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I’ve not heard of that Goan dish ! Will look it up. I have an oyster mushroom producer close by so go through 500g per week and always looking for ideas !
Greetings, People.
Enjoying our first long stretch of nice weather in a long while – typically 70-and-sunny every day. The nights remain cool. It’s time of year when the PNW is at its best, when everything is fresh and green and growing, and the mountains in the distance still are tinged with snow.
In the garden, flowers are blooming, fruits (now fully thinned) and berries are setting, herbs and veggies (carrots, peas, leafy greens, scallions) are making their way into the kitchen. Payoff time for a gardener’s work early in the season, and my favorite time of year.
Cooking for two adults in paradise.
FRI: Round 2 of a spinach and lamb gozleme. Green salad.
SAT: Round 2 of peri-peri tacos with all the usual suspects.
SUN: Pan-fried halibut. Sauteed spinach. Potatoes.
MON: Southern fried chicken thighs. Caesar salad.
TUE: Pork, veg, and noodle stir-fry.
WED: Japanese-style steak-and-shroom kebabs on the grill. Steamed rice.
THUR: Chicken kofta (with zucchini). Chopped Mediterranean salad. Raita. Pita.
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Hello everyone and happy summer! It has been warm for nearly a whole week in a row! I think it’s safe to say summer is here ! 
However the sky in Ottawa has been getting progressively hazy all week and today is getting progressively worse. Our skies are now covered in smoke from the fires in the prairie provinces. I had two errands to run earlier and I’m not sure that was a good idea but my errands are over so time to tuck in for the rest of the day. What I do this weekend depends on how thick the smoke is. If it’s this bad on Saturday and Sunday I may have to stay at home. I waited all year for this warm weather and I’d hate to be locked up but I don’t want to end up with watery eyes and a burning throat either. Onto my menu for this week:
Today: After running errands, I popped into Farm Boy (grocery store chain) and picked up a nigiri combo and a wakame salad. Even with my xray vision, I still can’t read the label on the sushi container so from my fish eating experience, the sushi includes two salmon sushis, two shrimp sushis and one tuna sushi. Everything was very good. I will have a salad for supper.
Tomorrow: This morning I will roast a pepper for salads this weekend and make some pesto sauce. I am hoping to take in Doors Open Ottawa this afternoon, visiting buildings near my apartment depending on how smokey it is outside. Otherwise I will hunker down at home for the day. I will make channa masala for dinner.
Sunday: Off to the market this morning in search of yogurt and also to take another look at what they have available. I plan on doing the bulk of my shopping at the farmers markets in the future. I paid my first visit there a couple of weeks ago and bought chicken breasts and bacon which I am still working on. I am making mental note of what I like to eat and see if they have what I like there. If not I will find new favourites! I hope to visit another couple of buildings this afternoon, weather permitting. Dinner will be a coconut poached fish with bok choy. (This is a NYT recipe behind a paywall - sorry!)
Monday: Last sketching class. I will have a stuffed pepper from the freezer (last pre-made dinner). I really enjoyed my sketching class so I will look at the courses offered this summer and see if there are any other courses I would like to take.
Tuesday: Spaghettini with sesame bok choy.
Wednesday: Basa fillet with asparagus and cherry tomatoes.
Thursday: Pasta arrabiata, spring mix on the side.
I hope everyone has a nice smoke free week.
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