Looks sooo good
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Monday was chicken with dates and caramelized lemons. I didn’t have enough dates so added some dried apricots. I also had to reduce the final sauce and add a bit of honey to adjust the sweetness. I used the leftover lamb rice and also the barberry pilaf rice from Sundays delivery from our local Iranian place.
I used this recipe.
Also we ordered two lots of their delicious saffron ice cream that they make themselves so we had some left for this meal.
Yesterday was quite a brunchy dinner. Potatoes and green beans needed using up. So I made a potato, bacon and green bean hash with paprika. Also a couple of fried eggs.
Tonight was venison meatballs flavoured with fennel and cardamom. Served with carrots roasted with cumin and peas. Venison is not a great meat for meatballs as it’s too lean. A bit dry but the yoghurt with coriander chutney helped. I will add pancetta to the meatballs next time. They tasted good though.
Sad to report that my mortar that has seen 17 years of valiant service finally gave up the ghost while preparing tonight’s meal.
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Do you have Thai groceries around where you are? Their granite mortars are close to indestructible.
I made seared scallops, steamed broccoli with oo and smoky pepper seasoning, and ww bowties with ramp cream sauce and peas. Finished up the last of the green salad.
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Shitty day. People can suck.
Not much in the mood to “cook”, so a salad to use up some veggies was in order.
Lettuce, hard-boiled eggs, sweet tomatoes, grated carrots, sliced radishes and cukes, crumbled goat cheese, slivered shallots, homemade sourdough croutons, and homemade honey-mustard vinaigrette.
Yeah, it was definitely a Wednesday Wine Day.
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Mrs. P made wild caught bigeye tuna (from Local 130 Seafood) two ways; tartare and black and white sesame seed encrusted. We had sugar snap peas, snow peas, seaweed, ginger, soy, and wasabi on the side. The tartare was mixed with avocado, red onions, toasted black and white sesame seeds, and soy sauce.
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Too terrific.
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Thank you Jimmy.
Sorry your day and the people in it were lousy 
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How delicious!
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Tonight I was really craving Chinese takeout, but all of our regulars have sadly closed. So self help. A kind of Kung Pao chicken minus peanuts, garlic sautéed broccoli and ham fried brown rice. It really hit the spot.
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Beautiful pic
Wow!!!
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Hi Linda…do we really need to know about your “shitty day” and how “people can suck”…
I admire and respect you…but please stop… even if 14 people “like” your post…
I have my days too…but don’t bring it here…
This forum is as I thought for upscale food “blogging”…
Perhaps you can see my point of view?
All reading this… I AM SURE I WILL GET A REAL CAN OF “WOOP ASS” AFTER MY POST…BUT PLEASE THINK ABOUT IT BEFORE YOU RESPOND…
THANKS!
PHREDDY
Those scallops look just perfect!
I miss seafood. Just got some halibut in a WF delivery, thinking about what prep.
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Grilled or fried fish tacos on freshly made corn tortillas with your new masa! It’s WFD at our house tonight, minus the homemade tortillas.
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