Happy anniversary! And dinner as usual looks fabulous.
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Two nights ago I made creamed spinach lasagna with baby spinach, creme fraiche and ricotta, mozz, provolone, and Parm Regg, and TJ’s jarred Bolognese sauce. Turned out well although I thought the sour-cream tang (an idea borrowed from Julia Turshen) was a little odd. Still tasty. Arugula with raspberry white wine vinaigrette and leftover broccoli salads as sides.
Last night was kiddie soccer. I threw together chicken “korma” using a jarred sauce and dry spice mix from Aldi. I added fresh onion, garlic, and ginger. Two of the three of us liked it OK – I think the little one prefers what’s essentially a sweetish, mildly spiced vodka sauce instead 
. Which, I’ll admit, is darn tasty. Served up with naan and brown basmati rice.
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Thanks for sharing! I crave fish tacos and usually find them disappointing when I order them at a restaurant here in MA. This, I can do at home.
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Your meals are beautiful and the photo quality - just drool-worthy. Happy anniversary
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Fish pie, English fish pie. Cottage pie is what Canadian and Americans call Shepherds Pie (made with lamb in the UK, usually made with beef in Canada and the USA)
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Thanks. The photo at the top of that Guardian article is kind of what mine looked like on the plate, but mine was sloppier. My inspiration was this codfish dish:
https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/garlic-roasted-cod-mashed-potato-crust
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Psaropita 
I thought -pita implied phyllo, pastry, but Google brings up a method with the mashed potato topping. (in Greek, but I see that Firefox now offers to translate, like Chrome).
But I might try the phyllo version sometime.
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I think the term in both English and Greek can mean the pastry/filo -wrapped pie or potato-topped pie.
Akis has his English language recipe up, too. Click on the top left above the Greek recipe. https://akispetretzikis.com/en/recipe/4707/fish-pie
The reverse cold hit me Tuesday (after multiple people in my office have had something similar over the past few weeks): cough first, runny nose, then stuffy head and headache on Wednesday.
This morning I lost my voice. Or at least I sounded like Lauren Bacall (not necessarily a bad thing). But my voice was changed enough that Murphy looked at me with wide eyes like he didn’t know who I was. Eejit. 
Finn just rolled onto his back for belly scrubs.
No fever or sore throat yet, thankfully. But I’m still taking tomorrow off to sleep in and hope it doesn’t get that far. (Plus it was a hell of a day and I need a break.)
Took it easy for dinner tonight: pancetta, spinach and goat cheese egg scramble, and a barely toasted slice of sourdough.
Water. And Robitussin as my nighttime libation to hopefully keep the cough at bay.
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Sopa Seca - vermicelli cooked in a spicy tomato sauce and topped with various garnished. I used up the last of the chipotle mayo from the other night. Also, I baked it with shrimp, added in the last minutes of cooking.
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Looks great!
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Lobster salad made with frozen lobster, thin / fast fry oregano -seasoned pork chops fried in butter, charro beans, and swiss chard sautéed with garlic.
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Thank you!
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Andouille, roasted tomatoes, collards, pickled okra on yellow rice. Total comfort food, a 3-4X/year favorite.
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This happens to me probably once a year with a really bad cold. My theory is it’s from sleeping with the mouth open due to congestion. It’s hard to remember not to whisper with laryngitis! Feel better and enjoy those zzzzs!
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Chicken pad see ew using a recipe from The Woks of Life https://thewoksoflife.com/pad-see-ew/
I was lucky enough to find fresh ho fun today at a small Asian market after striking out at Hmart. I followed the proportions of the sauce recipe exactly, but doubled it in quantity based on reviewers’ feedback. Tasty, but a little too salty/too much soy sauce flavor. I would cut back on soy and add a little more oyster sauce next time.
If anyone has a tried and true pad see ew recipe, I’m all ears!
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Chicken-zucchini meatball soup. Leftover meatballs from the freezer, dished up with a mirepoix simmered in stock. Served with buttermilk drop biscuits.
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good thinking!
