. Here are the symptoms to look out for

05/06/2026

Okay: Day at the races Epsom Downs Racecourse! 🎩

The picnic is packed. Can you help me pick a hat? Comment 1 or 2 in the comments!

1: wicker hairband (more modern?)
2: vintage 50’s hatinator

No prizes whatsoever for the winning hat
And 🤞we pick a winner and we don’t get any downpours!!

Dress is Marks and Spencer in the winter sale, with a brown lace top, also M&S.

04/06/2026

After all the outrage and emotion of the last week, I’ve been feeling pretty low (nope not Rupert).

I managed to galvanise myself by doing the most British thing I could do today, and prepare a picnic for tomorrow’s ladies’ day at Epsom Downs Racecourse. 🐎🏇

I’ve never been before (although I have been to the races… I don’t mind a little flutter and it’s a good excuse to get a nice frock out (and wear a hat!) 🎩

Besides, tickets to watch the racing on the mound are free, so it’s a chance to make the most of the British Summer ⛅️ and pray it doesn't rain 🙏

I don’t follow recipes because *AuDHD innit* so I can sometimes fail terribly at cooking but today was a good day for getting it right.

I made two gluten free sausage plaits (one for dinner!) adding garden herbs and chili to butcher’s sausage meat, and scoring the ready-roll GF pastry to make a lattice. 🐽 Then milk and or egg wash.

I ignored Alexa and put them in cooler for longer as the meat was quite thick. They look perfect after 160 fan for 40 mins.

I quartered and boiled new potatoes and two eggs (same pot about 30 mins) then shelled the plunged eggs and added mayo (two dessert spoons, chilli, red pepper finely diced and spring onions. Yummy potato salad! 🥔

I made another salad of rocket, celery, spring onions, pepper and will add avocado tomorrow plus some cooked green beans from tonight’s dinner. 🥗

Dressing is olive oil, apple cider vinegar, salt, pepper and two crushed garlic cloves. I shut the Tupperware with elastic bands to avoid leakages!

And, because I had about 6 eggwhites going spare, I whipped it with about 6 dessert sooons of caster sugar and dash of apple cider vinegar until it formed stiff peaks and dolloped it onto greaseproof paper on a baking tray and popped it into the cooling oven. Shall leave till dry, and these will be perfect with strawberries and cream for pudding. 🥚🍓🍓

The weather’s looking brighter and I’m hoping to feel a bit less hellish tomorrow. Will post pics of me hat and the finished picnic then!

Eat your heart out Waitrose & Partners (no seriously, thanks- your May edition provided much needed inspo!

All we need now is some 🍾🥂

03/06/2026

BBC News the retired chief inspector (who I now know is Andy George, National Black Police Association President L) who was interviewed at 11 am on 3/06/26 on BBC 2:

“Harvey Nowak”!!! Seriously?????

Creating division? Violence on our streets- are you having a laugh?

Politicians need to understand the importance of their words?

Take a leaf out of Starmer’s book? You’re joking, right!

*Starmer and his two tier left wing policies created this divided hellhole*

I literally couldn’t be more filled with than having heard the absolute gumf spouted by said retired police commissioner (who happens to be black).

The nation is furious: furious with being told what to think but also at the way people (like this retired police commissioner) have been parachuted in to a pay grade they don’t deserve simply because the optics look good!!!

DE and I is dangerous. It is reverse racism by the back door. What happened to a meritocracy? It’s gone the way of the British economy.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpvp9x48jv7o

From AI:
The head of the National Black Police Association (NBPA) who spoke on BBC News is Chief Inspector Andy George.

National Black Police Association President Andy George warned that political rhetoric regarding "two-tier policing" risks reversing progress on racial equality and cautioned against abandoning diversity initiatives. During the interview, George inadvertently referred to murder victim Henry Nowak as "Harvey". Read the full story at BBC News.

Key Context & Comments

The Interview: In his broadcast and subsequent media briefings, Chief Inspector George responded to the controversial fallout from the murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak.

The Warning: He strongly criticized inflammatory political rhetoric surrounding claims of "two-tier policing". He warned that this type of divisive messaging "risks pushing policing back to the 60s".

The Stance: Representing the NBPA, he urged senior police leaders not to retreat from vital, ongoing anti-racism and diversity work, emphasizing that addressing systemic racism remains a critical component of police training and accountability.

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The fallout from the Henry Nowak case and the Prince of Wales' pledge to support pubs dominate Thursday's papers.

02/06/2026

This is importang and policymakers should pay heed Bridget Phillipson

By giving children the agency to explore and the freedom to fail, toy designers and neuroscientists are tapping into the fundamental mechanisms of how the human brain learns

02/06/2026

Too blooming right Tower Hamlets Council