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Roast, stuffed with garlic and jalapeños, chowchow, black-eyed peas, rice and gravy. Salad. Spinach, butter lettuce, arugula, red onion, radishes. My serving included Gorgonzola cheese, dried figs. Pepper jelly vinaigrette not pictured.

My future daughter in law sent over a Lebanese dish her grandmother used to make for her. Sabanegh (spinach and ground beef) with rice. She told me to put the spinach and meat mixture over the rice, add a few squirts of lemon and a little vinegar, and eat! I had some for lunch yesterday. I had more with my dinner last night. My husband picked up a poboy for himself and some fried catfish for me. With a cup of leftover soup.

Shrimp and cannellini bean soup and garlic Parmesan naan. And before parm.

It was sweet, so I added sriracha to sort of counterbalance it. Maybe I'd also increase the fish sauce next time. I thought it was tasty enough to be worth playing with the salty, sweet, and heat to find the right balance. Maybe lime juice to add sour?

True! I did add lettuce, but the bacon and tomatoes were too pretty to cover up. I didn’t even think of that when I posted. 😂

So many beautiful meals to look at! I will go back through them again and linger more. This group has access to such a variety of ingredients! Several different dinners, from super easy to complex (for me). Good old reliable, never disappointing, BLT. Vietnamese One Pan Caramel Chicken. Recipe from Marion's Kitchen. I regretted not taking the sauce a little further, so after supper I worked on it a little more. Here's a pic of leftovers packed up for my son's girlfriend and you can see how much darker it is. Mexican pizzas, Taco Bell copycat. Tonight's dinner was chicken rendang. By far the dish that took the most work. There were a number of recipes with varying ingredients, so I sort of used one as a base, and then added a few things from others.

Tuna on rye and baked sweet potato fries.

Last night we had our dinner delivered. It included Pom Bom chicken livers. The pomegranate sauce is so good. Lahm bi ajin pizza, which I’ve never tried, was included. I don’t think I’d have known there was any meat, if not for the menu description. Regardless, I liked it. Tonight I made hamburger steaks with mushroom gravy, more my husband’s style than mine.

@mgaretz and @CantCookStillTry, thanks for making me less self-conscious about my low brow food effort! @Kim Shook- The biscuits were just a house brand from Albertsons, 8 in the pop open can. Stuffed peppers for supper tonight. I get the credit for the peppers, Costco gets the credit for the Mexican style corn. I also made a chickpea salad, but it lacked personality. I’ll fiddle with the seasoning and spice tomorrow.

My original plan for last night's dinner was to have leftover pot roast and trimmings, but then my son was kind enough to add my Costco list to his and also delivered to my house. For that, he deserved to take home the pot roast and gravy for his supper. I might should be embarrassed to post what I decided to make. It's kind of below the standards of this board, but I made calzones out of canned biscuits. I saw it on YouTube! 😛 Shishito peppers Tonight's dinner was actual real cooking. Chicken and sausage gumbo. Baked peaches.

Those shrimp look perfect and gorgeous!

A couple of dinners. Pot roast, rice n gravy, slaw. I had leftover shrimp, so I decided on flatbread. Started with pesto (from Costco) and pine nuts. Shredded mozzarella and the leftover shrimp. Sautéed mushrooms and onions. More mozzarella. Topped with a little arugula once it was done.

No dressing, but layered seasoning with salt, black pepper and cayenne. This might be the one kind of salad I don’t dress. Olive oil and lemon juice would be good though.

Quinoa with shrimp, feta, red onion, pine nuts, grape tomatoes and arugula.

Thanks, I have not tried either of those, and hadn't heard of carnaroli until a few days ago, while watching a YouTube on risotto preparation. Will it be heresy to try an Instant pot recipe that I've heard makes great risotto? I still have some arborio left and may use it that way.

Yes, I knew I needed something green, but it just didn't happen. My mother insisted that every meal have something raw for "crunch," as she put it. I do love some good crunch. Sigh. Miss you, Mom! @Kim Shook - I'm glad the baked fries worked out for you! I will definitely be doing them again. A few days ago I had some leftover meat from tacos at lunch, so I created "taco potatoes." Turned out to be a tasty creation! Chicken salad with apples, toasted pecans and homemade croutons. Grilled cheese on rye with tomato soup (Raos Tomato Basil) I am a risotto novice and have struggled to get it creamy enough. I'm almost there! The first two pics are my first attempts, and the third is last night's. Risotto with king crab Risotto with scallops Risotto with shrimp

Not very pretty, but the meatloaf was moist and tasty. Baked sweet potato, cannellini beans with a little pesto, and cantaloupe.

I was surprised by how much I liked it. Might have to do it on purpose sometime.

Although the salad greens aren’t visible, there is arugula, butter lettuce and red leaf lettuce, topped with shrimp, avocado, bacon, red onion, and tomato. Not pictured is a wedge of overdone cornbread, which ended up broken up into pieces like croutons. That was not the plan, but it’s what happened.

LOL. I've become fixated on carbs in the last six months! The potatoes were peeled by me.

Oy vey. I posted that from my phone and it seems to have gotten away from me. I meant to add that the photo is from my Instacart shopping when I ordered the potatoes! I usually think of new potatoes as small. These were nice and chunky and largish. This was actually my first time using potatoes in baked fries. I do it with zucchini fries all the time, but usually use frozen fries for baking. PS - Your entire meal looks fabulous!

I use an iPhone. (I probably should respond to questions in one post, rather than three, but not sure how to triple quote at this point. It's been quite some time since I posted regularly at eGullet.)

I have a tendency to use whatever I have on hand, which is not necessarily the recommended potato for the job. These were red potatoes.

Sure. It's from Marion's Kitchen. Spicy Peanut Noodle Soup INGREDIENTS 3 tbsp vegetable oil 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped 3cm piece ginger, finely chopped 1 tsp chilli powder (or to taste) 1 tsp sweet paprika 200g (7 oz) pork mince 2 tbsp crunchy peanut butter 2 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp vinegar 5 cups chicken stock 400g (14 oz) cooked noodles 12 frozen dumplings Finely sliced spring onion (scallions), to serve INSTRUCTIONS STEP 1 Heat the vegetable oil in a wok or large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the garlic, ginger, chilli and paprika. Stir-fry for half a minute. Then add the pork and stir-fry until almost cooked. Add the peanut butter, soy sauce and vinegar and stir-fry for about 2 minutes or until thick and bubbling. Add the chicken stock and simmer for 2-3 minutes. Taste and season with extra soy sauce or salt to taste. STEP 2 Cook dumplings in boiling water according to packet instructions. STEP 3 Divide pork soup among serving bowls. Add cooked noodles and top with dumplings. Sprinkle with spring onion and serve.