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Leftover broccoli rice with blackened chicken strips from Costco.

Leftover pork chop and cheesy broccoli rice. No canned soup was harmed (or opened) in the making of it. Also, chocolate peanut tart, with potato chip crust.

A true Cajun meal has a three starch minimum, and I’m showing restraint by having only two. Potato salad is commonly paired with gumbo. Some people serve it on the side, and some plop it right in the bowl. If you live in the parish (county) north of me, you might have a baked sweet potato with, or in your gumbo, but those people are crazy. 😜

Shrimp salad for dinner last night, and coconut curry shrimp soup the night before.

In south Louisiana, there are people who pair rice with anything and everything, including chili. More people pair it with cornbread (on the side). I’m not sure how regional that is. Personally, my favorite way is with Fritos, unless it’s chili made with chunks instead of ground meat.

Ham and pepper jack with arugula on toasted seedy bread. The guac is from Fresh Market, and spicy.

Pork chop, baked sweet potato with toasted pecans, coleslaw.

@Kim ShookI would make some without peas just for you!

Would one of y’all reach out and wipe the sides of that bowl? It’s making me crazy.

Leftovers tonight. Beans and cornbread.

Not to take away from the deliciousness of your meal (and it’s gorgeous), but I see you have some Desert Rose pieces that I don’t have. Is the square (or rectangular) piece a platter? Should we discuss it elsewhere?

Last night we had tarbais beans with ham, chowchow, jalapeño cornbread, fried chicken tenders. (The first batch of cornbread was tossed because I’d grabbed cornstarch instead of baking powder and the result was bad. Second batch was from a mix.) Tonight , I crisped up the leftover chicken in the air fryer for chicken biscuits. Since I’m a terrible biscuit maker, I baked some frozen Grand’s buttermilk biscuits. Arugula and spinach salad with goat cheese and toasted pecans with balsamic. I added sriracha to some if the vinaigrette as topping for the chicken.

Use cornstarch instead of baking powder in cornbread. 😪 At least I hope I never... Flat. Dense. In the trash can.

Pasta salad with ham, pepperoni, red and green onions, peas, carrots, and pine nuts.

Please don’t bahn mi for inaccuracy! (Or bad pronunciation for the sake of a pun.) My husband usually grills our steaks, but last night I did them in an iron skillet. It’s been quite awhile and I didn’t get a good outer crust. The interior was still nice! With wild and brown rice, peas. Maggie approved!

Last night we had dinner delivered. Pho fuh me. Tonight, hamburger steak with onions and mushrooms, broccoli and potatoes.

I’m not sure if I want to be you or Moe Im not sure if I want to be you or Moe when I grow up. Well, considering my age, maybe I should say “in my next life,” instead.

@Kim ShookI made them from leftover risotto and I watched a Bon Appetit video to see the process. I’d made them once before and they were a complete failure. These were good! Molly Baz making arancini. I made a super easy soup with store bought cheese tortellini, Italian sausage, spinach and mushrooms. The recipe called for kale, but I like spinach better. Anyway, super easy and flavorful! And a couple of days ago, my husband’s favorite comfort food. Pot roast, rice and gravy, baby limas, pickled beets (not homemade), sliced cucumbers.

There is a TJ’s about 60 miles away, which wouldn’t be terrible if I-10 between Lafayette and Baton Rouge weren’t a traffic nightmare due to road construction and a 20 mile bridge that gets backed up horrifically when there is an accident. TMI? ETA: I’m on my phone and clicked something that made Kim’s quote disappear!

Desert Rose is a very popular pattern. It was first made in 1942 by Franciscan Ware and I think it’s still being made, although maybe not the same company. I bought it second hand.

King crab bisque.

Thanks, I’ll try that! @rotuts I have no idea what the association is between these pretzel nuggets and something Spanish.🤷‍♀️

Peanut butter pretzel nuggets from Costco. They were better in my pre-purchase imagination, but they’re fine.

Pesto grilled cheese.

I thought I was thawing boneless, skinless chicken thighs. I thought wrong. Seasoned with a shawarma blend and baked. Coconut jasmine rice and salad.