Love that you do this. Such a good neighbor.
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I made black bean tofu with carrots, broccoli, and zucchini (crisper cleaner). Served over jasmine rice with chili crisp, it hit the spot.
ETA: yes, it’s 4:30 and dinner is over. Busy day with no time for a lunch break.
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We’ve been craving the NYT Trini-Chinese chicken, which I don’t think I’ve made it since we left for Berlin in May – and what better side than the NYT stir-fried bok choy that my PIC has perfected over time? A collaborative dinner effort @casa lingua tonight, if you will. Hit all the spots 
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Had a side of salmon to turn into fillets - usually the trimmings become salmon burgers, but tonight I wanted something different, so I dug out some shrimp from the freezer and made shrimp and salmon moqueca. Super easy and satisfying one-potter, though I was jonesing pretty hard for a big chunk of bread to go with.
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Dinner was a big salad - a version of a wonderful Ming Tsai recipe for spicy tofu and spinach napoleans. My favorite part is the salad dressing, which combines miso, pickled ginger, sambal oelek, etc. I quick marinated and then baked the tofu, and added a bell pepper and some roasted eggplant to bulk it out. The og recipe only has tofu and spinach.
And because dinner was so virtuous, dessert was a gateau invisible, named because there are 2.5 lbs of sliced apples in this single loaf pan, and only about 1.5 cups of batter holding them together. But the apples visually disappear into the cake. Very yums. The teen liked the big bowl of spinach a bit less than the adults did.
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Made Greek /Cypriot-style braised goat with quince, cinnamon, white wine and bay leaf tonight. It was okay. Will try a tagine or curry next time .
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A go-to, household favorite: pan-roasted chicken thighs (ala diavolo) and garden greens. There will be some brandied fruit for dessert.
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Roasted oyster mushrooms, brussels sprouts and carrots in herb sauce. There was more, but it wasn’t as pretty.
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Dinner tonight; salad with cukes, baby greens and red and green peppers, dressed with Creamy Caesar. Roasted spaghetti squash with hot Italian sausage, peppers, Monastery sauce from last year, with Parmesan and Mizithra cheeses. Still using cucumbers, peppers, garlic and tomatoes from the garden. Tasty it was.
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Woke up with it snowing , And the power was out .
Here comes winter .
Power came back on and the snow left .
Great northern bean soup with ham . The parmigiana rinds took it over the top. Cheers .
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I was inspired by @chiel ’s delicious looking tacos last month and made some cheese and chorizo tacos.
And also some beans.
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I went into a bit of a cooking frenzy today trying to make as many things as people had requested or love before I leave in a day and a half. Time has flown.
Made lamb korma for biryani tomorrow, pav bhaji for dinner this weekend (after I leave, because one kid who loves it is down sick with something unknown – having tested negative for everything known, and the other kid prefers many other things), a stack of parathas to freeze because both kids love them so much (and homemade are so much better and better for them), my mom’s fish curry for dinner tonight (also vegetable curry with the same masala), my dad’s chicken soup made vegetarian for the sick kid, and roasted cauliflower to accompany tonight’s dinner. PHEW. It was only a couple of hours actually, but I’m TIRED!
Dinner for the adults was curry (fish or vegetable) and rice, with roasted cauliflower. One kid had parathas, simple (sweet) dal, “instant” paneer matar (using Rao’s), and roasted cauliflower. The sick kid had some soup with soft vegetables and rice, same as his lunch.
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This afternoon, I had a snack of steamed barbecued chicken buns while I worked on “History of Food” for a lecture next week. The section I’m currently on is our connectedness through stuffed doughs around the world. Made me hungry! I thought this would be an easy presentation to design but instead I’ve found there to be so many focal points that I don’t know what to include and what to omit. But I love dumplings, so there will be dumplings.
I was dining solo tonight, and recovering from a late Halloween and a day off from the regular job that was anything but due to hours at the computer researching. I made Spanish Chicken-Rice and since I was by myself, there are loads of leftovers. No pics. Bombay G & T to drink followed by a Bombay rocks.
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How cool! Those look great.
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Thanksgiving will be a non-event this year as step mom is going to visit my sister and incredibly obnoxious/rude/gross/gun loving/bordering on violent BIL. Brother/SIL have no idea what they are doing (typical) but are probably having friends to their house (who weren’t all that great last year) so it will be DH and I on our own. Will probably do a turkey breast (better get that ordered) and the usual suspects. Too early yet for XMAS planning but I hope to have the family at our house.
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I think every family has one of those… In my youth, when I lived in the vicinity of my mother and father, I stopped going to Thanksgiving for the same reason.
I went down to truck stop (just off the highway) for Thanksgiving dinner. They put on a HUGE spread for the “Over the Road” truckers who couldn’t make it home. I heard so many GREAT stories from those guys. I really had a lot of fun, enjoyed myself and got a fantastic meal at a reasonable price.
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Orange is SO not my color, but it was the primary color of tonight’s meal:
A cheeseburger seasoned with Penzeys Quebec Beef Spice mix with the orange slice of Kraft American cheese on top of an orange-ish toasted Brioche roll with orange Fritos alongside.
The ketchup on the bottom bun was red.
The wine in the glass was pale golden yellow.
The tummy was relatively happy.
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Looks like a Harvest Moon Burger.
Andrea Nguyen 's Umami Garlic Noodles (subbing bok choy and pea pods) https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020091-umami-garlic-noodles-with-mustard-greens
I cut the noodles in half, but left everything else the same and just divided it between the two of us. Eating a giant plate of vegetables with a little carbs was just what the doctor ordered!
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