What Did You Eat And Drink Last?

[Teasel]

Turkey katsu curry, brown rice & mixed veg

 

[OceanSpray]

Tried making cacio e pepe with mixed steamed veggies and I think it turned out pretty okay. To feed the family I really need to find a good meat to go with it and can’t decide what will go well. Probably could do basic chicken breast but that feels kind of boring.

 

[Rose White]

Leftovers: fried rice, pesto potatoes, quick steak.

 

[Dynamic]

Eating waffles with syrup remembering the time all I could eat was waffles and chocolate chip mint ice cream and my dr said it’s a start

Water

 

[Teasel]

Pizza w Finocchiona & mushrooms
Nettle tea

 

[Friday]

Hoppin’John & Espresso

 

[Rose White]

Made a little orange rosemary olive oil cake that turned out quite nice! Having rose hip lemon grass tea with it.

 

[Rose White]

Garbanzo patties with mayo, sauerkraut, and fridge pickles. Bubbie’s brand sauerkraut is superb—I want to try their fermented pickles. Trying to eat more fermented stuff. The fridge pickles I have are not the fermented ones. Also had rich tea—black tea, cardamom, peppercorns, allspice berry, cinnamon stick, slices of ginger and turmeric, sweetened condensed milk.

 

[Teasel]

Too much bread and cheese frankly
With some cucumber
Nettle tea
Oh yeah and had a mad craving for Heinz. tomato soup. Do you have that in US? I'm thinking heinz is prolly a US brand even though it feels part of British fabric..

 

[LuckiLee]

Hamburger gravy over egg noodles and chocolate milk. Santa's chocolate head for dessert. Lol.

 

[Friday]

Tried making cacio e pepe with mixed steamed veggies and I think it turned out pretty okay. To feed the family I really need to find a good meat to go with it and can’t decide what will go well. Probably could do basic chicken breast but that feels kind of boring.

Cacio e pepe goes well with virtually any protein… as long as you aren’t mixing it into the pasta, but are serving in courses (Roma) or alongside (American).

Spoiler: Talking talking talking

When I’m jus feeding myself I usually just eat one or two courses, when I’m feeding everyone (stateside) I kind of blend the two (*three!) cultures and put 5 or 7 or 9 (if we’re including booze & coffee) courses on the table

(- Appertivo : Booze )

- Antipasti : cured meats, pickled veg, bruschetta, olives ((omfg, warm olives! swoon. It’s annoying to do, (unless it’s just me & a microwave, rather than chafing dish & tea candles) so I rarely do it, but I do love it))

^^^ Unless it’s a party? I usually either skip antipasti altogether, or we have antipasti and cheese&fruit FOR dinner!

- Primi : Pasta, rice, polenta, legumes, or soup.

- Secundi : Meat
- Contorini : Veg
Secundi & Contorini are served at the same time on different plates

- Insalata : Salad

- Formaggi e Fruitta : Cheese & Fruit

- Dolce : Desert

(Digestiv : Booze.)

^^^ Not so different from the meat & 2 veg (Brit), if often quite different from the meat & potatoes & maybe veg (US) …but… I adore the freedom of 1) not having to have everything “match” like I do when cooking Americana, & the ease of cheese/fruit & salad (no thinking required!).

*THIRD CULTURE = AND THEN GO SIT DOWN FOR 20-30 minutes by myself & have a coffee, read a book, take a bath …whatever the hell I want to do!!! <<< This is very Japanese of me, where the person who cooks sets the meal on the table and. then. walks. away. >>> I thought this was horrifically sexist as a kid, as the cook -in our house, anyway- is usually mom. Until I had kids. OMFG. The LAST thing I want to do after cooking for an army of wild childs??? Is eat. Much less eat AND referee. NO WONDER my mom was always in such a terrible mood when we sat down to dinner the moment everything was out of the oven!!! <facepalm>

Regardless of whether all my lil’helpers were standing on chairs helping me cook, or the rare times I was by myself. As my exHusband was an asshat not to be trusted with children? I could not, unfortunately, put everything on the table and leave the children with him. Instead, the kids zoomed off to do their own thing whilst mommy/auntie took 20-30 minutes to unwind… and THEN we ate!

 

[OceanSpray]

Cacio e pepe goes well with virtually any protein… as long as you aren’t mixing it into the pasta, but are serving in courses (Roma) or alongside (American).

Spoiler: Talking talking talking

When I’m jus feeding myself I usually just eat one or two courses, when I’m feeding everyone (stateside) I kind of blend the two (*three!) cultures and put 5 or 7 or 9 (if we’re including booze & coffee) courses on the table

(- Appertivo : Booze )

- Antipasti : cured meats, pickled veg, bruschetta, olives ((omfg, warm olives! swoon. It’s annoying to do, (unless it’s just me & a microwave, rather than chafing dish & tea candles) so I rarely do it, but I do love it))

^^^ Unless it’s a party? I usually either skip antipasti altogether, or we have antipasti and cheese&fruit FOR dinner!

- Primi : Pasta, rice, polenta, legumes, or soup.

- Secundi : Meat
- Contorini : Veg
Secundi & Contorini are served at the same time on different plates

- Insalata : Salad

- Formaggi e Fruitta : Cheese & Fruit

- Dolce : Desert

(Digestiv : Booze.)

^^^ Not so different from the meat & 2 veg (Brit), if often quite different from the meat & potatoes & maybe veg (US) …but… I adore the freedom of 1) not having to have everything “match” like I do when cooking Americana, & the ease of cheese/fruit & salad (no thinking required!).

*THIRD CULTURE = AND THEN GO SIT DOWN FOR 20-30 minutes by myself & have a coffee, read a book, take a bath …whatever the hell I want to do!!! <<< This is very Japanese of me, where the person who cooks sets the meal on the table and. then. walks. away. >>> I thought this was horrifically sexist as a kid, as the cook -in our house, anyway- is usually mom. Until I had kids. OMFG. The LAST thing I want to do after cooking for an army of wild childs??? Is eat. Much less eat AND referee. NO WONDER my mom was always in such a terrible mood when we sat down to dinner the moment everything was out of the oven!!! <facepalm>

Regardless of whether all my lil’helpers were standing on chairs helping me cook, or the rare times I was by myself. As my exHusband was an asshat not to be trusted with children? I could not, unfortunately, put everything on the table and leave the children with him. Instead, the kids zoomed off to do their own thing whilst mommy/auntie took 20-30 minutes to unwind… and THEN we ate!

Thank you!!