Apparition of a goddess

[shewhomust]

weegoddess and her husband are back in the UK for a mixture of work and pleasure, fitting an improbable number of visits into their limited time. And yesterday was our turn, for the duration of a lovely relaxed evening of catching up. There were presents, because weegoddess is a champion shopper, and brought me a coffee pot (because she not only reads her f-list, she remembers, too!) from a charity shop - no, from a thrift shop, because it was in the US (and she transported a glass coffee pot in her luggage from the US, because she is also a champion packer) - and Toblerone from the pound shop. And there was talk, about ourselves and others (weegoddess tells us news that we didn't know about people in Durham!) and eating and drinking.

And I promised to pass on the recipe for the lentil and beetroot salad: which is not so much a recipe as a 'what it says on the tin', and I've seen different versions of it. But this is what I did last night:

5 oz Puy lentils, soaked
3 medium beetroot, boiled
vinaigrette: tarragon mustard, cider vinegar, olive oil, salt to taste
block feta cheese (the recipe said 'goat's cheese', and that would work too, but I found some good feta)
parsley

Boil the lentils until just cooked, mix into the vinaigrette while still warm.
Peel and dice the beetroot, cube the cheese, chop the parsley, mix into the lentils.
I've seen a version which mixes in rocket leaves - or you could serve it over salad leaves, if you had any.

I also promised to pass on a link to the Durham Daily Photo blog, which has just completed a year of daily photos, mostly from Durham, and has fallen mysteriously silent. I hope there will be more.

And I almost forgot to say: that the goddess departs trailing gifts in her wake. Today the post brought my order of Lush Retro goodies - and while this could just be a sign of the efficiency of Lush's mail order service, I suspect weegoddess of acting a a Lush attractor...

Comments

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the recipe. I got both beetroot and rocket in my vegetable box today. Good timing.

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

I love it when that happens!

[weegoddess.livejournal.com]

::squees excitedly::

You beat me to it; I was going to post about dinner with you guys when I had downloaded photos from the day. What a great time. And thank you so much for posting the recipe. Now I don't need to nag you about it (and I would have done so; that was a truly yummy salad).

As for being a Lush-attractor, I certainly hope so! What did you get in your order??

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

Love your icon!

I got a big bottle of Smaragdine, which I have loved since the days of Cosmetics To Go, and a big bottle of Narcotic, which I discovered while trawling the stores for a Smaragdine substitute.

I'm wondering about decanting some of the contents into a smaller bottle...

[weegoddess.livejournal.com]

Not sure if it's helpful, but I store my extra American Cream and Sympathy for the Skin and Angels on Bare Skin in the refrigerator and they seem to last forever that way. I know that one of my American Cream bottles has lasted well over a year (and well past its 'use-by' date). They don't need to be kept in the fridge, strictly speaking, (unlike the fresh face masks) but they do tend to go off after too long on the shelf.

I don't know if your bottles of fun would last long enough to go off, but if you're decanting into a smaller bottle, it might be worth it to store the extra in the fridge. (?)

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

It's a thought.

There are pretty long-life products, I just thought smaller bottles might be easier to handle (especially in the shower).