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That makes sense, although I've never seen them available here. I'm not sure if we can grow regular cabbage in our area. I will consult the gardener when he gets home from work

A large sauté pan. I learnt risotto at the elbow of my northern Italian mother in law. I'd like to try the baked in the oven/no stir version, but that would be sacrilege - says fiercely defensive son/husband.

Spring greens ! That's it. Thanks @Tere They were usually just steamed or blanched and topped with butter. We just don't get that variety of young cabbage here. It's probably not cold enough where we live to grow it ourselves. I might have to go back to London in the spring....

@Kim Shook that roast takes me back to the late 80's when I lived in the UK for a couple years. Every Sunday without fail, there would be roast beef, Yorkshire puddings, gravy and delicious veggies. I particularly liked the greens, we don't get them here, and I can't remember what they were called. Stir fried pork fillet with veggies and noodles in a sweet, sour and spicy sauce. The veggies were broccolini, baby asparagus, tomato wedges, water chestnuts and pineapple. in the pan- On the plate -

Ensalada Mixta, with tuna, artichoke hearts, asparagus, olives and haloumi.

Arroz con pollo with artichokes, bacon and peas. Served with a rocket and parmesan salad.

Sung Choy Bao, with a side of soy dipped radishes.

I have that that cook book too ! This is is not from the book. Its a kind of minestrone with what's in the veggie draw, plus red kidney beans, risoni pasta, and a dollop of pesto. Served with buttered sourdough toast.

Chicken Shawarma, with pita bread, sliced lettuce, tomato salsa, pickled chillies, yoghurt sauce and harissa hummus. Shawarma is a word I didn't know until joining this forum. We call em doner kebabs. Recipe from the NYT cooking section.

Hey Vicatko, I made the cold oil fries last night too. What a great method, they will be cooked again ! Fish and chips - served with a mixed salad. The fish is king snapper, dredged in seasoned flour and fried in butter. The green stuff is salsa verde made with Italian parsley, basil, garlic, capers and EVOO. The chips were legendary.

The last of the roast chicken turned into nachos. Sauteed onions, garlic, fresh tomatoes, a few roast veggies and chilli paste. Served with guacamole, sour cream with garlic chives, and cheesy corn chips.

Still too hot to cook, so another chicken salad it is. So glad I roasted that large chicken on the weekend. A kind of Caesar, with cos lettuce, bacon, grape tomatoes, hard boiled eggs, seed bread croutons and a mayo, red wine vinegar and EVOO dressing.

Geez it's been hot. In the relative cool morning I roasted some pumpkin and sweet potato with rosemary. They went into a mixed salad, with leftover roast chicken, rocket, spinach, "sweet berry" truss tomatoes, seed bread croutons and fried haloumi.

It tastes like mild spinach/rocket/lettuce mixed, a bit bland, it needs strong flavours. It's definitely Asian greens of some description- he remembers throwing the packet out lol.

An Asian chicken curry with elements from Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar and China. I used green papaya as a vegetable, makes a great substitute for potato. Served with stir fried veggies and steamed rice. Can anyone tell me what the green veg below is ? I buy seeds from Asian grocers, hubby plants them and throws out the packet.

Roast chicken with Italian flavours, primarily pesto under the breast skin. Served with roasted mixed veggies, sugo (sauce made from pan juices) and a few peas.

Welcome from Australia. When I read Sebastapol I thought of the suburb in Ballarat, about 100 kms west of Melbourne, and where my mum lives. He he. I'm afraid I'm not even a bakers apron, but I look forward to seeing your baked treats !

Beef and beer casserole. Served with mixed mash, green veggies with bacon, and crusty garlic bread. The mash - a combo of potato, sweet potato and butternut pumpkin, mashed with butter and cream. The veggies - cabbage, peas, baby spinach, sautéed with onion, bacon and garlic, enabled with some white wine.

Build your own amboogers. My Italian mother in laws recipe and pronunciation. The burgers are a mix of pork and beef, grated apple, grated onion, soy and Worcestershire sauce plus salt and pepper. To serve, crusty poppy seed rolls, tomatoes with basil and balsamic, caramelised onions, baby beetroot and lettuce.

A Japanese style one bowl dish with soba noodles, poached chicken, veggies and an egg in miso stock.

"a few chives or green onions to the mashed stuffing of twice baked potatoes" that I have to try ! So many ways to mash a spud - cook with garlic or not, with onion or not, add cheese or not. I use milk sometimes, butter nearly always, sour cream or cream, chives, spring onions, chopped herbs, a spoon of pesto....not all at the same time.

A Keralan seafood curry, snapper and prawns in a coconut chilli spice mix. Served with green papaya as vegetable, rice, chutney and pappadams.

Started with an antipasto of melon wrapped in prosciutto. Then a simple pesto linguine with a green salad and sourdough.

My homage to Chinese New Year. Kung Pao chicken, served with stir fried veggies, flying green baby pak choy and rice.

Started with a peach and prosciutto panzanella. Then a repurposed chicken, veggie and noodle soup, topped with pesto. Plus French onion and cheese toasties.