Quick ramen noodles with mushrooms. Recipe from Ottolenghi Comfort. Maybe his quick but it took me about 40 minutes. This is a delicious dish just spiced right. I would maybe add some shrimp next time.
Today’s lunch was a Thai style red lentil coconut soup. The recipe is from one of my soup cookbooks and this was the first time I tried it. Not bad but it could have been spicier .
The NY Times posted a recipe for non-stir polenta the other day, and I’m certainly going to try it soon. Gift link, I think.
I have a subscription, but I’m sure those who don’t will appreciate!
I have no plans of making my own polenta. I’m just not a big fan of the texture. But if @Amandarama were serving hers to me I’d def have some ![]()
That is a Paula Wolfert recipe which I have made many times, can highly recommended it. I generally use an oval Le Crueset that has a large surface area which makes for cheeesy goodness.
Here’s another NY Times no-stir polenta approach, using either the oven or the microwave. Another gift link:
Just think of it as a cheese delivery device ![]()
I can groove to a cheese delivery service. It also sounds like a fab business idea ![]()
The cheesy grits recipe portion of this Budget Bytes BBQ meatballs and cheesy grits recipe uses quick 5-minute grits and is wonderfully smooth textured. And easy.
“House Special Lo Mein” frittata - wheat noodles stir fried with chicken, BBQ pork, shrimp, carrots, rehydrated lily buds, and rehydrated shiitake mushrooms turned into frittata. Very pleased I managed to flip it and get back in the pan (and back out again) in one piece! Hot sauce at the table.
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Asparagus and brie omelet, breakfast sausages, tater tots. The sausages, cooked in the skillet, were a little dry compared with the ones I air fried a couple of weeks ago. I should have popped them in the air fryer with the tots.
Spanish tortilla, homemade mayo, caviar.
“Triple threat ice cream”, sour cream/lemon, peach, banana.
The Last of the Deviled Eggs.

SADZ. I really should make them more often. So tasty, not to mention popular ![]()
Today is quickly turning into a proper Monday
, so a lil extra fortification was needed:

two slices of my friend’s sourdough, Wegmans’ scallion cream cheese & rosemary ham.
Noice.











