Hi folks
Hope everyone in the US had a good holiday week, however it was spent, and everyone else had a good week!
Actuals for what was a travel week for me, and some ideas for next week – can’t believe we’ll be in December already, the horror!
Mon - Went out to lunch with a friend and ate the leftovers for dinner so I could bake for my Thanksgiving visits.
Tues - Travel day. College roommate picked me up and took me home so I could see her family after three years – which is a lifetime when one of them is a 5yo! We had the best time. Dinner of crab cakes and more was from a meal service. Dessert was my baking, and sent the 5yo into a visible sugar rush before bedtime, both hilarious and guilt-inducing.
Wed - At my aunt’s, thanksgiving prep day. Dinner was her fish pie which I always crave, made easier by frozen mashed potatoes from TJs.
Thurs - Turkey day. All the usuals for a late lunch / early dinner. No room for more food later, but we snacked and ate the orange olive oil cake and brownies I took.
Fri - Travel day again. Late lunch of bottled Indian curries (jhalfrezie and tikka masala) doctored by me, plus frozen naan and fresh rice. I am just not a bottled curry person – the tikka masala was fine after some tinkering, but the jhalfrezie gave me heartburn on the train home. I ate my thanksgiving leftovers for a late dinner when I got home.
Sat - Out for Sichuan food with friends who were in the city for the weekend.
Sun (tonight) - I’d like to cook something simple but am lacking inspiration and mojo at the moment. Might go with mustard salmon or Nigella’s fish bhorta, plus rice and tbd green veg. Maybe a simple dal too.
Ideas for the coming week:
- Steak + scalloped potatoes + tbd green veg (ideally spinach)
- Yakitori king oyster mushrooms + either mixed pot rice or oyako don or umami noodles
- Peruvian Arroz Con Pollo (Cuisine-OTM)
- Fish Tagine + quinoa (but instead of chermoula, I can doctor some chimichurri that’s languishing in my fridge)
- Easy chicken pulao (last month’s COTM) OR one of my family’s easy chicken curries + some roasted veg
Have a lovely week ahead!
