On 10/19/2025 at 6:05 AM, weinoo said:Pasta setup:
Linguini (250 g) in about 2.5 L water. Sauce components are olive oil, butter, onion, garlic, white wine, clam juice and clams (canned from Basque country).
Linguini with clam sauce. Added lemon zest, parsley and a splash of lemon juice. Note how much sauce the Setaro pasta absorbed, along with over 1/2 cup of starchy pasta water.
Brussels sprouts with bacon alongside.
CRAVING linguini and clam sauce. I even have decent canned clams......
On 10/19/2025 at 2:21 PM, Duvel said:With DW (quite successfully) doing low carb at the moment, little one and me opted to forego pizza &
movie night for some hot dogs (and a movie) …
We got this Feuerwurst from the supermarket, a rather spicy beef sausage native to the state of Hessia, bordering to our community in the north.
Of course there are no suitable sized brioche buns available, so we had to make our own (including the egg wash, masterfully applied by LO) …
Nice result !
Filled with the works and a self made, mustard forward sauce …
One happy camper 🥳
And DW didn’t starve either with a cauliflower bake and some bacon/cheese add-ons … plus a Duvel for yours truly …
All enjoyed while watching Venom. Can you tell little one had a great afternoon !? 🤗
Now THAT is a hot dog. And those buns look amazing. Good on your wife for doing great on the low carb thing! I've found it....challenging and I cheat too much. Ronnie is doing good, though, still. I have cauliflower on hand at all times it really comes in handy. I make a bake like that frequently. If you haven't tried it already, cauliflower "potato" salad is really good too.
On 10/19/2025 at 10:23 PM, Smithy said:So many beautiful dinners and spreads show up on this topic! But then, here I am: I needed to use the herbs before they went off, and by the time I'd finished making tabbouli I wasn't very hungry. I post this to show that non-fancy dinners are also welcome here.
Tabbouli in Tostitos Scoops, sometimes supplemented with hummus (yesterday's culinary achievement). Not fancy, but delicious and filling. And the dishwasher is now taking care of yesterday's and today's dishes.
That looks so fresh and delicious.
I think (fingers crossed) things are finally slowing down around here--I don't want to jinx myself. The last few days have been very rainy and coldish. I'm loving it. I guess one upside of a hailed out garden is that I'm not worried about cold and when it's going to freeze.
We've made the trip twice now to buy tomatoes from the Amish farm.....I'm thinking about trying one more time but I better hurry up because it's supposed to frost/freeze later this week possibly. So, big salad night still has decent tomatoes.
My mom came to see us! We were talking and having too much fun so I forgot to take a ton of pictures but here's a few:
Welcome mom snack board
We try to make two salads that we both love but our spouses don't--this time mom made the delicious ramen salad first and we didn't get the second salad done sigh.
Platter of SV'd pork chops, deviled eggs and cheesy squash (did I mention a squash plant bounced back and is producing??? Those things are hardy I'm tellin' ya)
Mom sent birthday cupcakes 
With sparklers!
She also had a Skyline Chili kit sent that included hotdogs so Ronnie could have a low carb version. Super fun!!!!
Another snack board
As always her visit was too short but as always glad it happened
Last night yellow squash pizza boats and a galette to use up a lot of the fruits that she and I had snacked on during her visit.
