So finicky, and yet they lick their own buttholes…
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Hi folks
Very busy amid a bit of usual sadness all around as departure date approaches. This week will have All The Things that I must be fed before I leave – and All The Things that I must feed or cook and freeze before I leave too 
Ideas for the week:
– Butter garlic crab
– Mom’s biryani
– Another whole roast chicken
– Masala-stuffed whole pomfret fry
– Fondue with accompaniments (finally, now that all participating tummies have settled)
– Chaat fest – pani puri, dahi batata puri, sev puri, bhel, maybe also ragda pattice to max out the excess
– Stuffed shells (for the freezer)
Also a few meals scheduled out with cousins and friends:
– Dim sum feast (aka unlimited dim sum lunch at our spot, eat till it hurts 
)
– Modern Indian
– Indian Chinese
And I hope to finally get to a bit of baking before I leave – banana bread and a no-knead boule, maybe focaccia too.
Have a great weekend, and a peaceful week ahead.
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Hi Everyone, from my sick bed. I dropped Lulu off at the airport on her way back to college and got sick the next day. Assuming these things are somehow related (in other words, maybe some stress left me vulnerable). So there has been almost no cooking this week. Won’t be tonight either, as it seems maybe LLD has caught this bug too. But here is what I did manage to make:
Sun: pasta with raw tomato sauce, kalamata olives, capers, garlic, sherry vinegar, evoo (because of the tennis I changed from my earlier planned meal to this incredibly easy one)
Mon: L out to dinner, made one of my old favorites- a baked potato and a salad
Tues: soyrizo, chickpea, tomato skillet with a fried egg on top, yogurt plopped on the side
Wed: Lulu to the airport in the morning, LLD home after bedtime. Coffee date with a good friend (met via Chowhound when Lulu was a toddler - how great is that?). She brought homemade coconut tres leches cake, and it was fantastic. I wasn’t very hungry for dinner so just had a slice of leftover pizza.
Thurs: started feeling the bug. Canceled everything and stayed in bed. LLD picked up peruvian chicken and sides.
Fri: cheese and crackers was about all I could handle
No idea how we’ll handle tonight.
The world isn’t at its best right now, but I do appreciate all of you - the camaraderie, the dinner ideas, the kindness. Have a great week!
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Sorry you’re sick (plus down from Lulu’s departure too, I’m sure).
Thanks for the raw tomato sauce reminder – mom loves it, and I haven’t made it yet.
Hope you feel better soon. (And yes to all the rest.)
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I wish I could bring you a bowl of warm chicken soup 
I hope you feel well soon.
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My young adult (adopted at age 7 with severe food deprivation and other trauma) is also finicky and from the beginning, not abiding by his food preferences was quickly something we discovered was Not a Good Idea At All. I’m glad your sweet little one has foods he is willing to eat, such a necessity! You must feel so glad, relieved, and gratified when you find something he tolerates.
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Well, their buttholes are THEIRS!
I hope you can find something that seems appealing to you and LLD and get it delivered! And that you recover soon from the illness and LL’s departure. Lots of bugs going around here in Boston.
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Oh, no! Hope you feel better very very soon!
Any link you have for this?
So sorry you were sick!
Lots of low-salt home cooking ahead:
Saturday: roasted lemon oregano paprika chicken thighs, maple ginger baked beans, Armenian pilaf, tomato basil salad.
Purchased custard tarts.
Sunday: roast leg of lamb, roast potatoes, dilled green beans, green salad
Monday: roast spaghetti squash, leftovers
Tuesday: maybe tuna cakes, maybe Macher / Machh’er / Maacher Chops
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