Thx!
I hope you feel better soon! You are doing a lot for someone who’s tired!
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It’s on the NYTs recipe site. I added garlic (3 minced) and8 ounces of sliced mushrooms. Let me see if I can add a gift link here: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023609-chile-crisp-fettuccine-alfredo-with-spinach?unlocked_article_code=1.QU4.9tj9.1gmKbhF7zdB4&smid=share-url
And hello from Chicago- I made it!
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Yay! Let us know what you eat there.
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I keep meaning to post but am easily distracted and so many choices with DH still mending his ankle in rehab aka nursing home and I am on auto buying for two. Lots of leftovers. Last week I was inspired by an eggplant thread so made minced eggplant, mushroom, green bell pepper in crushed tomato pasta sauce. It got away from me after two meals. Also someone mentioned meatballs and too cheap to buy pre made I made my own Italian style with a meatloaf mix and have eaten two meatball sandwiches, one was small and for lunch. Also had meatballs over pasta and I finally saved the sauce in the freezer and rinsed the remaining meatballs for a mashed potato and brown gravy dinner. DH had to watch his vitamin K so we ate a lot of salads but now I have had Swiss chard and bok choy several times. No caesar salad on the menu these days. I love corn fritters and make them frequently and revisited zucchini and potato fritters, last years obsession. I have had several fried fish dinners… no need to make something else for the fish hater who was tiring of fritters as well.
This week
Sunday fried fish, fried string potatoes and broccoli
Monday fried fish sandwich on a roll corn fritters
Tuesday Cornish game hen, mashed potatoes and broccoli
Wednesday leftover Cornish game hen and half baked acorn squash and tbd greens
Thursday sausage stuffed baked acorn and zucchini fritters.
Friday cheeseburger possibly turkey and feta burger lurking in the freezer or local beef
Saturday weekend company. Yippee! DS and I will cook TBD
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You are doing very well cooking for one and enjoying what you like. Glad you have company for the holiday weekend, and I hope you enjoy it. Also hope your DH is on the mend.
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Actuals for the first week of October, cooking for 2 when I was home. I enjoyed meals made by others while on a 4 day mini-vacation bus tour trip to Lake Geneva, WI. My husband stayed home with a list of available foods posted on the fridge door. He ate many alternating meals of egg bake or one-pan spaghetti with Italian sausage.
Mon: Egg bake
Tues: Bus trip to WI - great (91 year old, lively woman) seat-mate randomly assigned. We enjoyed chatting and reading side by side all week. Delicious buffet dinner before an evening music of the 60’s show.
Wed: Delicious noon meal on the lake tour boat, after a morning tour of an apple orchard.
Thurs: Delicious meals made by others. Sight-seeing- Yerkes Observatory tour
Fri: home in time for dinner - chili from freezer, and a sandwich (Turkey/cream cheese on cranberry/walnut bread)
Sat: BAKED – chocolate oatmeal cupcakes Dinner - Salmon, mashed potatoes, broccoli
Sun: Oven Beef Stew, dinner rolls (from frozen), red grapes
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It’s International Pierogi Day or National Pierogi Day.
Pierogies have been added to tonight’s dinner menu.
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Greetings, People.
Last year I vowed not to wait until January to start working down our freezer surplus. Making good on that now. Points for every single thing – no matter how small – I can pull from the freezers. Bonus points for not putting anything new back in. 
Cooking for two adults in the PNW.
FRI: Leftover pasta salad. Roasted Italian sausages.
SAT: Steakhouse dinner. Beef on the grill. Baked potatoes with the works (bacon, scallion, sour cream). Creamed spinach.
SUN: Lohikeitto with salmon and leeks. My version includes garden peas. Herbed biscuits.
MON: Bucatini with a garden tomato-based sauce. Italian sausages. Caesar salad.
TUE: Scallion roast chicken and potatoes (NYT COTM). Caesar salad.
WED: Leftover pizza. Caesar salad.
THUR: Burgers on the grill. Fries.
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Hello friends. It’s now a lovely fall day in Ottawa where the leaves are starting to change colour, a little late this year most likely because it has been unusually warm for this time of year. It won’t be long and I can look out of my 11th floor apartment and see a sea of colour on the horizon. I have also been admiring people’s pictures of the aurora borealis (posted in the Ottawa subreddit) which has been a frequent occurrence lately. I can’t see them from my d[https://cookieandkate.com/roasted-cauliflower-and-farro.../](https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcookieandkate.com%2Froasted-cauliflower-and-farro-salad-with-feta-and-avocado%2F%3Ffbowntown apartment due to the glare from the city lights but at least I have some nice pictures to admire. I am now gearing up for Canadian Thanksgiving so this is what I have planned for the next few days:
Today: Take out lunch was from a nearby deli. Today’s lunch special was a porchetta sandwich, a drink (they have the fizzy lemonade I like!), and two chocolate chip cookies. Lunch was very good. I will have a roasted cauliflower and farro salad with feta and avocado for dinner.
