2-8oz pkg full fat cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 T vanilla extract
I buttered and ap floured a 9” round glass cake pan. Oven 350.
Whip softened cream cheese until creamy.
Add sugar and extract.
Add eggs, one at a time. Whip until light and fully mixed.
Bake 30 mins. Leave on counter 30 mins. Refrig over night.
Slice and serve.
Strawberries I pureed in my blender until smooth.
Venice Beach weekend was a smashing success, despite some disappointing meals 
(but also a very good one 
.) Gorgeous weather, and we spent almost all our time within view of the ocean. My food report is linked below from the L.A. board.
By all rights I should be having dust and water salads this whole week, but instead tonight I made pesto sausage orecchiete with some old tomatoes, new spinach, and a hefty serving of steamed-soft broccoli under my pasta. Molinari Italian sausage. Pesto was over a year old from the freezer, and tasted great. Wedge salad with an old hunk of iceberg.
Justin got home before me and decided to cook a belly-busting comfort food feast.
There was 5-cheese mac and cheese along with chicken cordon bleu with pancetta instead of ham. We decided to pan-fry on all sides and then give it 15 minutes in the oven. Was perfectly done.
It was all amazing. Thankfully TONS of leftovers.
Did you walk the strand?
That photo shows it very artfully done.
Tonight - gammon, cabbage and apple - broadly speaking this recipe, which uses bacon chops (but there weren’t any in the supermarket)
New potatoes as the carb. And we have figs for “afters”
Simple and quick dish tonight. Salmon and prawns in foil. Added enoki, shiitake, carrots and green peas as well.
Used my frying pan to cook since I do not have an oven. Only used butter. Few drops of soy sauce added onto each packet after they were done.
Looks clean and delicious. Thanks for the inspiration. I don’t use foil packets enough. Gotta change that!
Parchment paper should work just as fine too. 
aw thanks! the BC dressing hid the brown spots. 
you mean the Venice boardwalk? Muscle Beach, etc.? Yes, of course! at least 3 times each day! That’s the draw of Venice Beach for me - enjoying the parade of humanity.
Comfort food indeed! Looks delicious!
Still under the weather,
Took out 1 lb of red Argentina shrimp last night for shrimp and lobster sauce
Thought I will stir fry left over vegetables for garden so son can gave steak dinner for a change.
So, I caramelized onions, added garlic, a couple tomatoes, bell peppers and added blanched , shocked string beans, California fennel pollen, balsamic vinegar Well, he tasted it , says he wants to add Asian spices instead. So, he added gochujang and chili crisp to it. Then, decided to add the pound of shrimp in freezer which we defrosted quickly in a pan of water, then stir fry that with garlic ginger, and added it to the vegetables. Served with rice…
He says he will have steak tomorrow instead as I will be gone all day for more tests.
My kinda meal! 
Herbed BBQ chicken breast, stovetop dressing, leftover asparagus spruced up with orange muscat vinegar and soy sauce, and bagged salad with chipotle(?) ranch.
Team effort tonight: my famous bacon-bourbon Brussels Sprouts to go with Justin’s roasted pork loin (with like a gazillion spices) and leftover mac and cheese from last night.
