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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.

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.