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Pancakes for breakfast with berries

Lunch was Arancini containing peas and mozzarella with a little salad. I think I’ve mentioned before that the small red veined leaves are sorrel. Greens ( lettuce ) are growing in the veggie plot again.

Husband made a beef stew which we had with broccolini and mashed potato. He makes the stew with loads of onions cooked even longer than the beef till they have melted down to form the ‘gravy’. I made an old fashioned apple pie.

Dinner was a faux moussaka meaning there was lamb, eggplant and a touch of cinnamon in the stew but without the refinements to make it a real moussaka.

Thanks for this thread a really interesting read.

Yes I mean that I think spinach served as a stand alone green vegetable is not ‘traditional’ with a Thai green curry.

Thai green curry, with rice and spinach. I realise spinach like this is not traditional but we have it as an”eat your green vegetables” side.

Goats cheese with warm honey and balsamic vinegar for lunch. I didn’t have any bread to grill or toast but found some parathas in the freezer.

Stir fry vegetables with noodles and duck dumplings (bought dumplings ). The sauce was oyster sauce, soy sauce with touches of ginger and lemongrass.

I was going through my Europe trip photos of a couple of months ago and found this lunch we had in Aix en Provence… zucchini risotto which was very nice.

Colds and flu like nasties have resulted in not much cooking going on here lately. Tonight we had a nice pork chop, cabbage and bacon with zucchini and stewed apple.

Bacon and scrambled eggs for breakfast

@Shel_Bthanks for that easy to follow ( and make ) Chicken Tikka Marsala recipe. I especially liked how you added or substituted various ingredients to suit what you had on hand. I also note that many CTM recipes use ground almonds but I do prefer ground cashews. Lunch was a beef burger with lots of little pickled baby cucumber with chilli

At risk of being very boring but here I’ve served lasagna again, this time with spinach. I had made a large dish of it last time, expecting visitors who didn’t show up, so a lasagna meal from the freezer was most welcome.

Chicken noodle with dumplings soup.

Lasagna with salad. I never used to put cheese through the layers but after reading US style recipes, I decided to do this. Nothing fancy, just a few spoonfuls of ricotta sprinkled over the meat layer. Cheesy bechamel sauce on top. Was pretty good.

Liverwurst on heavily seeded bread that has been toasted with a little fresh tomato salad.

Dinners over the last few nights Fish Friday was battered flat head fillets and salad Below Lamb loin chops brussel sprouts, potato and salad below Rotisserie chicken and potatoes with salad and a dollop of blue cheese below

Belly pork and crackling with brussel sprouts

Pumpkin soup for lunch made by my husband which was delicious.

I recently had garlic scapes risotto at a restaurant and it was really good. Of course I don’t know how it was actually made but I could see they were finely chopped and incorporated into the rice. You can see two asparagus spears as a garnish which could be confusing but the flavour was different so I asked. You can also see white garlic flowers used as a garnish.

Hastily put together avocado on toast with slices of Camembert for breakfast

I was looking forward to a burger and here it is.

Breakfast of sourdough toast with cream cheese, hard boiled egg and pickled cucumber which I pickled the other day.

Roast pork with roast potatoes, roast pumpkin, beans with tomatoes, apple sauce and gravy made by my husband. I do like a more liquid gravy but he seems to like this thicker one which he makes from a roux. I’m actually pleased just to have the help so no complaints from me.