Whatever the weather..............

The local weather forecast has been promising snowfall for a few days now. There's been a sprinkle overnight from time to time but nothing serious. The last couple of days were not entirely sunny but we downhill skied anyway - until the light failed in the afternoon and we went home early.

On our self-imposed 'healthy' diet sandwiches are forbidden, so I have been racking my brains to come up with alternative lunches. As the temperature is still low the food we choose has to be hot - hence the new toys! So far I've invented spicy rice, mexican bean stew and various curried vegetable dishes.

{New toy - the food flask}

Two flasks were dispatched quickly courtesy of an ebay seller and they work very well. The little spoon lives in the top of the lid. Very neat.

However, even a hot flask of food couldn't tempt us to ski in a thick, cold mist yesterday so we had our first walk out on the snowshoes instead.  I think we went further than we meant to - but it was good exercise. There was quite a lot of snow in the valley at Ceillac and it took us a long time to find a tree to huddle under to eat our lunch. Our food was still hot enough to enjoy though.

{Bit gloomy but still magical...}

Lunches in mountain restaurants are restricted to Saturday only - partly on health grounds and also because of the cost. Eating out every day on a ski holiday for a week is part of the fun but as we're expecting to be here for most of the season it could get very expensive.

{Our lunch venue last Saturday - Abries - double click to read the menu}

After the meal we had at Abries last Saturday it might be my chosen restaurant for the rest of the season. A courgette, goat's cheese and mint tart with side salad and chips was delicious and there were other choices for vegetarians too - most unusual in France.....

Unfortunately the predicted poor weather has really arrived today. A small amount of snow has fallen here and probably much more at the ski resorts. The snowshoeing yesterday was quite strenuous for my shoulder and I could feel it this morning so a day at home catching up with the washing and hoovering was a good option.

{Resting snowshoes...}