There are so many great ways to have a fun and stress-free day in the comfort of your own flat. Perhaps Edinburgh’s gloomy weather is keeping you indoors or maybe you are spending time inside because a certain virus is floating about. Well no need to fret, here are some activities my flatmate and I are planning for this week to make the most of our free-time:
Make our favourite comfort food recipes
RECIPE 1 – Chickpea Curry
**Serves 4
Ingredients:
- 2 tbsp Tikka Masala Curry Paste (or your preferred curry flavour)
- 1 onion
- 1x400g canned chopped tomatoes
- 1x400g canned chickpeas
- 1x250g bag of spinach
- Salt and pepper (to season)
- Rice and naan bread (to serve)
Method:
- Heat curry paste on frying pan for 2 mins (medium to high heat)
- Dice onion and add to pan with paste
- Leave until for approx. 10mins until softened and golden
- Add chopped tomatoes to pan and allow to heat up
- Season sauce with salt and pepper
- Rinse and drain chickpeas, add to pan and allow to cook for 2 mins
- Throw in spinach and wait for it to wilt (approx. 3mins)
- The curry is complete!
- Serve with rice and naan bread and ENJOY 😊
- Top tip: curry is good refrigerated for 2 days and freezable for up to a month
RECIPE 2 – Raspberry and White Chocolate Muffins
**Makes 10
Ingredients:
- 300g plain flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 100g caster sugar
- 100g unsalted butter
- 2 large eggs
- 200ml semi-skimmed milk
- 150g fresh raspberries
- 100g white chocolate chips/chunks
Method:
- Preheat oven to 200C/400F/gas mark 6. Line your muffin tin with ten paper cases
- Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl and proceed to add the sugar
- Melt the butter and in a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs and milk
- Pour the melted butter and the egg mix into the flour
- Stir but take care not to over mix
- Stir in half the raspberries and three-quarters of white chocolate chips/chunks
- Spoon the mixture between the cases
- Dot with the remaining raspberries and white chocolate chips/chunks
- Cook for 15-20 minutes until golden
- Let the muffins cool and BON APPETITE!
Recipe taken and modified from BBC Good Food – Raspberry chocolate muffins
Play our favourite boardgames and good ol’ playing cards
Some of our favourite boardgames are:
- Ticket to Ride
- Scrabble
- Settlers of Catan
- Discworld
- Codenames
- The Resistance
Watch some feel-good films
On our to-watch list are:
- Little Miss Sunshine – this film is a roller-coaster but it leaves you feeling hopeful
- Pride and Prejudice – not as good as the BBC show but very pretty to look at
- 50/50 – who doesn’t love Joseph Gordon-Levitt?
- When Harry met Sally – a classic
- Spirited Away – or any Studio Ghibli film
- Shrek – I have no shame
- School of Rock – a blast from the past
- Mighty Ducks – it is my life goal to make sure everyone has watched this childhood fave of mine