Just THINKING about food today

Today is Yom Kippur so we aren't actually eating, just thinking about eating and feeling hungry...we are making Armenian Potatoes later - not much later actually, as it takes hours to cook and is nicest when it is all quite mushy.
Armenian Potatoes is a good meal to make if you aren't eating while you're cooking as there is nothing to nibble along the way unless you're a fan of raw potato or tomato puree and it is very straightforward to make as it just needs lots of chopping, a bit of seasoning (GARLIC!..we always double whatever quantity of garlic a recipe suggests) and putting in a pot in the oven to get on with it until it's time to eat.

Noah enjoys being home educated...

In the meantime the children have had bread rolls left over from last night - Mouse ate his with sugar and yeastflakes...and got on with writing their home ed diaries (Yes I know it's Saturday but the children enjoy it!).
Noah sprawled on Pony's lap while she wrote about the day we got the kittens so she could use him for reference and make sure she got his markings right in her picture!
While Armenian Potatoes is a good dish to break a fast with as it is lovely and hearty and filling and warming (I seem to be making myself feel hungrier so we'll just leave it at that..!) it is not universally loved (Why? Why? Why?) and Pony and Mouse (who eats yeastflakes with SUGAR!) need special arrangements which with this meal are very simple: we just dice some more potatoes and roast them for the non-believers...if we remember...

The secret ingredient (although it won't be secret if I tell you) is Smoked Paprika as well as Paprika. The Smoked Paprika adds a kind of darker, deeper, richer flavour (hungry) which feels very autumnal and warming.
It has been a peculiarly unsuitable day to tackle our long overdue order to our wholesaler for our special little 100% vegan shop VegaNation as we have spent HOURS (without eating anything) weighing up the merits of the Organica White Chocolate Bar v. the Plamil White Chocolate Bar and whether to stock Yummy Earth  Peppermint Storm Candy Drops (No) or the oddly-named vegan Mulu Silk chocolate bar (Yes!) and Granovita Spray Soya Whip (YES! YES! YES!)...and making ourselves hungrier and hungrier in the process.
Right, time to stop Writing and start Doing as I have 3 lbs of potatoes to chop and we have just had a power cut so really hoping but not completely confident that our fast will be over when there are still only three stars in the sky..

YUM!