Ketchup is a vegetable. Seriously, we’re also now avoiding grocery for awhile because of counts, but also because last time we went, H got a nasty surprise while waiting at the cold cut counter of some unmasked, armed dude strutting about. Not cool. But we also are down to our lemons and frozen peas. Yesterday, I went out to the garden and pulled out one of my 4 kale plants by the roots. Because need veggies.
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The trick was a bit too much pasta water added 
. I believe ideally carbonara should not be that saucy.
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Harissa salmon, cabbage thoran, masoor dal “fry,” and whole-roasted spice-crusted cauliflower.
Kids had pizza - because Friday. And roasted Brussels sprouts.
We haven’t had salmon in many, many months - while it’s not a favorite, it is one of my easy dinners, and it was lovely to eat it again.
The cauliflower was da bomb. I don’t know why we don’t eat it whole more often.
The cabbage thoran was a nice change - South Indian tweak to the flavor was lovely, even though I didn’t have fresh/frozen coconut to finish it.
The dal was full of delicious caramelized onions and garlic, but could have used a longer simmer.
Meal hit the Friday spot (even though my mouth briefly craved pizza while the kids were eating it).
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B-day dinner for H, he cooked, and wanted to! Lamb chops from last year’s lamb, broccoli with cheese, air fryer fries. All excellent, and a good Barolo to accompany.
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Happy birthday to Mr. Lambchop!
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Inspired by @gcaggiano dinner the other week, Mrs. P made bacon, apple, and bleu cheese stuffed D’Artagnan Heritage double cut pork chop 
Thanks for the recipe Greg! She also made butternut squash mac and cheese and roasted delicata squash. It went great with an excellent French Syrah.
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Why thank you @Saregama! More festivities tomorrow when the DD’s and SIL come down for a joint celebration, since it was DD1’s B-day on Monday. Fish fry outside - Hope it goes ok. Will post details after.
That sounds like fun! Enjoy!
Too funny I saved the recipe to try myself, what did you think ? (It looks great)
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It was delicious. I loved the apple, bacon and bleu cheese stuffing.
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Glad you both enjoyed it!
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Beef stew, cubbed chuck and veg, using an instapot max. Let’s see how this goes on the maiden voyage. Have used a stove top with no issues. This seems way more complex than it needs to be
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How long are you letting the meat go for? I seem to recall 40-50 min. working well for chunks of chuck. I think I released pressure and added the veg in with 5 min left.
I had a pizza recently with sausage-broccoli rabe-hot cherry peppers and loved it, so I decided to make it as a pasta dish. I added some chicken for additional protein than just sausage. Sooooo good. Also had some crab legs as a side.
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A late start to the day due to downpours all morning. But I finally got up and at 'em and got my second Shingrix shingles vax at CVS, then braved the local Market Basket right next door to CVS for a few things. I survived.
Wanted to use up a couple of packets of cooked roast chicken I had frozen, so a Roasted Corn and Chicken Corn Chowder was WWFD…although I used 2 cans of Trader Joe’s sweet yellow kernel corn instead of TJs frozen roasted corn.
Also used two 2-cup containers of corn stock and only one 2-cup container of chicken stock. With the corn water from the canned corn, it made it a bit cornier. Mom would have liked this version.
A chopped salad of English cuke, radishes, tomatoes, and grated carrots with my Balsamic-Maple vinaigrette, a couple of pieces of a small take-and-bake baguette from BJs Wholesale Club AND a glass of white were the sides.
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Fresh mafaldine pasta (store-bought) with peas, speck, parsley, and cream made for an easy Saturday night dinner.
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We made miso salmon, sauteed haricots and Brussels, and (not pictured) shells and cheese.
A French 75 for dessert.
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My husband and I have been working from home together since March 2020. Not one day has included a lunch of pasta and wine! I need a page out of your book!!!
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I made pork carnitas tonight and about 30 things to go on/with them. Homemade tortillas, a avocado cream thing, pickled red onions, brown coconut rice, a black bean concoction and ubiquitous cilantro and onions. YUM. Terrible photo but I was hungry!
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