Sticky toffee puddings

Ally and Cat had planned to go hill-walking today, however the weather was absolutely appalling; heavy rain battering down relentlessly. This meant that they were available to join us for an early dinner at ours with Christine and Gerry, which was very pleasant, but it was a pity that they didn’t get to spend the bank holiday outdoors as they had wished. Davie was unwell and spent the whole day in bed, possibly with the flu. I checked in on him and brought him drinks and lemsips, he wasn’t hungry at all, and I felt worried about him. 

All of the three courses that we made for dinner turned out well. James made carrot and coriander soup to start, and I had made a venison casserole which seemed to go down well with the boys; Cat, Christine and I had a mushroom stew with crème fraîche and paprika. However the pièce de resistance was the dessert of sticky toffee puddings. It’s a long time since I have made these and they turned out very well if I say so myself! I had worried that they looked rather dark but they were delicious, as was the sauce that was poured over them. I kept one aside for Chanel when she returns from Warrington because it’s her favourite dessert. Good food and good conversation made it a very happy afternoon and evening.