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Working today. Put a pot of my favourite meatballs on to simmer this morning. Destined for spaghetti and meatballs for dinner. But Moe decided he also wanted them for breakfast. Meatball sub in homemade baguette.

Roasted a duck tonight. Served with a cherry sauce and potatoes roasted in duck fat.

Buttermilk biscuits on the menu this morning.

Hope you and your family are feeling better soon.

Last night's dinner. Platter for two. Wings cooked in the CSO and twice fried fries.

@Anna N that breakfast is so colourful. I can almost taste it. I still had half of the pastry left from when I made the chicken pot pie so I made an Apple Galette this morning. Moe had breakfast and then dessert.

Not big on salads so the best time to make one for Moe is when I'm not hungry. Made him a steak salad with sauted mushrooms,grilled red peppers and asparagus, artichoke hearts, tomatoes with a tarragon vinaigrette.

Sorry @rotus, got to have celery. But no carrots. HATE carrots.

Up early, so made Chicken Pot pies. Moe had one for breakfast and I'm taking the other to work for lunch.

Made a favourite last night using lamb shanks instead of veal. Osso Buco over polenta.

A 1200g batch of dough started Tuesday morning. 3g of yeast and about 80g of sourdough discard thrown in when I fed the starter. 80% hydration. Baked Tuesday night. 10 mini boules and six baguettes.

@Kim Shook, love your idea of breakfast. Moe would be thrilled with all of them. And I'm not a big breakfast eater, except when it comes to sweets. Like donuts and cinnamon rolls. Baked late Tuesday night and made Moe a ham sandwich for breakfast on one of the mini boules.

Between the CSO and the Oster I haven't used the oven in my stove in a couple of years. I bake all my breads now using the CSO to start so I get the benefit of the steam and then transfer to the oster to finish baking. This way I can bake 6 to 10 baguettes in a shorter amount of time. And so far I haven't found anything that I can't fit into the Oster. I've roasted full size turkeys, hams, etc. and even a six quart dutch oven fits. I have the digital model but not sure that makes a difference.

@scamhi, The stuffing is just my traditional bread and sage stuffing and the ribs were presalted and then rubbed with garlic, pepper and rubbed sage. @Kim Shook, one of the few things my mom cooked that I still make. Because it was just for Moe and I, I used one rack cut in half, rather than two full racks. @pastameshugana, recipe is very easy. You can find it here on my blog. STUFFED BABY BACK RIBS

Stuffed baby back ribs. With squash, Brussels sprouts and mashed potatoes and gravy.

Head start on tonight's dinner. Stuffed baby back ribs ready for the oven. Moe will put them in later this afternoon so that they are almost done by the time I get home from work. I can probably count on one hand the number of meals my mother cooked that I actually liked. This was one of them.

@Captain, my salad deprived husband would love your salad. Tuesday I made three batches of dough. One 1000g flour batch at 76% hydration. This one went into the fridge and was taken out at 1:00 AM Wednesday morning and left to warm up and finish rising for three hours. I baked six baguettes before leaving for work. One was a 600g flour batch at 80% that also went into the fridge and is still in there. Probably destined for pizza too. And the third batch was a 500g batch also at 80% that was used the same day for two pizzas. Matt made his own Greek potato pizza (forgot to take photos, but it was a beauty) and since I wasn't hungry for pizza I made Moe his own pizza. One that I would never eat, but he loves occasionally, a ham and pineapple pizza. The ham was from the one I roasted on Monday for Thanksgiving. Last night's dinner. I presalted a small Sterling Silver prime rib on Tuesday and cooked it last night. Seared in cast iron and finished in a hot oven. Just served with twice fried fries and au jus

I made hard shell tacos for dinner last night and made Moe a Taco Salad from the leftovers this morning.

@curls, Nice focaccia. Great crumb. Bagel bake yesterday.

Baked Bagels yesterday. and had them for dinner. Platter for two.

Moe asked for a Caesar Salad and I added wings. Cooked in the CSO.

Moe wanted Potato Leek Soup and toast for breakfast.

Breakfast. "Velveted" the chicken. Stir fried onions, garlic, ginger, tossed the chicken back into the wok. Added a couple of spoons of black pepper sauce, chicken broth, salt and white pepper. Tossed in a few dried red chili peppers and topped with chopped green onion. Served with steamed rice and spinach sauted with minced garlic.

Last night's baguette bake. Dough was a 1000g flour batch at 80% with 80g of unfed discard, and 1 g of yeast. Stretch and fold method early morning and left to rise all day. Baked last night. Last baguette came out of the oven after 10:00. Sliced this morning.

Started bread dough this morning. And some got used for pizza. Matt made himself a large three cheese pizza and Moe and I shared a small Italian Sausage with Mushrooms.