Jacket Potatoes

To quote Mr VST sometimes there's nothing better than a jacket potato. These beauties were baked in the oven only as nature intended and tasted great with cheese and home made houmous. 

The Hungry Fox, Broadclyst Station

Mr VST and I cycled out to Broadclyst in search of a possible new home this evening. It was a good cycle, about 35 minutes to get there, a bit of pottering around and then we stopped at The Hungry Fox in Broadclyst Station for some supper. The reviews online weren't all that great but it appears that a new chef took over towards the end of last year and promised great things. Sadly not so for vegetarians. Not even the option of the ubiquitous goat's cheese and caramelised red onion tart. There was the choice of 'light bites' of leek and potato soup or mixed bean salad and then a selection of baguettes or sandwiches or jacket potatoes. We went for a jacket each with cheese and beans, it also came with a salad. It was nice as far as jacket potatoes go. To be honest I enjoyed my cycle ride more than I enjoyed the meal. Oh well.

Double Locks Pub, Exeter

On Saturday evening Mr VST and I enjoyed a lovely stroll in the warm evening sunshine and ended up at the Double Locks Pub. We weren't really too impressed with the vegetarian options on the menu but we were nicely surprised. Both Mr VST's Ploughman's and my jacket potato with roasted vegetables came with a combination of green salad, beans and chickpeas and chunky coleslaw which were delicious. 

Pumpkin Curry with Chickpeas

On the Sunday my Mum and her partner had the newlyweds and a few of their friends around for lunch. There was a beef in beer option for the meat eaters and this lovely pumpkin curry for the vegetarians. These were served with baked potatoes and salad and of course left over wedding cake. Mum had also made a proper chocolate mousse and a boozy tiramisu too. They were delicious. I will have to get the recipes.

We were lucky enough to have some left over curry, jacket potatoes and salad to take home with us. We had a few mouthfuls in the car on the way home but were very full up and so didn't have any dinner.

We were still full up on Monday which was Mr VST's birthday. We had the day off work which meant a lie in and a late breakfast (11am). We ate the jackets, curry and most of the salad for lunch - at 3pm! We were planning on going out for dinner but didn't because we were too full up.



Mr VST was starting a new job on Tuesday and wanted to take in some birthday cake so I made carrot cake number two. I managed to take a photograph this time though. I made the icing with double the butter to make it thicker and therefore easier for Mr VST to transport. I also remembered to take a photo of the finished article this time!