Congratulations to your 60th birthday 
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That looks so good! Happy birthday!
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A meal without leftovers. Chicken thigh piccata, asparagus with garlic, parsley, parm butter. Salad of mixed greens, cucumber, tomato, red onion, creamy Greek dressing. Bombay gin rocks and wine.
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I’m gonna have to try that.
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Used some of the leftover Sunday Sauce on this Chicken Parm tonight. Since the sauce was especially rich due to most of the meat disintegrating, it added so much flavor and texture to what is normally a simple dish. Side of sautéed broccoli rabe and mashed potatoes with garlic, parsley, and freshly grated Parmesan.
One Bombay gin martini followed by a Bombay rocks. I seriously have to thank @BeefeaterRocks for turning me onto gin rocks. It took a while, but it is just lovely.
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Happy Birthday! That looks like a fabulous dinner. Tonight was also Mrs. P’s birthday. We enjoyed an outstanding dinner at Cafe Matisse in Rutherford, NJ including panko crusted long stem artichoke wrapped in speck ham; smoked swordfish loin carpaccio with soba noodles; crispy panko crusted crab cake and chipotle honey glazed shrimp; pan seared scallop with rabbit loin and cocoa foie gras croquette; Teriyaki glazed pan seared Rohan duck breast and miso glazed foie gras; pan seared Chilean sea bass and popcorn coconut shrimp; and a brownie for dessert. It all went great with our favorite wines of Caymus cabernet and Cooper and Thief red blend aged in bourbon barrels.
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BF made a super simple but really delicious dinner - Bockwurst, creamed spinach with a bit of brie blended in (to die for), and garlicky/buttery boiled potatoes. Each bite was better than the last.
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happy birthday to Mrs. P!
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Thank you!
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Happy happy!
those turnips look fab!
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Loving this!
No, I live in the Arizona Desert and it gets quite windy here from time to time. We also get dust storms called “haboobs”, which makes visibility almost zero.
Everything in the home is electric… no gas. Luckily, I had picked up an extra can of butane for my camp stove (when it was on sale) and had that in stock. If not for the butane, dinner would have been cold soup and potato chips.
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Tonight’s dinner was Lamb Keema Aloo. It was my first time making it and I think I should have added a little more water when I simmered it. Live and Learn… It was still quite good and my girlfriend and I very much enjoyed it.
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Happy birthday @ChristinaM @BeefeaterRocks and Mrs. @paryzer!
Dinner tonight was The Tale of Two Noodles. @Amandarama’s noodles from the other day stuck in my mind, so I thought I’d made sesame “takeout noodles”. But then I also had scallion noodles on my mind from writing up ginger scallion sauce for @ChristinaM. So I decided I’d just make both and save myself any “regret” later, lol.
Sesame noodles: Chinese sesame paste (which tastes toasty, like sesame oil, vs raw like tahini), honey, chilli garlic paste (this one), a splash each of soy sauce, black vinegar, and sesame oil.
Scallion (ginger) noodles: Ginger scallion sauce, white pepper, pinch of sugar, a splash each of shaoxing wine and rice vinegar.
SO. GOOD. Leftovers for another day. The scallion noodles are calling out for some chicken. The sesame noodles taste like dan dan noodles, which I’m guessing is because of the chilli garlic sauce.
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Last night I wasn’t really hungry for dinner, so I had an arugula salad dressed simply with olive oil and red wine vinegar, and topped with some pecorino and salvage croutons. Also sprinkled on a bit of TJ’s citrus seasoning, in place of lemon or orange zest, which worked nicely.
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The meal before that was more elaborate than usual, but all I actually made was dal – the rest was from day-before cooking of vegetables to be salvaged: frozen okra that defrosted because I forgot it in the fridge, and the last of a cauliflower that got roasted.
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Names can be misleading! Soursops are not actually sour 
I’m not keen on bitter but I do think it’s worth a taste still.
Happy Birthday! It looks like it was a wonderful treat for you all. Looking forward to the cake pictures!
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@Desert-Dan Kheema aloo is one of my favorite comfort foods, as folks here have heard before.
This link has a good basic recipe from Madhur Jaffrey, along with ideas for leftovers if there are any (pasta, shepherds pie, sandwich toast / panini, and so on).
I’d recommend adding the potatoes (raw) halfway through and letting them cook with the meat - they absorb all the flavors and are absolutely delicious (joke in my family is that it’s aloo kheema not kheema aloo - meaning the meat is there to dress the potatoes, which are really the star of the show!)
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Happy respective birthdays to @ChristinaM and Mrs. @paryzer - it all looks lovely, and celebrated well! I love your shirt @paryzer, but didn’t realize you were a wine lover til the shirt confirmed it. I kid, lol! 
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