Caprese with mozzarella di bufala & two kinds of tomatoes. Tortelli ai porcini from the magical wonderland that is the Italian market near us with sautéed oyster & brown button shrooms. I thought the filling of the tortelli was ridiculously salty (and I’m a salt fiend), but my dining companions disagreed >shrug< I honestly can’t tell bc my taste buds are not reliable when I’m jet-lagging.
Half of a frozen pistachio dessert from the supermarket was shared for dessert. It was delightful 
Autocorrect doesn’t think - you have to bully it into submission.
I guess it is a local variation. The vinegar cuts though the richness of the dish.
Googling this now. Sounds tasty!
ETA: no luck whatsoever finding this one.
I have this one saved as well, because it’s similar to how I shortcut Turkish manti, my kid will eat it, and I think mafaldine pasta would look cool. If I don’t manage the pasta I’ll be borrowing your couscous idea!
OK, OK, I cooked! The garden is bumping so I was tasked with using Swiss chard. I took a cue from our CSA newsletter and made fritters. But as is typical, I changed the recipe considerably. They were delicious! I look forward to making more and trying the same with spinach and zucchini. 
CSA braised hakurei (slicing turnips) and radish greens alongside. I read love those!
DH made shortbread, which we had with local strawberry ice cream (also last night).
And here’s the lovely bubbly we popped yesterday to celebrate Mother’s Day.
Veg/herb-heavy frittata, with tons of scallions, cilantro, parsley, shallots, TJs baby cauli, Spanish chorizo, Manchego, a little cayenne, and pimenton, cooked in shallot oil. BF made a salad of FM butter lettuce, pear, and shallots. Tasty and light!
I hear ya. I seem to learn from everyone though. I have a good friend I call Conan The Librarian who works in the local library where I volunteer. He is a narcissist for sure and has a phd in victimhood. But, and isn’t there always a but?, he loves what I love, the card game Magic the Gathering. So I am “stuck” with him. NIW’s posts were very helpful, especially the ones that included her ex, Sadie’s father. Plus I want to know how the hamster Snowy is doing. I am very strange. You probably know that by now.
I found it on google books. Here is the link. She says it was part of the side dishes at Carousel Restaurant.
I am still figuring out this site. Derp. Not sure where this post should go because I am just that smart. After work my primary purpose is walking my dog Harley. She is a senior from the spca and a mix of chi, daschund and so help me jrt. She is a darling and the most trainable dog I have had since my mom’s poodles. But she needs walkies! Playing with the oxtail soup which might be done by the time I go to bed. Grabbed a strip steak from wegmans last night that seems very well marbled so I was going to have that with steamed asparagus but when I got home cdc (constant dining companion) had made tuna hoagies on amoroso rolls. Who am I to disagree? Found a small bag of potato chips leftover from some lovely to go feast from our Pumperniks so having that with red wine now and either a margarita or a negroni while I level my diablo three toon
WFD here tonight was steamed bao with lap cheong and asparagus done the dim sum style of gai lan. It was a hit, and I am a wee bit proud of myself for taking on this project. My husband sort of teases me about how often I just jump feet first into things I’ve not cooked before.
Anyway, the asparagus was from our garden. The bao were totally scratch. The filling was minced lap cheong with cabbage, woodear mushroom, garden chives, and some egg/flour binder. Dipping sauce was grandma/black vinegar/sweet soy.
Soup and salad. Aguadito de polo. Jodidamente deliciosos. Salad of mixed greens, piquillo pepper, pickled carrots, castelvetrano olives, red onion, manchego cheese, sherry vinegar, oo, dressing. Tequila.
A really long day today. Had it gone on half an hour longer, I would have bailed on making dinner and eaten corn flakes.
As it were, stuck to Plan A: boneless, skin-on, pan roasted chicken breasts, potato wedges, and sauteed greens with garlic and lemon.
Spinach from the garden.
Bibim-guksu - cold spicy noodles with kimchi
My dinner tonight restored my cooking (and eating) mojo — fingers crossed!
I needed to go to Whole Foods for some basics (mainly ginger for tea!) and had a nice wander - my first visit since I got back, and it reminded me why I enjoy shopping there. The strip steaks looked so inviting I decided that would be dinner, plus wild mushrooms and arugula.
Got home and reverse seared the steaks. While they were in the oven, sautéed oyster mushrooms, took a mandolin to fennel for salad, and then dressed the arugula and fennel with champagne vinegar and drippings after searing the steak. I could’ve eaten just the salad, it was that good. But then, the steak was fantastic so why would I do that?!
Majorly. Hit. The. Spot.
And lots of leftovers!
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Work has been kicking my ass. Mentally and physically. Everyone is tired, working six day weeks, morale sucks. No desire to cook the last few days but trudged along. Nothing fancy, no pics.
Yesterday for Mother’s Day I worked all day so that prevented brunch or lunch or whatever people that actually have lives do for such an occasion. We did get a takeout Indian feast last night and spent some time together watching shows on BritBox (her M-Day present which I think I will enjoy as much as her). And I made a couple of Rob Roy’s for us since Scotch pairs well with Indian food. Again, no pics.
Tonight was a laughably minimum effort that I barely had the desire to photograph. Behold a couple of Al Fresco roasted red pepper and Asiago chicken sausages, tater tots, and a Mozz and tomato salad to use some odds and ends. No cocktail tonight.
Hoping inspiration returns tomorrow.
All looks great to me. Love “behold”
A variation on a theme by a distant cousin from the other side of the globe…A Taiwanese oyster and chive
Sorry work sucks… hope it gets better soon. Your dinner looks pretty tasty, though!
