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Another Sunday roast, this time lamb. It was nicely pink but I don’t mind it roasted a little longer as well. The ubiquitous roast potatoes, roast pumpkin, beans, mint jelly and gravy.

Dumpling soup again, this time has kale, pumpkin, lots of coriander and Vietnamese mint.

Breakfast with almost the lot ( missing baked beans IMHO ) I know people say a fry up is unhealthy but this lot was cooked in approximately a dessert spoon of olive oil.

Well possibly brunch as it was 11.30am A Spanish chorizo omelette with baguette toast.

Dinner was noodles, broccoli and Hungarian goulash with sour cream. We have small tubs of sour cream here in Australia, but nothing as delicious as the tubs of sour cream available in US … well at least California where I have done my most grocery shopping when in US. I first tasted US sour cream in the 80’s when visiting my girlfriend who had moved there, Woodland Hills, and at her home she produced a tub of sour cream. ” Taste this” she said, I did and my eyes opened wide ”I know” she said. It was so good.

Dinner was a minimal hamburger and a salad with homemade pickled red onions.

Soup for lunch again. Chicken and chicken stock, carrots, glass noodles, garnish green onions and chilli crisp.

Roast chicken for Sunday dinner. The slices of roast pumpkin were so sweet and delicious. Stuffing/dressing? was with tarragon. DH made the gravy. He cooks the butter and flour roux till it’s quite brown and uses the chicken juices with the fat skimmed off. It’s thicker than I like it but it doesn’t bother me enough to complain plus I like him helping in the kitchen.

Vegetable stew of eggplant, yellow pepper, red onion and tomatoes. Fried gnocchi and a beef patty.

Another soup as we are having a run of cooler rainy weather. Bought pork dumplings with a quickly made broth with Asian flavours… meaning some coriander, fresh ginger, lemon grass paste, soy sauce and chicken stock all simmered for about only half an hour.

Lunch was Irish seafood chowder. Cooked a soffitto (Sp.various) in butter, added plain flour, added fish stock, added small cubes of potato. Simmered this for about half an hour then added some cream, milk, salt and pepper, some thyme, brought this all to the boil and added cubes of salmon, cubes of snapper, some shrimp/ prawns and a few shelled mussels. Cooked for 5 minutes till all seafood cooked. Done.

Dinner was porterhouse steak with chips/fries and salad. 2nd photo shows the steak was cooked medium rare. Was all good

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.