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strawberry shortbread tart. it was gone in 2 days.
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Wednesday, I made lightly steamed broccoli, rice, and mapo tofu. I like my broccoli vibrant green and barely steamed at all (still pretty crunchy but warmed through) and I've slowly converted the kids to that preference unbeknownst to them. :evil:
Thursday, we had a crawfish boil with waxy baby potatoes and corn. We had viet-cajun style and regular cajun style both. Super good, and I think we'll do it again for Easter because that's the safe and smart meal to pick when I have a fancy matching dress with my daughter as per her request.
Friday, I made borscht with homemade dutch oven bread because I love beets and I love soup and it's about to be hella hot for a really long time so I won't be gravitating towards soups for a while.
Today, I made a spinach alfredo pizza because my husband was talking about going to Cici's as a kid and that being the only good one and I was like hmmmm that sounds really tight, actually, let me try my hand at one. It was great.
Tomorrow, I'm making vietnamese-style spring rolls, like the fresh, cold ones as opposed to the deep-fried ones. Mostly vegetables- I like lettuce, cilantro, mint, thai basil, red cabbage, matchstick carrots, with rice noodles and avocado. Will probably grill a chicken breast or two with gochujang marinade for the other people who live here, but I prefer not to tbh.

The bibimbap upthread has been really nagging at me. I think I'm going to make some soon. I also have singapore-style mei fun on my mind, with just a shitload of shiitake mushrooms, napa cabbage, green onion, and onion. The recent beef sales have really turned me off meat so unless I'm asked for a specific dish that contains it, I've been creating vegetarian options as much as possible and otherwise just using up smaller portions of meat from our freezer.
 
From the highlight of last entry. We now enter the pay day empty fridge and countdown meals for the family.

Using the Chinese Red roast pork last week with nong shim spicy noodles ans a few snap peas.
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Next up left over chicken and creamy leeks (you know not enough for a sensible portion so it gets added as a side ingredient to pasta) with courgette and celery and last scrappings of cream cheese and garlic granules.
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Next is tuna salad using lots of celery and last bits of some coleslaw. I really recommend adding some balsamic vinegar to this to stop coleslaw making eveything too cloying.
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Lastly and probably the most bizarre but what a brightly coloured meal. Was the end of the beetroot and goat cheese dip. Fried spam and red onions. Jacket potato. And not picture horse radish. Really rather good surprisingly! I didnt have high hopes i must admit. Horseradish for me is a must.
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strawberry shortbread tart. it was gone in 2 days.
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It lasted 2 entire days? It must've been bigger than it looked in the photo. I don't think it'd make it that long otherwise.
You didn't have to photograph your chicken at such an angle to display it's plump ass, rod inserted.
Maybe not, but then we wouldn't have a photograph of his chicken at such an angle to display its plump ass, rod inserted.
 
Breasts are fun to play with but sometimes what you really just need is a wordfilter that converts "dark meat" to BIG BLACK DICK.
You just like sucking that meat off the bone. Spit roasted breasts are tender and juicy, sweated in their own juices.
 
Some vaguely greek-feeling lamb thing. Couscouos lemon zest, lots of raisins, some other shit I can't remember. Lamb steaks with cumin, pepper, garlic and olive oil. And salt. A little lemon juice. Roasted bell peppers. Yoghurt with chives and parsley and chopped cucumber. Pan-cooked the steaks to medium-rare. I'm still eating lamb steaks two days later. Bliss.
 
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