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My household has expanded as my nephew's college closed campus for the rest of the semester and my niece's high school did the same. They opted to move in here as my wifi is faster than at their Mom's house, and they will be going to school online for the rest of the academic year. Mom lives one town over, so has been coming for dinner every night, and as soon as her office closes down (likely tomorrow), she is moving in too. I have one more bedroom left; any takers? 🙂 All meals for the foreseeable future will be served family style. I skipped photos for the first few days while I adjusted to this new routine, but here is tonight's dinner. Crabless crab rangoons (nephew is allergic to crustaceans) Fried rice with not enough vegetables for the younger ones to object (and especially none of my niece's DREADED PEAS) Chicken and pepper stir fry

I used this one: https://www.recipetineats.com/thai-fish-cakes-2/ Last night, salmon tacos

Thai fish cakes with rice and cucumber salad

Spaghetti with cod and olives, and a loaf of polenta-sage bread

vegetable lo mein

bacon egg and tomato sandwich

Bun cha noodle bowl

Cobb salad

Udon noodles in a garlic-ginger-mushroom broth with greens, mushrooms and a soft cooked egg

J. Kenji Lopez-Alt has an article in today's New York Times about how to cook with plant-based meats. There are some interesting sounding recipes. I have one more package of Impossible Burger languishing in my freezer, and might use it to make one of his suggested recipes. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/03/dining/impossible-beyond-meat.html

I tried to send it to you privately. It was good but not in my "must make again" file. Tonight, two different proteins. We are like Jack Sprat and his wife. Chicken schnitzel with fries and salad Waygu flatiron steak with same salad and fries, and truffle butter

Here is the tagine recipe (the first of the three recipes in the article) https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/02/18/magazine/recipes-3-chicken-stews-soups-that-skip-searing-step/ And the rice: https://food52.com/recipes/72155-instant-pot-moroccan-spiced-rice I cooked it in my rice cooker, not in the instant pot. I bought an instant pot about a year ago but it's still in the box haha

Tagine of chicken, tomato, butternut squash, olives, apricots, and spinach with pistachio-cilantro topping, with spiced rice.

I do. I have this: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B001B8G4R8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I bought it about 10 years ago and it does not look like it is available anymore. It folds down for storage. I have it set up in my small dining room, which is adjacent to my main kitchen (I have two dining rooms and two kitchens, weird house haha). I keep my camera on a tripod in there so I can just pop the plate in and take a quick picture on the way to the table. We rarely eat in that room so it's not in the way.

Thank you! Last night, wide rice noodles in a creamy miso ginger sauce with pickled carrots, cabbage, herbs, and miso-marinated broiled salmon

Coconut fish curry and cartelized onion jeera rice, both recipes from Meera Sodhas's Made in India

It is essentially this recipe: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1019981-seared-scallop-pasta-with-burst-tomatoes-and-herbs?action=click&module=Local Search Recipe Card&pgType=search&rank=12 though I do not follow the technique in the recipe at all. I make the sauce first and keep it warm (and I add a knob of butter to the sauce too), while I cook the pasta. I sear the scallops in a separate pan during the last few minutes of cooking the pasta. It's very flexible. I had lots of herbs on hand yesterday, so put in chives, basil, parsley and mint.

Spaghetti with scallops and cherry tomatoes.

Kale salad with roasted butternut squash and fennel, chicken sausage, pine nuts, parmesean and pomegranate vinaigrette

Singapore noodles

chicken tacos with rajas con crema, guacamole, queso fresco and spicy pickled radishes. Plus some lime rice.

I was expecting to have fish for dinner last night, but my fish share delivery was cancelled because the fishing crew was sick. Supposedly it is now coming tomorrow (fingers crossed). So, dinner was mostly pulled out of the pantry: paneer butter masala, maharajah rice and some freshly baked naan.

Garlic-herb butter pull apart bread Creamy corn bucatini with sautéed cherry tomatoes, homemade ricotta, and frico

spicy rice noodles with ground chicken, sugar snap peas, spinach and red bell peppers

miso roasted salmon with black rice, cucumbers, cilantro, roasted radishes and lime-mirin dressing