As close to food porn as I’ll probably see today…
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No idea! Best Market rolled them.
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Needed something quick last night. Went to an old standby - tuna mac salad. Tuna is mixed with mayo, s&p, evoo, lemon juice, chopped sweet onion, celery, carrot, pickle, and then cold pasta is added. Pretty popular around here. Everything can be done while the pasta cooks. Tonight a little fancier - Vietnamese grilled pork tenderloin with some type of steamed green beans and scallion pancakes.
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For Saturday´s Lunch Menu … For our parents … With our stash of Italian authenticies 
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That looks like mac & mayo 
Seriously, we got the recipe out of a pasta salad book that we bought years back, and have been feeding it to our kids since they were tots. Your tot might enjoy it too. And you get lots of veg into it. Nice crunchy bits!
He loves noodles, mayo, and yogurt, so no doubt this will go over well
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My youngest is a pastaholic.
HOLY SCHMOLLY THAT LOOKS AMAZING!
what’s the method for this, please?
I used to eat that A LOT growing up!
duuuuuuude - a jar! i could have spared myself an hour of prepping that marinade!
of course, i knew there were jarred marinades, but I wanted to try doing it myself. did you like it? have you had it where it was homemade, so that you could compare? now i want to buy a jar… 
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I did like it and I HAVE made it myself (sometimes too heavy on the allspice) , but the jar makes it a much easier decision. Many peop!e (including my in-laws) think its pretty good. It can be a bit spicy, which is hard to test before you cook it,so be sure to look up what’s a reasonable amount. I did not want it slathered thickly, and I like pretty hot food.
Walkerswood is getting chatted up on the “revelations” thread.
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good to know! mine wasn’t all that spicy since i had people’s kids to consider, so i only used 1/2 a habanero. 
I want to try some with some heat! 
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those pupusas look perfect! The BF made some once and they were good but they weren’t GREAT, and didn’t look as good as those. did you follow a particular recipe?
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I made a horrific dinner last night - it was edible but just barely. I am tossing the rest today. It amuses me after many decades of cooking that I have the occasional failure. Would put it in the top ten worst of things I/DH have ever made. Like the BK taco, I would have to be paid to ever eat it again.
It was a polenta soup with water as the base, EVOO, garlic, Parmesan and spinach. It was delicious the first time, but I erred by substituting
baby greens spring mix instead of using spinach. The cilantro and something else in the mix didn’t pair w/the other flavors. DH said it wasn’t THAT bad. We’re going out for dinner tonight. Happy Friday! 
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Having an occasional failure just means you are open to experimentation and continued learning! If we only stick with the safe options we don’t have challenges to grow from.
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Raspberries??? Wow… 
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Same thing different day but slightly more attractive than usual- found tiny rainbow tomatoes that were fantastic and on major sale. Snacked on a whole pint of them just dipped in a little smoked salt. This also had some tofu in the bottom to catch the extra dressing (kimchi vinaigrette still) and scallions and lots of cilantro
Met a good friend for drinks last night at this ridiculous rooftop bar- too bad I didn’t take a photo but my first drink was a great combo of vodka with elderflower liqueur and cucumber juice. Mine here was the flower drink that’s blurry.
Geez. After drinks we walked to Beyond Sushi (she’s my only veggie friend!) and we shared a bunch of fantastic sushi that I didn’t take photos of- including the seasonal roll on their menu here:
Which was kinda whacky yet very tasty. The mushroom roll is my forever favorite
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Thanks! The first time I made them I followed the NYT recipe that accompanied the article on a red hook pupusa truck (which is where I ate them first).
This time I eyeballed it - a cup and a half of masa harina, and maybe 2-2.5 cups of hot water, added in stages. It needed a lot more hydration this time (I adjust it after it has rested for a bit - it sucks up the water).
I also add a bit of oil and salt to the dough.
I use a hybrid method for forming the pupusas - stuff the dough balls like indian potato patties (flatten into a cup in your palm, stuff, reform the ball) and flatten between sides of a ziplock bag like a tortilla (but not in a press).
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