I will be on the next flight!!! Those mussels…OMG…with some hard baguette!!! from this morning!!
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Just felt like veggies tonight…
Broccoli with S&P Evo
Carrots with PSTOB and some brown sugar
Tunips with Cream and some butter S&P
Green beans with garlic, shallots, cherry tomatoes, some tomato paste S&P, EVOO
Fried rice with mushrooms, scallions, sesame oil, premium soy , some brown sugar and some cooking wine…
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You should head to Belgium, to have their famous moules-frites! 
Of course…been there…but given HO…I would have you here in a minute…as well
Boring but tasty leftover eggplant and green salad tonight.
And and amazing smoked pork udon noodle soup for lunch. Drool.
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Ooh udon soup recipe please! (And dinner looks far from boring, and I don’t even eat eggplant!)
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A much-awaited sushi dinner with a friend. I convinced her to save all “boring” (ie available elsewhere, albeit delicious) appetizers for the end so we could focus on what they’re known for… best decision ever (we never got to them).
Oh, and a bottle of sake, that was the “compromise” 
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My husband made it. He browned some onions, garlic, ginger, carrots, and cabbage in the IP, then added chicken broth, frozen pole beans, a scallion, and some home-smoked pork butt and pressure cooked for 1 minute. Then released the pressure and cooked Chinese wheat noodles in the broth on sauté until tender.
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i did add a titch more vinegar at the end after tasting.
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There’s a place we go in Ieper where we always have mussels and chips. The mussels come in one of those big metal pans with the lid to put your shells in. And a big bowl of chips. And mayo and a seafood sauce for dunking.
I’m never sure if that’s my favourite meal there or whether it’s the meal on the other side of the main square where we always have Vlaamse Rundssstoverij (Flemish beef stew) which also comes with a big bowl of chips.
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I am only at home for one full week each month (due to work), so on those weeks, I’m super psyched to cook for my family and relieve them from the takeout my poor overworked husband relies on. This week dinners (no pix sorry!):
- Grilled! beef burgers with grilled garden asparagus (first crop of year) and watermelon/mint/chive salad (s,p, & evoo). Herbs also from the garden.
- Kielbasa sliced and warmed with sauteed onions and sauerkraut, roasted potatoes, mustards on the side.
- Couscous made w/very flavorful homemade chicken stock, topped with various veg (potato, carrot, celery, zukes, garbanzos) cooked in same stock, topped with chopped mint/chives/parsley from garden and evoo.
- Lamb “gyro” meat w/pitas and greek salad.
- Savory claufouti w/onions, mushrooms, and potatoes.
- Fried chicken sort of cobb salad (we add roast beets and sweet pickle chips).
We try and mix up the meat dinners with the veg dinners, to be a little planet friendly.
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That sounds fantastic! The whole week is impressive! And yikes, that’s an intense schedule you have…
Last night was leftover soup since it was still cold and rainy…
simple salad thing tonight with the last orange I’m going to buy, they’re not good lately and only half of this cara cara was worth eating as is (the rest went in my juicer). A few handfuls of crunchy black edamame and pretzel fish a la carte not pictured
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Agree, I haven’t had a decent orange in ages … The cara caras this season were the greatest letdown
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Glorious day today, after cold and rainy to be followed by more cold and rainy…
Stopped by the Mrs Maisel / Carnegie Deli pop-up food truck on my way home.
Went over to a friend’s to share the goodies and crack open a bottle of champs to celebrate the weather.
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Crudités with an addictive, stupidly easy salsa+cream cheese dip to start.
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Followed by half a loaded pastrami sandwich (slightly toasted), kir royales from the other half of the champagne bottle, and the black & white cookie that came with the sandwich for dessert.
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Alls right in the world for now… till the cold and rain tomorrow
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A job is a job 
I actually love to cook, but not for one. So I go a little nuts when I’m home, and when I’m by myself at the apartment, it’s almost always some kind of pasta or ravioli that’s bought at the store. Just boil water. Lest you think the schedule is awful, I am home every Fri, Sat, and Sun also…
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The clafoutis sounds like a nice alternative to the quiche I default to.
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“Absence makes the appetite grow stronger”
Sounds like the meals are real quality time though!
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