One of our summer standbys when tomatoes become decent: spaghetti with uncooked tomato sauce. Chopped tomato, red onion, garlic, basil, herbes des Provence, chili flakes, EVOO, soy sauce, sherry vinegar, balsamic. Left to mellow an hour.
Cool sauce on hot spaghetti.
Quintessentially summer.
sounds like the parental training strategy of his is working! Also, I’m siding with the kid on that pasta, something kinda odd about it.
Very impressive work with the mortar and pestle! I owned one for a while, used it maybe three times and it didn’t survive my last move
My contribution to the beige meals, a rare purchased frozen meal that had been in my freezer for who knows how long- the veg biryani (i think it’s vegan actually) from trader joe’s- surprisingly tasty. I added scallions to make it slightly less brown.
Salad of randomness, lots of white kimchi, olives, some leftover sautéed zucchini, bean sprouts in there somewhere. I keep making vinaigrette with the kimchi brine, very into that.
Terrible photo
Going to spare you the visual of these in real life, they’re legit hideous! Been having these just cooked in a pan and flopped on my salad. (Warning for omnis: they’re a weird squishy texture. Nothing like other faux chicken products- which is why i like them)
Lots of watermelon and cucumber salad also happening lately, suddenly nyc is HOT.
Actually - I am sick. Toddler virus has felled me 
Germy little buggers. 
I hope you get better soon!
Mrs. P made leftover beer can chicken salad with shredded chicken sautéed with garlic, red onions and olive oil, arugula, red and black grapes, radishes, cherry tomatoes, shredded smoked sweet beets, reduced balsamic syrup, and fresh shaved parmigiano reggiano.
@digga, I’m not working it but my son and his buddies will be there enjoying the stages. have a blast!
There’s a story behind tonight’s dinner, but I’m not capable of explaining it right now. Suffice it to say, this was DW’s Birthday Dinner, but all the day long, I was clueless…
It’s dreadful getting old.
Musakhan for dinner tonight - chicken, some spices, heavy on the sumac, plus red onion, placed over a (scant) bed of (wet) pita chips - in lieu of pita - and baked.
YES 
So easy, so delicious! Wetting the pita chips slightly worked well - they didn’t burn, softened enough with the juices under the chicken, and re-crisped around the edges.
This was what I really wanted to eat when I made that Milk Street version a few weeks ago.
Cooked only half, because it tastes better (to me) fresh, right out of the oven, with the mixed textures of pita .
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Yikes - wishing you a speedy recovery! (Good thing those germy little critters are cute… and by that I mean toddlers 
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The biryani always catches my eye - how was it? Their other indian entrees are quite good!
The Four Cs Dinner:
Cheeboighah!
Cheeps!
Chopped Cuke, Radish & Grape Tomato Salad!
Chardonnay!
Yum. (Couldnt find an appropriate word that started with a C.)
ETA: CHEERS! (Thanks @emglow101!)
Cheers ,
Hopefully, hubby is in town and can help with the household duties and let you recuperate!
Feel better.
My brother shocked the hell out of me when he called to wish me a happy birthday last year. For the first time. In decades. Turns out he programmed his phone to give him alerts. Might be worth looking into? Less painful than tattooing the date somewhere discrete…
I thought it was quite tasty! But- i’ve actually not had it at a restaurant before, seems to have dairy in it usually (well ghee anyhow, any that kills me). It’s not spicy at all
…Looks great though!!!
Well in that case…Happy Birthday…(even if I am few days early or late!)
It’s months away! I was refering to last year…but thanks!
