I managed to have a relatively easy
going time this evening. I usually have a
short sunnah nap after work as it allows me to do the night prayer, wake for
suhoor and function at work the next day.
Today I set the alarm for 30 minutes (5:30pm) and woke two hours later
at 7pm. Initially I thought it was the
following morning, I had missed suhoor and was late for work. It took my addled
brain a good five minutes to untwist itself and realise it was the same evening
and the kids were not getting up for school, but just milling around in my room
while I slept )usually the babies sneak in and sleep next to me alhamdulillah).
My first task after Asr (early evening)
prayers was to check what was available for the fast breaking meal. Considering the fact that we are fasting, I
can’t believe how much food accumulates in Ramadan, both home cooked and sent
round by neighbours and friends. My fridge
is stuffed, so I didn’t feel like I could justify cooking more, but knew there
would be moaning. So I re-purposed where
I could by:
using leftover fruit from yesterday in
the fruit
salad
Using the last of the chicken
filling for sandwiches
Adding some fresh yoghurt and spices to
the channa
chat to freshen it up
Putting the leftover pakora’s
into the air fryer to make them warm and crunchy again.
No one seemed to notice except
mum-in-law, who is a expert in reusing and re-purposing anything and everything,
so approved.
Once I whizzed through the dishes and
cleared the kitchen, I made myself a coffee.
Little Lady helped get the babies in bed, so they were fast asleep by
the time I was done. That left me with
some quiet time to enjoy my coffee, some blogging and the company of Gorgeous
and his stories about endangered species and climate change, heard with half an
ear.
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