Tonight I made angel hair and meatballs, with everything from scratch except for the pasta. I added lots of shredded zucchini to the mix so that served as our veg, too.
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Inspired by a discussion with @MunchkinRedux over in the weekly meal planning thread.
Vaquero beans with kale and chouriço based on Leite’s Caldo Verde.
Kale with chouriço, bacon,potato and tomato based on the WaPo bacon, bean and kale Soup
Chouriço with tomato and white wine
Beans with Sass, with extra bacon
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Thanks! I have tried to do that a few times with my mother, but she seems to go days without sleep to not have to use her phone for anything by just talking to one person at a time (drops out of 3-way calls “mysteriously”, refuses to text or answer texts…to be fair there is early onset dementia at play here too).
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Dinner tonight, from COTM Mexican Everyday by Rick Bayless, Zucchini and Mushroom Tacos in a zesty chipotle tomato sauce with goat cheese. If you are into guisado tacos, these are quite wonderful. Messy, but wonderful!
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I made gumbo with the crazy expensive currently available dungeness. Here’s the roux, crab and crab stock. I hope pictures of actual gumbo to follow. We just started eating.
With garlicky greens for me. More of the “gravy” than this for most (husband).
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I’m sorry. My sister and I are dealing with very similar issues with our mom. It’s rough 
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Wfd was pad Thai noodles. Protein of choice? Pork in meatball form. It felt a little fusion but was pretty tasty. It’s nice to be able to make this at home as this dish would have a high chance of peanut cross contam if ordered. Served with quick pickled radish not shown.
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Thanks! Good luck with your mom’s situation as well.
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Was too dark for a photo, but I’m back in the city and had to scrounge up dinner at 10 PM. To the rescue:
One fish taco (I crave these in my exile)
One very lovely chayote, citrus, radish and avocado salad. MAN was that good.
And with a generous tip, that’s what thirty bucks will get you in a very non-fancy brooklyn restaurant these days.
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Patty melt! Ala the BF. with sides of potato salad in olive oil with capers, tomato salad with shallots. Simples.
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wow. i keep saying “everything’s more expensive now,” but i still get sticker shock.
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actually i forgot i had an agua fresca, too. but still.
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it adds up!
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Quick orecchiette with Italian sausage, mix of spinach, arugula and frisee (the planned escarole seems currently impossible to find), garlic, raisins, pine nuts and parmesan
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A mixture of vegetables I had hanging around in the fridge - Japanese eggplant, bok choy sum, onion, a few cubes of leftover roasted squash, and canned baby corn - in a Thai red curry sauce. Served over a piece of black sea bass taken from the freezer. The sauce was a little thin. I had some coconut milk in the freezer to use up and didn’t want to open another can coconut milk only to be left with extra.
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