Thunder! Lightning!

I was thankful that I missed out on a spot in yesterday's lunchtime class, Miss C said that there were 17 (!!!) people in the class and it would have been somewhere near the hottest part of the day. Sweaty! I imagine the after work class was quite pleasant by comparison. There was rain and the odd cooling breeze sneaking through the door. Lovely!

As I wasn't pulsing, beating and squeezing at lunchtime and I'd cancelled my lunch date due to the heat I thought I would investigate Wursthaus for PLAN-appropriate comestibles. I think the small salad - I had half italian bean and half beetroot & red cabbage - would get the dynamic tick of approval. The zucchini slice was delicious but I guarantee you it had way to much flour in it. Next time I might grab a smoked chicken drumstick or two instead of the slice of forbidden delights.

Dinner was Al's favourite so far I think. We had the sumac spiced lamb with tomato salad (as recommended by the PLAN. There were no radishes at Salamanca Fruit Market. As per Miss C's suggestion I added chickpeas but went for a couple of handfuls of baby spinach instead of green beans, I also added some fried haloumi because I love it. I used lamb backstrap and brushed the sumac coated lamb lightly with olive oil before cooking them on the grill for about 3 minutes per side and left to rest whilst I cooked the haloumi. I've never used sumac before (I got mine from the Wursthaus although I assume it's readily available). We'll definitely be doing this one again. Loved it.

And here's a picture of this morning's omelette of (leftover) steamed asparagus, torn baby spinach leaves, feta and (leftover because I shaved too much off the block yesterday) parmesan.