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Tomato omelette for breakfast

You can tell when my husband has been cooking as he doesn’t cut the chicken small, anyway Thai green chicken curry with rice and poppadums (Sp?) … there is also some lime pickle in my bowl. It doesn’t really go with a Thai curry being Indian nor do the poppadums for that matter, but I don’t care, I like them.

Oh @liuzhou I’m sorry that happened, looks very bad. We had salad bowls with the usual suspects again. This time they contained home grown lettuce, kale and coriander. My garden is doing much better this year because I have put chicken wire around it to stop the possums eating everything. The possums have multiplied to be a problem due to, I think, the demise of the neighbour’s cat, who would hunt them. Yes cats are a menace but so are the possums in the city, although they are very cute.

The night after the duck leg dinner we had more or less a repeat but with a pork chop instead of the duck. Caponata and this time just a nuked potato. Sour cherry juice not wine to drink. ( sometimes wine, but not often)

Macaroni and spring vegetables ( Primavera ) with lots of fresh ground pecorino which was quite strong. I enjoyed the macaroni as I hadn’t had it for ages. Reminds me I must make Mac n cheese which I also haven’t had for a long time … grandchildren will enjoy I guess … might sneak some finely diced red peppers in and maybe some peas for more vegetables.

Dinner tonight was a packaged confit duck leg with my caponata, duck fat sauteed (?) baby potatoes and I also made an orange sauce.

Salad bowl for lunch with all the usual subjects plus pickled red cabbage salad, pimento and egg plant spread, boiled new tiny potatoes we call chat potatoes. Served with a vinaigrette dressing.

Dinner was roasted chicken fillets with grilled (burnt ) bacon and zucchini. Thankfully the chicken was still moist with the addition of a stock. All mopped up with some crusty bread.

White Anchovy Tagliatelle pasta. This had strong flavours ( garlic and the anchovies ) mellowed a little by the lemon juice. I forgot to add fried bread crumbs until after we started. This tagliatelle is a little too wide for my liking. This is what ‘they’ call a dry pasta dish with olive oil and a little lemon juice the only moisture.

Delicious looking waffles @blue_dolphin Another breakfast for me was a slice of sourdough bread fried in olive oil till crunchy with avocado and topped with halloumi.

Out with my son in Sydney for a typical lunch. We both had a chicken bowl which was good. Lettuce (of course ) and so many delicious bits and pieces… barley, walnuts, sesame seeds, nigella seeds, poached jammy egg, sauerkraut, walnuts, radishes, paprika/red pepper sauce, sliced oranges, and of course marinated then breadcrumb cooked chicken, great vinaigrette. I had freshly squeezed watermelon juice with mint.

Breakfast outside at my son’s place. Scrambled eggs on toast with tomatoes and baby bocconcini. An almond cream croissant to share as a finishing sweet. Takeaway coffee from the cafe nearby

Had dinner at one of my son’s home. They cooked salmon, mashed potato and 3 greens - broccolini, beans and peas. The salmon was lightly marinated in honey and soy with a few chilli flakes and red peppers. It was very good.

I tried to replicate a sauce I had liked recently to go over chicken thighs. I sauteed white onion, diced eggplant and garlic, added a tin of diced tomatoes, S&P and a small branch of rosemary. Tasted and added some balsamic vinegar and a teaspoon of brandy. We were pleased with it. Served with scalloped potatoes.

Showing that I must be a creature of habit with my breakfasts. Saturday and Sunday lightly fried egg and sourdough toast with Danish feta.

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.