It's back

It's back. The Fox's appetite seems to have returned. It's the chicken that did it!

On Saturday I roasted the chicken we were going to have on the Saturday of the Fox's stroke. He managed a reasonable portion of meat, even if with fewer veg than usual. Then on Monday we progressed to a, in mind opinion, not to exciting chicken chasseur. Again he managed it all, even the ample quantity of homemade tagliatelle we had with it. Yesterday the Fox made us a chicken hotpot with all the potatoes we normally would have, & some purple sprouting broccoli from the garden & some mushrooms. All went down easy. I'm hoping the same will be the case with the chicken & mushrooms I'm doing for tonight.

It has taken some thought as to what to do with just two chicken thighs (that's all there were in the freezer), but finally I've come up with this Chinese-inspired steamed chicken and mushroom dish.

Personally I put down the success of these meals to the quality of the chicken. We buy them fresh from a butcher near the Pub. They're not sold as free range, but they have all the flavour of the good old-fashioned chickens of our childhood. They clearly must be happy birds if nothing else.

I wonder if this return of appetite will continue tomorrow when I'm intending to move onto minced beef for a change.

With his appetite back, all we need now is for the Fox to regain his energy. He's still tiring easily, & when he gets tired he feels as though he's dragging his left leg along behind him like some sort of a log. Still, all of this is so much better than it could have been, for which I rejoice.