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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I had a little unplanned surgery and that affected cooking and dining for a bit, but I have a few dinners to post. Chicken and dumplings. I’m a southerner who didn’t grow up with this dish. My first time making and second time eating it. Some Christmas dinner. Starting at the top and clockwise: roasted butternut squash, baked Mac n cheese, pot roast, baby limas, rice dressing, garlic knot in the center. Ham, not pictured. Christmas dinner leftovers. Ham and mac n cheese. More ham leftovers, used in fried rice. The final use of the ham! Ham bone used in fifteen bean soup. Hamburger salad. (Burger chopped prior to eating.) No pictures of New Year’s dinner, but for good luck we had Hoppin John with smoked sausage, cabbage and tasso, cornbread.

Thanks, I’d love to share them with you! Your food always looks top notch, so I am flattered. ETA: With all the talk of beets, no one mentioned pickled beets. I love those! Tonight, I used some rotisserie chicken and mushrooms in a cream sauce over zoodles.

Leftover soup and take-out wings.

@Kim ShookFiddly is a good way to put it. Luckily, my husband was happy to be my assistant. Tonight, he was more than my assistant. He made broccoli cheddar soup, under my direction. It is good!

I’m sure I’m going to burn out on these tortilla pizzas. Or flatbread. But not today. Or a few days ago.

Thank you. I'm back to hobbling, so my husband followed my instructions to make them. He did a good job! @Kim ShookThank you, as well, regarding the stuffed shrimp. My first time making them, and while they were delicious, I don't know that I will make them again. I think making crab cakes and fried shrimp as two separate things is preferable.

Baked chicken and baked zucchini fries. Low sugar ketchup.

Leftover beef, mashed cauliflower, and cucumbers. Last night, shrimp and mushrooms over konjac noodles and Brussels sprouts.

Bacon cheeseburger on a low carb tortilla.

In the Before Times, I often went out to lunch with two co-workers, and one of our favorite plate lunch spots has barbecued pork steaks on Thursdays. Yours looks as delicious as theirs. Tonight’s dinner: And a couple of nights ago I made crab stuffed fried shrimp.

Thanks! The recipe looks good!

Yesterday’s lunch, sausage, peppers and onions, with mustard.

Pizza on a low carb tortilla.

@robirdstxPot pie is one of my favorite things! Leftover gumbo and a salad.

Last night, steaks, Brussels sprouts, baked sweet potato. The steak was large enough to save half for lunch. Tonight, chicken and sausage gumbo.

Bacon cheeseburger, hold the bun, extra lettuce, add avocado, grate the cheese. Comes with red onion, cherry tomatoes.

Ever since lockdown I’ve been carbing it up, and naan flatbread with shrimp and pesto has been my jam. A flavor bomb of deliciousness. My low carb substitute is low carb tortilla, mozzarella, shrimp, and Calabrian chili oil for some heat. I’m not complaining.

Red curry coconut milk soup with shrimp and mushrooms. Fried garlic on top.

@Kim Shook-At the time you voiced concerns on my knee issue, I hadn’t realized YOU were under the weather. Apologies for any apparent thoughtlessness on my part. I hope you are on the mend. @Dejah- I can’t even pinpoint just one of those dishes as delicious! It all looks so good. 🤪 Tonight’s dinner. One skillet meal of catfish and asparagus.

Didn’t feel like cooking and we didn’t have a turkey kind of Thanksgiving, so no leftovers. This plate made me happy.

Bacon, avocado, tomato salad.

@Kim Shook - Thank you! I was really scared that my knee issue was going to have me hobbling for a long time, but it’s already just a mild annoyance! Also, I’m impressed by a child who is willing to eat no longer needed cow udders! 😝 Leftover short ribs. Even better tonight.

Braised beef short ribs with blueberry sauce. Mashed cauliflower.

Low carb tortilla, mayo, pastrami, Swiss, lettuce, arugula.

Meatloaf, mushrooms, broccoli.