Halibut with wine, lemon, capers, tomato and dill tonight. Crabcakes from my favourite independent grocery store in London, Ontario, Remark Market. Sautéed spinach and chard, rice, corn, charro beans.
Millionaire’s Shortbread for the dining companions. I am trying my best to stop eating sweets for the next 3 months. Today was Day 1. 
It is rare that I buy prepared foods, but it’s been a week, so I got some Trader Joe’s vegan soup dumplings. They are not soup dumplings, in that they contain no soup. Rather, they are vegetable mush dumplings, which is fine! But don’t lie to me.
I also made kombu celery which is awesome as always.
How do you prepare kombu celery?
Ingredients: 1 T furikake, 1 T sesame oil, 1 t soy sauce, 5 stalks celery de-stringed and cut in 3" lengths.
Combine everything, shake shake shake, eat in a half hour (keeps for days in the fridge, also).
Phanaeng Curry with Chicken and Kabocha Squash from Simple Thai Food by Leela Puunyaratabandhu - the curry is made by cooking chicken breast and diced kabocha squash in a mixture of coconut milk and cream, chicken broth, coconut oil, red curry paste, fish sauce, light brown sugar, fresno chili, makrut lime leaves and thai basil. Served over rice
Weird! The pork/chicken ones usually contain soup unless they explode.
Conceivably I got a “bad” batch. Or I didn’t steam them long enough to melt the broth. They hadn’t leaked though, of that I am sure.
Three months without sweets? Gah! I don’t think I’d be able to make it that long 
Best of luck…
I guess 1 T = 1 tablespoon?
Thought this was pork belly and bacon until I read your post! Looks delicious 
Congrats on the wine, too!
I was able to do it 11 years ago. My eating habits went downhill in 2020.
Although I’m not the OP, that’s correct.
Not that that’s a bad thing. 
Yes. And 1t is one teaspoon.
No kombu?
No. I don’t think anyone really eats kombu - you just soak it in water to make dashi.
Beef stew, salad of peas, green beans, and lettuce in fresh buttermilk dressing, and baguette with butter.
Perfect comfort food for the cold and wet weather, even better because it was cooked by a friend and accompanied by wonderful company.
I had a very fun time with them and their kids last thanksgiving, so when I said I couldn’t go for thanksgiving again, we got together for dinner before we scatter.
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The last bit of Pakistani Pasanday / masala pot roast, with charred flour tortillas, a fantastic combination that reminded me a bit of birria.
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Thai food at a newish place with visiting friends — mostly hits, only one or two misses.
— Pomelo and cured & fried branzino salad
— Rice dumpling stuffed with peanuts
— Fried whole fish with sour and sweet dressing
— Spicy Rice Noodles with shrimp and squid
— Goat curry with roti
kombu is eaten, here is one example:
an internet search find many more recipes using kombu.
Kimchi jjigae with tomato paste added for a twist – really good, though I wish I’d had silken tofu on hand. Not shown: pea shoots with sesame sauce. I’ve started soaking my vegetables in salted cold water to clean and pre-season them (from ideas in food) and I’m a big fan, highly recommended.
