Now Wearing Purple

THINGS YOU DO FOR LOVE! The one thing M absolutely loves is liver, well he loves all offal really,  whereas I find it quite repulsive especially the smell when cooking it. It's one of those Marmite things, you either love it or hate it.  I have tried it many, many times cooked in many different ways, but I'm afraid it just makes we want to barf. I even have to wear rubber gloves when handling it! Cooking is one of M's favourite things too, he finds it relaxing but loves it when I cook him certain dishes, liver and bacon being one, so every  now and then I gird my loins and make it for him. This is a very good value meal, which makes about three portions, two of which I freeze (saves me having to cook it too often, so win, win).       In a large casserole fry two chopped onions with two crushed cloves of garlic together. I also add two of M's favourite additions to this recipe, 1 large fresh chilli chopped and 2 teaspoons of this lovely stuff - smoked

PUDDING TIME I'm ashamed to say I have been remiss with my store cupboard contents. I am laying blame with the Mr. as he is the packer and putter away of shopping. We are also in a state of chaos due to home improvements, and various purchases being put in some odd places. Anyhoo, I found a big jar of dried mixed fruit lurking in the depths of the cupboard of doom (named because every week he crams more in there and due to the height of it I cannot reach easily. We had a sort out and found said fruit, which was probably past its best. We tried it, and he said it was lovely (a bit crystalised) so it went into the big bowl with a generous slug of sherry and brandy, and the juice and zest of an orange and lemon.  I was going to throw everything else in too, but thought it would benefit from a bit of time to plump up. The fruit weighed in at just under 12oz, and I added a tablespoon of mixed peel (for him, not a fan myself) covered it with cling film and left it overnight. Thi