Leftover Swedish meatballs with egg noodz. Baby garden peas (from the freezer). Homemade currant jam (currants also from the garden).
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We enjoyed another outstanding dinner at Cafe Panache, in Ramsey, NJ, including filet mignon ravioli; tuna tartare; lamb and duck confit cassoulet; butter poached lobster. It all went great with an excellent red blend and zinfandel.
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Hasselback kielbasa, potatoes au gratin with a sprinkle of garlic chives. Mustard & horseradish. Tomato, cucumber, red onion salad, oo&bv dressing, dried basil. Potatoes had sharp cheddar and gouda, needed more and more cream. Wine.
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Holy smokes! That looks amazing! (I started to write “be still, my heart”, but then thought “Ummm, no. Too soon.” 
)
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Same picture as last night. The snow came in like a lamb . To wet to use the snowblower. Easy to get out of the driveway with the slush .
Daily outing to the store . For Brussels sprouts. That’s it . Shout , shout. , shout for Brussels sprouts.
My good friend in Santa Cruz. His family owned a Brussels sprouts farm up the coast . Yes I did help out one day with my friend. Hot honey on sprouts tonite . Cheers . 
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They make some nIce “ades” with stevia. We like the black cherry-limeade, half or quarter strength, on occasion.
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Four-hour braised lamb shank, in tomato, red wine, and a shit-ton of garlic. In the pan:
And plated, over orzo cooked in the braising liquid, with grated kaseri. Kind of a deconstructed youvetsi:
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Greek-Inspired Feta-Filled Bifteki with Pepper-Bread Salad and Tomato Dip - bifteki were made from ground beef, egg, soaked naan, mustard, tomato pasta, fried onions, paprika and oregano. Filled with feta, seared in the pan and finished in the oven. The salad had red, green and yellow peppers, tomatoes, cucumber, olives, parsley and quickly fried naan with a sauce made from yoghurt, olive oil and lemon juice. The dip was made by cooking tomatoes, red onions, garlic and fresno chili.
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Looks amazing!
I can’t wait to get home to our lamb share in the freezer. My PIC’s youvetsi is one of our favorite winter meals 
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Last night was our neighborhood Phestivus celebration (Festivus from Seinfeld but we are in Philadelphia so all F’s become Ph’s). We do a toy drive, have a semi-secular choir, and Santa comes on a fire truck 
. We make homemade treats so I made “French onion pinwheels” (caramelized onions/gruyere ) and cheddar rosemary shortbreads since I don’t care for sweets. Those and some tater tots from the local watering hole post Phest were dinner.
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Pork and shrimp “shu-mai burgers”, crusted with black, white, pink, and sichuan peppercorns, topped with pickled carrots, shallots, and jalapeños. Adapted from this Mark Bittman recipe:
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1013162-shu-mai-style-burgers I used my own pork and chive dumpling filling that I had in the freezer and folded in chopped shrimp. This was very good!
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Homemade fire-roasted tomato bisque with grilled ham and cheese sandwich on homemade bread. Hit the spot this rainy evening.
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You live in a phabulous nabe!
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Chicken, shrimp kabob and fried egg with rice (Cơm Gà Nướng, Tôm, Ốp La)
from Rùa Vàng / Golden Turtle on Ossington in Toronto.
Hit the spot.
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Late dinner.
I made a double batch of Orange-Spiced Nuts for my coworkers and put together little chocolate gift bags for each from the wonderfully eclectic mix of individually wrapped holiday chocolates that Home Goods gets before Thanksgiving (and I bought the day before Turkey Day). I’ll go in tomorrow for an hour or so and drop everything off and to say hello.
When going through my phone’s notes for the nuts recipe, I saw the Chicken Diablė recipe and knew it was perfect for dinner tonight.
Side of green beans with fried shallots.
And water.
While watching “The Sound of Music,” one of my top 3 movies ever, if not my favorite.
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That is so thoughtful! I hopfe you are getting lots of rest though. The meals you’ve been making since you’ve been home from the hospital look fabulous.
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