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This is the entire recipe. The only thing I change is that I divide the marinade in half and marinate thighs in one half, and reserve the other half to thin (with water) and heat and serve as a side sauce. https://www.andiemitchell.com/grilled-moroccan-chicken-thighs-with-pecan-couscous/

Lovely pool shot, @gulfporter. Dins too, of course. How do you make pecan couscous?

Haven't made any real meals in awhile due to major pool repair. Had workers here from 8:30 AM till past 7PM for 5 weeks! We found large cracks due to last few earthquakes. Retiled, repaired patio, too. Been filled with water for 10 days and levels holding (yippee!). Added a handrail for my husband who continues his recovery from a broken femur that required extreme ER surgery with internal metal plate, screws, wires. Two weeks ago he was cleared by surgeon for full weight-bearing part of day. He has a bit of limp but so far, so good. Made one of our fav meals, Moroccan Chicken with Olive, Prunes and served with Pecan Couscous. Yeah, it came out a bit charred on the skin side, but we are OK with that.

Take-out carnita burrito , w added guac : Melted some cheese ,torched it , and added pico de gallo (TJ's ). The guacamole was non-existant . Cartels ? Tariffs ? next time Ill plan on an actual avocado on the side. w some lime. and of course a Hoponius Union , ice cold in a frozen glass. needed some heat , so Tabasco Chipoltle sauce. quite decent . a bit under flavored . 1/2 for breakfast tomorrow. H.U. excellent as always. time for a short nap. Happy Easter !

Why didn't you post this 2 days ago? I just threw away a mayonnaise jar and it's now in the bottom of my garbage. I'm not going bin diving, thank you.

This is one of many food-conserving and thrifty tricks I learned from my parents and grandparents: making a salad dressing from the dregs of a mayonnaise jar. I was pleasantly surprised to see it turn up in a You Tube video. Maybe you'll find it useful, perhaps it'll give you some ideas or motivate you to post some similar tricks you use. https://foodwishes.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-old-empty-mayo-jar-dressing-trick.html And here's the short You Tube version in case you're the impatient type: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/987oZ1MM5w0

Thanks for another lovely journey with you - your photos and descriptions are the next best thing to being there.❤️

The food photos are Oh My! But this photo caught me, so poignant. Especially during Holy Week.

My wife makes these every Easter - Eggzellent - and we just help ourselves all day.

Thanks for this!!! I love the Bois de Boulogne... not only is there this restaurant, but there used to be a 3* Le Pre Catelan... I don't know if it's still there, or still 3* though.....

for corn tortillas ( as fresh as you can get them ) Id lightly coat each side w water , then cover and micro until warm they can get pliable that way . sort of ' steamed '

I've been wondering if the truly delicious restaurant tortilla shells were fried instead of baked. Thanks for that. Since I'm not set up for deep frying and my $2 thrift store find is supposed to be a way around that, I'll try the oil trick. So far you, @rotuts and @Dave the Cook have suggested it. That's strong guidance!

Thank you @liamsaunt!

@liamsaunt nothing quite like the aroma that hits you when you enter a bakery like that one.

Just some meals from last week. Monday I made clean the fridge minestrone with homemade whole wheat bread. Tuesday was Carlos's birthday so I made corned beef and cabbage. It's his favorite meal and I finally found the perfect corned beef recipe. I brined it for 8 days instead of the recommended five and it turned out great. Wednesday was hotter than Hades so we just had a salad. And Friday was more clean the freezer. Ribs, cooked in the oven, with cauliflower and cheese sauce and homemade bread and butter pickles.

One last installment from the Prime Class Lounge at CDG. We had to be out of the apartment by 10, but were able to leave our luggage with the housekeeper, so we went to another neighborhood boulangerie Some of the cases We ordered croissants and lattes And then we went to the park near the apartment to knock off our daily minimum 10k steps. It’s so pretty in there. The Bois de Boulogne. I could have spent days exploring it. This is a restaurant in the park. You have to take a boat to it (all we could think of was the movie The Menu). There was a line of people in their Easter outfits waiting to be taken over for a meal And that is really it for this visit, unless you want to see airplane food, but I guess we already have a thread for that 😀

I would try @rotuts's suggestion about the oil. Maybe use some oil spray if you have it. When I worked in a Mexican restaurant, we had a contraption that was a wire basket with a hinged handle and a top part that fitted into it to press the shape. It was dipped briefly into the hot fry oil. As I remember we used both the corn tortillas and the flour tortillas. Made that way they were delicious. The corn tortillas were used for tostadas and the flour tortillas were used for salads.

Thank you, @liamsaunt, for another lovely trip.

Seems as if this pasta might be a thing, as we had a quite similar dish, at a small bistro way down in the 14th called L'Assiette. It was just this past February, and as it was still black truffle season, why not? Apparently, they like the elbows.

@Smithy thank you for the Sprouts tour. re : Tortillas: Id very lightly coat the inside of the tortilla w good quality oil then a very light dusting of seasoning of your choice , for flavor.

@liamsaunt thank you for sharing . Bad Food in Paris ? who knew I counted at least 3 Dover Sole's , nicely cooked so there is that . and that's worth the trip , in my book.

Now, I can demonstrate my affinity with the locals and display my affection of my home city's signature dish by sporting this stylish Luosifen T-shirt, I just discovered on an online shopping channel. Or perhaps not.

It's been a vicarious pleasure to accompany you on your visit. Thank you. (My parents were of the firm opinion that the best place to eat in Paris was in the restaurant IN the Eiffel tower because it's the only place in Paris where you can't see the Eiffel Tower. I'm not sure they were wrong!)

Yesterday was our last full day in Paris. Niece and nephew wanted to go shopping on the Champs d’Elysses. After about 15 minutes of fighting the crowds, they turned to us and said “we hate shopping!” 😂. We did have the unfortunate experience of ending up in a cafe on the street because nephew was starving. We just ordered some lattes and dessert. It was pretty terrible but we were expecting it to be. Interesting ceiling decor Crepes Banana Nutella crepes Chcoclate ice cream We retreated and went to a less crowded area for the rest of the day, but then regrouped and decided to do the most touristy thing of all: have dinner with a view of the Eiffel Tower! We were seated at a window table with a pretty good view of the tower. Drinks. asparagus with bearnaise pizzetta salmon tartare Husband, niece and I played it safe with omelettes nephew had pasta with ham and Comte sister had coconut cod curry dessert was a millefeuille a liege cafe pain perdu and strawberry sorbet with a sparkling reward Overall, it was a pretty successful trip considering the size of our group and differing interests. We have some time before our flight, but I am not sure if eating will be involved. If it is, I will update this thread. If not, see you soon on the dinner thread!

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