MaryIsobel

You lost me at Cream of Wheat. One of my worst childhood memories was an overnight at the home of a friend. They were a no nonsense - "clean your plate" kind of family. A bowl of Cream of Wheat was breakfast. Fortunately they were dairy farmers, so with copious amounts of milk, I managed to finish my bowl, but never again! Polenta that has been cooked and chilled and then sauteed might be a good introduction for me. I am a pretty adventurous eater and hate to cross anything off my list.

I have a textural issue with oatmeal (porridge) although I love oatmeal cookies, muffins, bread, etc. This has held me back from trying grits but similarily, I love cornbread, corn tortillas, etc. I guess the only way to find out is to give it a try.

Thank you. I have never had shrimp and grits. I've had shrimp - tons of them, but I've never had grits. They are just not a "thang" around these parts although I have seen them on a couple of restaurant menus in the last few years.

Made the Weight Watcher friendly cabbage rolls tonight. Ground turkey and brown rice. Didn't salt the turkey/onion/garlic mixture because I had the idea of adding some Better Than Bouillon Beef to try to amp up the flavour of ground turkey. It worked. Picture is sad, I know, but it all tasted good. Instapot beets with balsamic and the cream on the side was Greek yogurt, scallions and dill.

Thanks so much! My Dad always loved Scotch Eggs that my aunt used to make for him. She deepfried them, not my thing but when I can visit him again, I will take him your baked version.

Would love to have your recipe for baked Scotch Eggs. My husband in particular would be eternally grateful!

Random memory provoked by this post. When our daughters were about 6, we went to a golf club Mother's Day brunch. One daughter came back with a dinner plate piled high with nothing but bacon... I did serve bacon occaisionally at home, but normaly two slices per person. We were all gobsmacked, but we had explained the concept of a buffet prior to arriving and had said "there is lots of great food and you can take anything you like, as long as you can eat it all." Our bad. We let her have a few piecs and then divied it up amongst the table and encouraged her to go back for fruit. She did - taking full advantage of the chocolate fountain. Oy!

Gnocchi puttanesca over sauteed spinach and red peppers. Gnochhi were store bought, I've made gnocchi lots of times, but wasn't in the mood tonight. These were good.

Totally agree. It's just about being mindful and eating lots of non starchy veg, which isn't difficult. Unlike other "diets", nothing is forbidden, you just have to allow for it, which works well for me, as my 5:00 G&T keeps me happy!

Okay - that does it. I was thinking today that I could make cabbage rolls with brown rice and ground turkey to keep within our weight watchers goals. It's a whole new way of cooking, but kind of fun. We are both down 12 pounds in a month, including a couple of cheat days. Had a great Greek meal at our favourite place on Sunday and still lost.

Stunning work!

I am very disheartened that I don't have the ingredients on hand to make this. It's all I want at the moment!

You could do a series - they are masterful!

Thanks. Grew up with pork cooked to death. I'm sure sure my mom is rolling over looking at how I cook pork (and beef) ... in her defense, my dad only liked meat cooked to "well done." No small wonder that I found pork and beef of any kind to be disgusting until I got out on my own. '

Air fryer dinner pretty much. I nuked the sweet potatoes for about 4 minutes, partially air fried/roasted the beets earlier in the day, then threw everything in the air fryer for about 20 minutes total. The pork tenderloin looks more rare in the photo than it was in real life, pink in the middle but not raw as the picture suggests.

Possibly, he definitely doesn't care for cilantro.

I love mother/daughter days! Both of my daughters are much more adventurous eaters than my husband, so we have fun exploring new places and revisiting places that my husband would not choose to go. (According to him "all Thai food has a solvent taste"... WTH?) Happy Birthday to Jessica!

Cavendish is the only brand of french fries or onion rings that we buy.

My go to order at Mexican restaurants. If it passes the test of not tasting greasy and there is still some bite left in the pepper, I will return.

Your meals are alway not only beautifully photographed but so appetizing!

This is pure comfort in a bowl.

Another WW dinner, air fryer egg rolls and fried (brown) rice. You can't see the gloriously orange egg yolk of the local egg I scrambled into it, but the most beautiful egg we've had in a long while.

I will definitely be making this. I love beets in any form - this looks amazing.

My dad claims to have worked with Robert Goulet in the early days and said he was known as (phonetically) Bob Gull-it

That looks amazing! Rethinkng my pasta that was planned for tonight...