Saturday: Time to take out the winter clothes. Dinner will be a campanelle pasta with corn tomato and basil which got bumped from last week using cavatapi pasta since that’s what I have.
Sunday: Off to the pricey butcher to pick up Thanksgivnig dinner since I can’t be bothered to make it myself. I will be getting turkey and all the fixin’s. I will head off to a nearby deli after, hoping to score cheesecake with raisins for dessert.
Monday: I will either go on a gallery visit or watch a football game - most likely football since our local Canadian Football League team will be playing today. Also, it won’t hurt me to sit still for awhile! 
Dinner will be a vegetarian stuffed squash that got bumped from last week.
Tuesday: I will have the last pork chop in the freezer, Brussels sprouts, corn on the cob.
Wednesday: I will make a fish fillet en papillotte. I think I have a tilapia fillet in the freezer that needs to be finished up.
Thursday: Second-to-last CSA pick up. Dinner will be cavatappi pasta with Brussels sprouts and gorgonzola.
I hope those who were affected by Helene then Milton are doing okay and those who are living in the southern US are surviving the heat. We’ve been getting some crazy weather lately.
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Your dinner tonight sounds so good - making my mouth water.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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I’ve made that cauliflower recipe a few times but using already made chili oil to simplify things I love roasted veggies so this salad is right up my alley!
And thanks for the Thanksgiving wishes.
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I love that you go to a pricey butcher and are planning your Canadian Thanksgiving. Our Thanksgiving Angels organization has started up for Thanksgiving in the our corner of the USA. They provide a turkey and all the fixings for cooking in home kitchens to anyone who signs up and it is an amazingly well orchestrated and successful charity.
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That’s a neat idea. There are quite a few grocery stores here that sell turkeys and the fixings to make at home but they are sold at regular grocery store prices. There are some charitable organizations that serve Thanksgiving dinners but they are usually served in a community hall. Even though the butcher I go to is pricey I find the Thanksgiving dinner is reasonably priced - I think I paid in the $23 range for turkey, stuffing and two veggies.
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When you’re ready to start naming favorites:
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About to enter a stretch of three weeks with work obligations of some sort every day. Simplicity is on the menu.
For two adults in San Diego:
Breakfasts: Treats from a favorite bakery to start off. Maybe more scones after that.
S (tonight): Takeout - Shared a chicken kabob plate (rice, hummus, salad) from the food truck on the corner.
Su: TJs “unexpected cheddar” chicken sausage, potato salad, watermelon
M: Tuna melts on sourdough, fruit - seafood
T: Thinking of using this: https://www.budgetbytes.com/parmesan-beans/ with some spinach as a twist on beans and greens. With garlic toast - vegetarian
W: Chicken quesadillas, guacamole and salad
R: Chicken and rice soup - soup
F: Chicken and veggie yakisoba
Have a good week!
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Actuals for Oct 7 week, cooking for 2 in MN, where summer weather continued until today when true Fall 40-50 F degree temperatures now have returned. I have a busy week ahead so spent Saturday morning cooking and baking to stock up easy meals. And got a Costco chicken & extra gallon of milk to add to the BOGO 2 dozen eggs in the fridge. With last weekend’s batch of chocolate/oatmeal cupcakes in the freezer for desserts, we’re ready for (almost) anything.
Mon: Beef Stew, dinner rolls
Tues: Smoked pulled pork (from grocery deli)w BBQ sauce, cheesy grits. Sliced apples.
Wed: Sushi
Thurs: Smoked pulled pork (from grocery deli) w BBQ sauce, cheesy grits. Red grapes & sliced apples.
Fri: Carry-out - fancy burgers, fries, onion rings, chocolate malt
Sat: Rotel brown rice with black beans (extra pan frozen) & added chicken. Broccoli/Raisin/bacon salad (extra container w/o dressing ready for later in week). Red grapes. Also BAKED blueberry pecan whole wheat muffins.
Sun (today): Rotisserie chicken, dinner rolls, Broccoli/Raisin/bacon salad
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Half-heartedly cooking for three in the Boston burbs. I had hand surgery on Friday so this week’s meals are intentionally light-touch or ones that the guys can’t screw up too badly.
Sun: takeout
Mon: ritzy cheddar chicken breasts(NYT) (it’s time for DS to handle raw chicken!), baked potatoes, glazed carrots
Tues: vegetarian chili
Weds: spaghetti and (frozen) meatballs, broccoli
Thurs: sloppy joes, chips, veggies tbd
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I hope you have a swift recovery! Sounds like it’s time for the guys to step it up.
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Sorry to hear about the surgery. Whatever it takes make life easy on yourself. Pizza 5 nights in a row won’t kill anyone.
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