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Tapas evening with Padrón peppers, crispy bacon, aubergine chips with sugar cane molasses and bacon-wrapped dates.
Washed down with a couple of strawberry cider. :lickout:

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DK :))
 
Char Leung, fried dough and thin thin steamed rice noodle roll, Cantonese style.

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My favourite of all cheung fun!

I really miss dim sums, looking forward to have some when I visit my mum and brother in Canada next year.

DK :lickout:
 
My favorite cookbook author has a new book out. Just had to try the roasted tomato soup. Served the grilled cheese "croutons" just as a grilled cheese to the side. Garlic herb bread, real local dairy farm butter, sundried tomato cheddar from the local dairy, gouda, extra sharp white cheddar.
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Braised chicken with mushrooms and leeks.
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French toast with a chunky homemade applesauce. Fresh ground cinnamon, fresh vanilla bean, fresh grated nutmeg, local dairy farm half and half, and duck eggs.

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The bread for the French toast.... special holiday challah! Honey, brandy, saffron dough stuffed with fresh apples, local honey, and raisins.

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Alright, we've been spending way too much money on take out and I actually like cooking. It makes me happy and the food is almost always good to delicious!
Today's work: Miso mushroom linguine and a fresh tomato sauce with ground turkey that will be served over roasted spaghetti squash that was drizzled in shallot infused olive oil with a generous sprinkling of garlic powder, black garlic sea salt, and pepper. For the tomato sauce I added some bruised basil to infuse some of that flavor, and oh, it really elevated it!
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Nothing like canned baked beans and some hot dogs over an open fire while camping! Nostalgia at its finest.

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Frequent breakfast for me - browned mushrooms, roasted grape tomatoes, cooked beets, rainbow chard, sauerkraut, with 2-3 eggs, seasoned with salt, pepper, lemon juice, sometimes some hot sauce, and sprinkled with cojita cheese.

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As the fun aunt, this is the new dish I make when visiting my niblings: mashed potatoes, steamed broccoli, and gravy!
 
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My favorite cookbook author has a new book out. Just had to try the roasted tomato soup. Served the grilled cheese "croutons" just as a grilled cheese to the side. Garlic herb bread, real local dairy farm butter, sundried tomato cheddar from the local dairy, gouda, extra sharp white cheddar.
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Braised chicken with mushrooms and leeks.
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French toast with a chunky homemade applesauce. Fresh ground cinnamon, fresh vanilla bean, fresh grated nutmeg, local dairy farm half and half, and duck eggs.

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The bread for the French toast.... special holiday challah! Honey, brandy, saffron dough stuffed with fresh apples, local honey, and raisins.

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Good YUM lord! What time is supper????? Or any meal?????
 
Good YUM lord! What time is supper????? Or any meal?????

You just missed it! We may have a new favorite quick meal. Pan roasted spatchcock chicken with Brussel sprouts (green beans in this case) from that new cookbook. Delicious and easy. Served with a salad and plenty left over for some lunches.

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Kids at school and hubby at work...and a morning off after a gruelling 17 hour shift at work calls for a latte and an almond croissant in the glorious spring sun :lickout:

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Kids at school and hubby at work...and a morning off after a gruelling 17 hour shift at work calls for a latte and an almond croissant in the glorious spring sun :lickout:

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Don't work so hard lovely! Were you on call?
 
The bread for the French toast.... special holiday challah! Honey, brandy, saffron dough stuffed with fresh apples, local honey, and raisins.

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I can smell that deliciousness!
 
My very first bite of yema cake, "Filipino chiffon cake with a custard filling known as yema". Delish!

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Hello, profiteroles! That dk chocolate sauce was EVERTHING, and the granny plate, so rad!

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An afternoon of lunch, fun drinks, and desserts for my daughter and me. Quiche, “petunia punch” (a mocktail), a champagne cocktail, carrot cake, and chocolate cake.


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Showing my usual lunch at work (soup and salad). But on weekends I go out with hubby or friends and out at restaurants. Then Sunday night is usually family dinner night. I made braised oxtail, garlic mash and arugula salad.

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I made beef pho and wondered why I stopped making it for so many years! I reverted to chicken for some reason thinking that it was easier! It isn’t! The mental load of perfectly poaching whole chickens is a thing!!!! I’m going to stick to beef pho for a while!

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Braised lamb, Lebanese toum, cherry tomato, cucumber, dill, mint, flour tortilla tacos

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Potato churros

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Panqueque, dulce de leche, bananas, crushed caramel

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I made beef pho and wondered why I stopped making it for so many years! I reverted to chicken for some reason thinking that it was easier! It isn’t! The mental load of perfectly poaching whole chickens is a thing!!!! I’m going to stick to beef pho for a while!

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No kidding! LOTS-0-work. But I love soup. Made Borscht last weekend, super yum but the prep!!!!

LOL Halloween mug.
 
No kidding! LOTS-0-work. But I love soup. Made Borscht last weekend, super yum but the prep!!!!

LOL Halloween mug.

Hehe we change mugs according to season so the Halloween mugs are out right now (we’ve embraced Halloween here in Australia). When November starts, the Christmas mugs will come out!e0030d1a-4b0c-42b1-95b2-3a64c4d82387.jpeg
 
Hehe we change mugs according to season so the Halloween mugs are out right now (we’ve embraced Halloween here in Australia). When November starts, the Christmas mugs will come out!e0030d1a-4b0c-42b1-95b2-3a64c4d82387.jpeg

So do I. But I usually wait for Dec 1 to bring out the Christmas mugs.

The real pumpkins stay until they get soft--this is often close to Christmas Day LOL.
 
Among the finest I've ever tasted! If you know what this is we can be friends, haha.

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Pork Intestines but I actually don’t like them.
I do love chitterlings. We have a recipe in the Philippines where we boil them until the water disappears and then they fry in their own fat. It’s absolutely delicious.
 
Pork Intestines but I actually don’t like them.
I do love chitterlings. We have a recipe in the Philippines where we boil them until the water disappears and then they fry in their own fat. It’s absolutely delicious.

Hiya best bud.

I understand that not everyone likes it, especially when it’s not cleaned and done properly. This chef knows what he/she is doing. It’s so refined, tender, and clean porky taste. Sublime!!!

I like the deep fried version too but the greasiness often takes over the refined flavor. The crispness is undeniable awesome though when it’s done right.

Would love to try your version someday.
 
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