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There was a bowl of things, shredded roast chicken, baby pak choy, vermicelli noodles, crushed peanuts in bone broth. Then, another bowl of things. Laksa with prawns, tofu puffs, rice noodles, more pak choy and toppings. Note a new bag of bean sprouts. Countdown is reset.

*bump* I'm sure I've done this before, but it's been a while. Tonight I cooked the Pimento Cheese Quiche. This is a VERY forgiving dish. It says to put the additions (cheese, pimentos, more cheese) into the baking dish, then pour the egg / cream / spice mixture atop it. Nope. I wasn't paying enough attention, and I reversed the order of the 2nd and 3rd layers. I admit that when I realized I should have poured the egg mixture onto the cheese, instead of the other way around, I spent some time trying to mash the cheese down into the egg mixture. I'm not sure it mattered. Will I bother trying it both ways? I dunno. This is pretty good without worrying about perfection. Mmm, good. Easy. Forgiving.

Yes, the classic came the next day.

A favorite of mine! Met him at a book release event here in Los Angeles, comes across as very modest and humble. The recipes are pretty precise and detail oriented, great book if you are a lover of savory pies!

Iceplant salad with chicken

Last night. Clams with bamboo shoot and Hunan pickled hot 🔥 peppers.

The NYT recently reposted these Salted Margarita Bars... Caveat: I'm not a tequila drinker, and I've never had a margarita, so take my comments with, errrrr, a pinch of salt. The flavours weren't particularly to my taste, but if you're a fan then maybe it'll push your buttons. I was mainly interested in the frozen cream angle, and that I did like. Straight from the freezer it was still soft-ish, kinda like ice cream (frozen custard) with a bit of density/chew. It was 3C/37F here today, so maybe not the best conditions to road test a frozen treat, but for a hot, sunny day, it could well hit the mark. YouTube (where somebody's stuck the recipe in the comments).

They were deep fried in avocado oil in small eight inch wok, I used a small scoop. They were practically grease free, take only 2/3 minutes to cook.

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Online order for dried morels at Costco, never saw this carried before. It's been a decade since I ordered morels. It's a splurge but 1 lb of dried morels is a lot of morels!

Wise, wise words. No way to say this any better. This is the way.

How did you get those fritters to be so spherical? They look lovely, but not easy to do.

football, any or all of the games today along with Pip's Cinnamon twists . I tried these through Misfit's and we were wowed by them. Out of stock at Misfit's (of course) when I wanted to reorder. I ordered thru website. I tried the Honey BBQ also, not wowed, not bad but eh. Cinnamon are the way to go. Their white cheddar cheese balls are good too but I don't think they're better than local available equivalents.

Woe is me, I've tried to make them last as long as possible, but this is the last pear from a Christmas gift of Harry & David Royal Riviera pears. Juicy, sweet, delicious. The pinnacle of pearness. It nearly melts in my mouth, but it hasn't gone mealy yet. I wish I could have these all the time, but I suppose the ephemeral nature of this wonderful fruit makes it all the more precious.

My advice isn’t specifically about cooking but if I were having surgery, I would be setting up accounts with the grocery delivery and errand running services in my area and trying them out with simple orders. I’ve learned that being already sick or in recovery is not the time to set that stuff up. No amount of advance planning can prepare for all eventualities so it’s wise to have some delivery options in your back pocket. Particularly pharmacy pickup or delivery options. For yourself, make sure you’re set up with easily digestible options that might not be otherwise appealing but can get you through. I keep some of these on hand at all times. I donate and rotate them out periodically. Soft fruits: bananas, applesauce, avocado, pumpkin, canned fruit (packed in water not heavy syrup), and melons Steamed or boiled vegetables: carrots, green beans, potatoes, and squash Low-fiber starches: white bread, white rice, saltine crackers, cream of wheat, instant oatmeal, and noodles Unseasoned skinless baked chicken or turkey, scrambled eggs, yogurt and kefir Drinks: bone broth, apple juice, coconut water, Pedialyte, weak tea If you have friends or neighbors who want to help out with something like a meal train for you or your family, give some thought to how you’d like that to work from your end. People like to help and the more you can guide them, the better. Setting up a clear drop off spot, including a cooler can be a big help.

Leftovers from yesterday's family holiday meal: spinach soup (palak shorva) mixed with stir-fried cabbage with fennel, my brother's scalloped potatoes, and some crumbled feta. Too late, Mrs. C pointed out that we also had leftover ham, which would have been nice. Mrs. C will only eat palak (or saag) dishes with the lights very low, claiming it looks too much like messes she had to clean up in patient rooms at the hospital . . .

Ricotta fritters with pistachios, mortadella, Pecorino Romano. Aioli with truffle salt for dipping.

@TdeV yes.

@rotuts, does Fz mean "frozen" ?

Some versions of potatoes freeze quite well Hash Browns . FF . however , I cant address if these have been treated in anyway to improve the result. If I see Fz hash browns that dont seem to Manipulated , Ill try them Fz in the Air Fryer .

Made my favourite combo: Mapo Tofu with eggplant - so good with a big bow of rice: Picked up a Greek seasoned spatchcock chicken for $10. 45 min at 400F. Supper made! A new Weight Watchers recipe: Sheet Pan Tzimmes Chicken. Lovely fragrance throughout the house!

Tried some inclusions this time. I cut the dough into three, and added chives and roasted garlic and marinated mixed olives in two of them. Left the other plain. The olive one is good, but I’m thinking the oil may have affected it. Seems a little gummy. Could have need a longer bulk ferment, or they got a little deflated from added the inclusions. More experimento I guess.

Today’s lunch was the Cauliflower with Olives and Tomato from Six Seasons of Pasta. I had a mix of white, green, yellow and purple cauliflower which this recipe doesn’t particularly show off to its best but it was still a fine lunch. I added a few handfuls of baby kale that aren’t part of the recipe

Face it: if you're the cook in the family and you're having surgery, or if you're the cook in the family and you'l be overseeing someone else's recovery, you'd better have the food prepared in advance. It had better be easy to reheat, serve and eat. It needs to be appetizing. It needs to be easy. Of course it has to meet dietary guidelines for recovery, and that's a wild card for purposes of this discussion. We don't seem to have a dedicated topic for this purpose, although we have a couple of topics that are relevant: Batch Cooking: One large batch, many small meals. Share your ideas! ...and this old one, which takes into account feeding the entire family but got to be rather specific about the surgery in question: Food ideas for friends after major surgery? What are some of your ideas for meal prep and serving when there simply won't be time or energy for cooking? Got any favorite recipes? If you've been through this, what worked and what wouldn't you recommend? Packaging ideas are also welcome.

I have never frozen potatoes so i'm of no help. I'm sorry.