Here it comes

  A couple of weeks ago, rain stopped play. My merry band of brothers had to cancel our first ride of the year so after a bit of wound licking we settled back to await the next opportunity and, I'm overjoyed to tell you, it has arrived.

  This story is recounted with a great deal of hope after having pored over numerous weather reports; tomorrow is set to be warm enough to arrange a rendez vous. However, I'll be heading off this afternoon, and as this decision has only just been made I'm in 'action stations' mode already. Hence this is being written in advance as my presence in a motorbike related conversation will be required later. Anyway, there is a food related connection to all this as you will soon see.​​​​​​​

A test ride? For me? Ohh, don't mind if I do.

  One of my oft repeated suggestions is to cook too much and always have leftovers. Something I realised as I rushed to make a quick lunch before I head off on my... (Yes, we know where you're going. Get on with it! -Ed.) Having leftovers can make the process of grabbing a quick bite a lot healthier and more satisfying than just reaching for rubbish.

  I'm as big a fan of rubbish as the next slob but I limit my consumption of it as I know it's a very slippery slope to a life of lardiness, diabetes and the like. It is so much easier to reach for something easy, which normally means super-processed, instead of cooking so I want to look at alternatives starting with the lunch I just polished off.

  Remember I cooked sardines a couple of days ago? There were a couple of extra ones that were cooked, lying patiently in my fridge so they got grabbed and shoved into my mini blender with a touch of mayo, goat's yoghurt and lemon juice. Nano-seconds later I had a splendid fish paté which I dumped joyfully onto a pile of rocket leaves. Leagues better than shop bought and super easy. I feel a theme developing so watch this space.

Kirk out

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