Dinner tonight - or last night.

A healthy helping of Pizza Hut and Starbucks...blech...isn't sounding or feeling like such a great idea after the fact.

after yesterday's lunch, I wasn't really hungry

so around 10 p.m., I had a lemon-cranberry muffin

Putting together a salad to take to a neighbour's bbq

green beans/chorizo/some mixed beans (white/kidney/black) - the pancetta, browned butter, balsamic vinegar dressing I was working on earlier this week - going to throw some grape tomatoes on top of the warm salad just as it's time to go over

since it was such a wonderful morning , we decided to go for a drive in the country .
stopped at the WARING HOUSE in prince-edward county (one of our favourite places and favourite restaurants ) for lunch .
we shared a platter of seafood linguine and nicely prepared veal liver , finished off with a truffle/chocolate dessert(shared one serving) and strong tea .
went for a nice drive through the countryside and along lake ontario thereafter .
stopped at farm for a load of veggies and small red potatoes - ten dollars filled an icebox to the brim !
what a great day !
hbg

A very spicey pumpkin soup tonight, pureed, with a dollop of yoghurt on top. Quick, easy & tasty. Pity I nearly removed a finger (slight exaggeration :wink: ) peeling the pumpkin with my super sharp kitchen knife, though. Ouch, that hurt!

mmmmmm sounds tasty msolga. I do like a spicy soup.

For me, was roast chicken, roast potatoes, green beans, carrots, stuffing, Yorkshire puddings and gravy.

I made a version of Moroccan vegie stew with Israeli couscous. It was DAMN good!

lunch was a nice rabbit-stew (in sourcream gravy) , carrots and cauliflower fresh from the farm , mashed and side salad .
hbg

For me it was an avocado roll and then some basa in cajun breading and a quinoa salad with various peppers.

Whatsa basa?

A white fish, sort of trout-like. Delicious. If I ever meet up with you, we'll have our own Girl Meets Grill fest

That's true!

Limps away...

Hey, wait, I have got to say your controlled effluviance on the a2k know thread is classic and beyond classic. I'm in awe.







Ok, enough of that.

To be truthful, I alway thought Jespah could do situation comedies with mere waves of her hand. I think you're that good too. (Wandy's also in a groove.)




That's the last nice thing you'll hear from me for hours.

Seconds last night, were just as good, Dorothy. (I was feeling too zonked to cook.)

Tonight: one of those rolled porchetta thingies from my Italian butcher, roasted with potatoes, pumpkin & onions. Plus a big serve of green beans (going cheap AT LAST! Hooray! ) tossed in butter & bread crumbs. Ready soon!

That was a big roast you cooked, Dorothy. A special occasion?

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooh!

That sounds very good, k!

I do little with couscous apart from the most basic things. Any chance of a recipe?

No idea what most of that stuff is, but it sounds delicious.

Just a very light dinner tonight (one soft boiled egg on toast) after a late lunch this afternoon - one of my favourite meals in Little Saigon, in Footscray: the stuffed crepe-y creation I've written about here before. (Full of bean shoots, prawns, small pieces of roasted pork, etc .... then bits are broken off & wrapped in big leaves of different lettuces with a variety of mints. Then dipped in a spicy sauce ... Absolutely delicious! ) One of the things I really love about Vietnamese food is the huge amounts of fresh, healthy greens (including the mints & herbs) that are added to so many dishes. I watched as a woman at the next table piled heaps of greens on top of a huge, steaming bowl of soup. Must try that next time!

Tuna sandwich (oatbread toast). One sliced tomato.

I'm into super quick (even quicker than my previous definition of quick!), healthy food right now. Am I flat out, or what?

Anyway .... tonight's effort wasn't too bad at all!: poach a chicken breast fillet in water with rosemary sprigs, a bay leaf & a few peppercorns. Remove chicken, cool & shred it & wipe out the pot. Then gently sautee some onion, garlic, chilli, celery, red capsicum & corn till softish. Add long grain rice, the (shredded) chicken in some of the poaching liquid & gently simmer till the rice is cooked. Add 1/4 cup peas & a few shredded mint leaves .... And that's it! Easy. Maybe it was because I was famished, but it was delicious!