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@TicTac I do like the creaminess of your ‘deconstructed marg pizza risotto’. I always try for that creaminess but sometimes it doesn’t work out.

Another pork chop but not a thick one. Served with a sauce with leek and Dijon, orzo and silver beet from the garden which has once again survived the winter.

@liuzhou Do you agree a ‘full’ English breakfast must have a portion of Heinz baked beans? Although my breakfast was pretty tasty, it would have been even better with a serving of good old Heinz baked beans imho.

Making a habit of steak, roasties and asparagus. Sauce was creamy pepper with a splash of brandy.

Not a great fan of a sweet breakfast but sometimes indulge, this was such an occasion. Toasted Belgian waffle bought from Aldi ( very sweet ) with butter and maple syrup.

Dinner was rare roast beef, roastie potatoes and asparagus. Somehow I ran out of time to make Yorkshire puddings.

Lunch was fresh scallops in a brown butter, lemon, parsley and garlic sauce. I removed the coral and used it in a sauce with fish for dinner. These weren’t those giant scallops you see in recipe photos but they were sweet and we enjoyed them.

Visited our favourite fresh fish shop, this was Monkfish, I hadn’t had it prior and found it to be a good white meaty fish…cooked it with a sweet and sour sauce with the coral off some fresh scallops we had for lunch ( see lunch thread ). Australian asparagus is in the shops and I’m pleased about that.

Dinner last night was rack of lamb quite rare which we enjoyed with salad and roasted sweet potato.

Pancakes with frozen raspberries, dollops of labneh (strained Greek yoghurt) which I often have made in the fridge. No sugar in anything but we’re not fanatical about no sugar just avoid it if possible.

Typical early Sunday dinner, pork fillet, roastie potatoes, gravy plus other vegetables and Dijon mustard. That’s cranberry juice mixed with mineral water.

Thai green curry with prawns and cauliflower. Somehow I always let the coconut milk get too hot and the mixture splits. Still tastes OK though. Also edited to add the apple and almond tart I made. Had it with a spoonful of whipped cream.

Crispy mushroom omelette and toast.

It was warm enough today to have salad as a main… 1st of the season. I poached sliced chicken breasts and there are new baby potatoes… chats

Braised soy pork with crackling over rice. Good to be cooking again.

Back from holiday to my husbands spaghetti bolognaise with a tasty shaved Parmesan. It was a good tasting bolognaise, and I asked him how he made it. He said extra brown onions and no herbs. He couldn’t find the oregano.

I’m home after being away and still in holiday mode. Strawberry yoghurt with fresh berries for breakfast.

I’m away from home atm . I’m at a somewhat tropical place on the East Coast of Australia, where one of my sons and his wife are sailing in a regatta week and I’ve been taken along as the Nanny for my youngest grand child. ( 6 months old ). It is enjoyable but hard work. Dinner out at an Italian restaurant saw me having Oysters Veal scallopini with a red wine sauce, mash and brocollini For dessert I had tiramisu It was all delicious and I am quite full up as I don’t usually have 3 courses. I though you might like to see the area so below is a view of where we are staying. There are lots of islands off shore, you can just make out a couple on the horizon

Dinner was a pork fillet and zucchini, mustard and gravy with roasted cauliflower sprinkled with harissa. I made a free form apple and raspberry tart for a seldom eaten dessert.

I guess you would call these quesadillas as they are fried wheat tortillas with cheese and green onions inside. I am not a Mexican food cook hardly at all and am not terribly fond of eating it, that said, these were very tasty

Lamb (again ) spring lamb is a good price atm, pumpkin with gravy and a dollop of lingonberry jam… from IKEA

@Shelby It has never come into my mind to use crushed packet pork rinds in place of breadcrumbs… what a good idea. Now it’s in my mind I can’t wait to try them for various things… my scotch eggs for example. Dinner for us was a scotch fillet steak with carrots, green beans, potatoes and boiled unpeeled fresh fava beans. ( broad beans ) Of course I do like the 2nd peeled fava beans, but this way was how I grew up eating them and I quite like the beans like this even if they do have a strangely grey tinge to them. Edited deleted twice photo

Saturday morning here and breakfast of mushrooms and small pieces of speck… toast of course.

Dinners we had were below baked chicken breast over orzo Below lamb chops, chips and peas Below… I made a tart tartin with caramelised brown sugar. I used a bought all butter puff pastry.

Lunch was Lentil soup and toast at a cafe on a beach.