Hi everyone and happy saturday! (I’m trying to mood shift out of a deep, dark place… let’s see…)
Last week’s plan got derailed by my home food craving upon returning from the long weekend… made way too much chicken curry and so had to eat it for several meals. But, it was tasty and homey so not a bad thing.
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Some actuals and then a plan (mostly time-shifted from the past two weeks):
Tues - Home-style chicken curry with potatoes, rice, roasted cauliflower.
Wed - Capellini cacio e pepe to take a break from the chicken (which I had for lunch), roasted cauliflower.
Thurs - Last of the Mujadara, then a bit of chicken curry with chapatis because I was still hungry.
Fri - Last of the chicken curry (finally), chapatis, rice.
Sat (tonight) - Vietnamese grilled pork chop, broccoli slaw, rice.
Sun - Maybe out to meet friends, otherwise Vietnamese leftovers.
Mon - Out at a charity gala / awards ceremony - after almost 3 years. Looking forward to dressing up (though not the food).
Tues - HO-down / group dinner in Chinatown (my first of these types of gatherings, looking forward to meeting online friends in person)
Wed - I bought some breaded barramundi on sale, thinking of taking inspiration from the fish bharta a few weeks ago, but instead of mashing the fish up I’ll make the broccoli slaw with the mustard and seasonings and have that alongside the fish. Very appropriate, as barramundi aka hilsa is a quintessentially Bengali fish and often eaten as fish fingers 
Thurs - Leftovers or freezer dive.
Fri - Possibly out, otherwise Char siu pork (using country “ribs”), garlic broccoli, and rice.
Weekend - TBD. Still waiting to make the larb recipe from COTM Simple Thai Cooking… maybe I’ll finally get around to it!
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I made a batch of cauliflower soup for lunch after ages. Used up the stub of a roll for croutons as a treat, plus pumpkin seeds on top for some texture.
I think I’ll start doing this (ie a vegetable puree) regularly because it’s a delicious and easy way to stay healthy at lunchtime without much thought. Also, filling. And there are a lot of tasty options to rotate through. Next up maybe Chrissy Teigen’s carrot soup, which I’ve been thinking about lately.
Finally replenished flour for baking… thinking about orange olive oil cake for my friend’s son who’s home from college (he was the recipient of a series of recipe trials on this a few years ago 
— and he left last weekend with the entire pan of brownies I baked a day after I got there, so I know he’s good for it 
), and maybe a small focaccia to go with soup lunches or a small boule, let’s see.
Wish you all a better weekend than the week that was.
