
Today is one of those days where I felt like I wasn’t really present. Like I had a two second delay in response to everything around me. I’m not quite sure why I felt so uninspired but this translated into not wanting to spend too much time on suhoor.
The previous two mornings I had eggs. This morning I went with oats with dates in them. Confession: They were instant oats (I added chopped up medjool dates to them) and not the good-for-you kind that you cook on the stove. But they went down okay and served their purpose – sustaining me until iftar.

Oats with dates for breakfast
This feeling of not being fully present carried on throughout the day. It was like I was floating on the outside of what was happening around me. Has this ever happened to you? I feel like I should have got more sleep or something.
Because of feeling so out of sorts I wasn’t really in the mood for anything specific for iftar. There was soup again – perfect for this cold weather. Alongside the soup we had some salticrax topped with hummus and cream cheese.
For after eshai, I made my favourite thing. Grilled cheese sandwiches. To the white gouda I added garlic-braised mushrooms and rosa tomatoes. There is something about the simplicity of this meal that always brings me joy. I also had a mug of Milo. It’s really cold after all.
I’m just happy to be typing this from bed because it’s means sleep is about to happen.
Tell me about your menu tonight in the comments section below.
That sandwich looks so good! After soup , samoosas, daltjies and mini pizzas, we had some crumbed chicken and noodle salad. Mind you, only hubby and I had chicken as the kids were so stuffed from all the savouries! I’m gonna make less tomorrow ☺
That all sounds delicious. Your noodle salad is making my mind think of pasta for tomorrow.
That looks yummy. Makes me want to go buy cheese right now… and bread…
My iftar was a catered iftar at school. Nothing fancy – steaming hot bread, meat balls and mashed potatoes and salad, dessert was tulumbe and hurmasice. And Bosnian coffee of course
Hmmm meatballs and mash sound good. Tell me more about those desserts. I’ve never heard of them.