What do your meals look like (show me pictures)....

acpgee

Starter of Turkish salad with watermelon, feta and mint. Main of tagliata di manzo with roast potatoes on the side.

VegjoyP

cmsienk

Wednesday dinner at the Frankfurt Christmas market: Rindswurst (beef sausage, pommes and a Coke)... and a hot chocolate a little later (I should've taken the picture before the whipped cream melted)

acpgee

Easy quick dinner of salad with halved seedless grapes, shavings of cabrales cheese, homemade croutons from the store cupboard and ranch dressing we had in the fridge. Main of gramignana with sausage meat ragu we pulled out of the freezer from a batch cooked last month. If you ever cook stuff that stores well in the freezer, fridge, or store cupboard, make a bigger batch than you need so that you can use it over a few weeks.

cmsienk

Last night in Frankfurt. Finally got out for a (more than) decent dinner with a few co-workers. Creamy basil pesto salmon pasta

acpgee

We went out for Szechuan. A new ritual proposed by the hubby to eat out on Fridays to signal that weekend is starting, as breaking routine shoud help make the weekend feel longer. We ordered 3 cup chicken, green beans with minced pork, and cumin lamb. A single portion of rice is not pictured.

widgit808

crystalme1

My foods look different each day but tonight I had an easy spegetti

acpgee

Went to a Chinese supperclub with a girlfriend.

janicemlove

Gochujang beef, rice, blanched broccoli.

acpgee

A girlfriend came over for dinner. We did roast chicken, roast tomato, roast butternut squash, roast potato, and a Chinese stuffing (Woks of Life Sticky Rice Stuffing recipe) that went into the oven to crisp up for the last 15 minutes. I spatchcocked the chicken so needed to put it in the oven instead of the air fryer, so the energy effecient thing to do was roast everything. Dessert was dark chocolate sorbet I made last month that was still in the freezer with an oreo cookie for crunch.

acpgee

Quick weeknight meal. Boiled artichoke with hollandaise followed by green salad with Spanish fried almonds, mojama and some cherry tomato with ranch and cheese souffle.

acpgee

I used to cook only during the weekends because I have a corporate job and the hubby is a freelancer. But since lockdown I have been working from home mostly and cooking on workdays too, because we eat better when I cook. I started a new job a couple of weeks ago and need to go into the office every day, because I need to ask so many questions to any colleagues who happen to be around. I am struggling with the weekday cooking a bit as a resultr. Tonight's easy meal was charsiu pork tenderloin cooked for 2 hours sous vide last night and finished for 15 minutes to brown in the air fryer. Hubby put rice on as I left the office. The Sichuan blanched courgette salad takes 5 minutes, and even less if you make the dressing in big batches to keep in the fridge. Air fried blackened baby gem and Belgian endive cooked under the pork loin got a little too dark in the air fryer.

siberiantarragon

Last night's dinner: made a variant of borscht. Note: borscht is supposed to have cabbage but I didn't have any. I sauteed onions in olive oil with salt and pepper, then added beets, potatoes (apparently Ukrainian style borscht has potatoes whereas Russian style borscht doesn't, BTW), celery, canned pink beans (white beans are usually what's used for borscht, but I ran out of those), Not Beef vegetarian bouillon (normally you would put in a pork bone or something but my partner is vegetarian so that was the closest thing I had), and a couple of bay leaves. After it was done cooking I added some lemon juice. I also didn't have any sour cream so I used plain yogurt instead. It turned out amazing and I will definitely be making it again. I had it with buttered whole-grain toast and my favorite bottled tea.

Tonight I had the same soup but with grocery store rotisserie chicken on the side instead of toast, and hot green tea.

soulo_ridah

Simple way to start the day with home baked bread and things.

acpgee

Leftovers management. Turkish watermelon/feta/mint salad which we ate last week, followed by bang bang chicken noodles using the leftover roast chicken from Sunday.

siberiantarragon

Tonight's dinner: brown rice, grocery store rotisserie chicken, 2 scrambled eggs with baby bella mushrooms, tomato, and spinach, and some butter added in (my vegetarian partner had the same thing minus the chicken). My food photo skills leave much to be desired but it was delicious and high in nutrients!

acpgee

Still trying to figure out how to make weeknight dinners with my new job that requires going into the office daily as long as I need to ask a lot of questions to colleagues. Hubby helped with peeling potatoes and cutting veggie sticks before I came home. Air fryer roast potatoes and chicken wings in Vietnamese caramel and fish sauce. Sticks of carrot, cucumber and broccoli stems with ranch dressing. Roast potatoes with warmed up leftover Hollandaise. Having dressings and sauces on hand in the fridge helps to make this a doable weeknight dinner.

siberiantarragon

Last night's midnight snack while up working late: whole-milk cottage cheese, Ezekiel 4:9 almond cereal, raspberries, Siete Mexican chocolate and Mexican shortbread cookies, flax milk, and mint tea.



Tonight's dinner: Brown rice, pan-roasted tofu and pan-roasted asparagus, with butter, lemon, and sage.

acpgee

We went to an Izakaya style soft launch. Hubby likes to try to eat out on Friday night because breaking the routine signals the start of the weekend to make it feel longer.

janicemlove

Still sick and probably going to be for a while made some egg drop soup based on the woks of life recipe. Used homemade veggie stock instead of the chicken stick it calls for.

It’s cold here, and going to be negative (Fahrenheit) next week so all about the soup right now anyway.

acpgee

Cheats peking duck using breast. Did both homemade and ready made frozen pancakes and don't think homemade is worth the trouble. Apple crumble for dessert using frozen crumble mix we popped into the freeer last time I made a crumble.

janicemlove

acpgee

Air fryer panisse wiht ranch, sauteed mushroom and spinach, fried chicken from a takeaway shop.

acpgee

Hamburger night.

siberiantarragon

Haven't had time to cook much due to pre-Christmas rush. So here's some healthier junk food type dinners.

Sunday night: Amy's Organic mac and cheese. Dr. Praeger's buffalo vegan "chicken tenders." Spinach sauteed with olive oil, apple cider vinegar, nutritional yeast, Himalayan salt, black pepper, paprika, and everything bagel seasoning (I had a whole bunch of spinach I needed to use up). Two tomatoes with minced onion and red pepper flakes. Rooibos tea.

For dessert I had an Enlightened brownies and cookie dough ice cream bar and more rooibos tea (not pictured).



Monday night: Two sunny side up eggs (yes I know I broke one of them, it was late and I was tired LOL...still tasted good though). Koyo buckwheat shoyu ramen (which is the best affordable ramen brand BTW) cooked with frozen peas, baby bella mushrooms, and baby carrots. Gimme Organic sea salt and olive oil seaweed snacks. A tomato with Mrs. Dash original seasoning. Green tea.

For dessert I had Russell Stover sugar-free dark pecan delight and dark coconut candies, and more green tea (not pictured).

acpgee

Still testing out strategies for cooking on weeknights when I have a new job which means going into the office daily. Estouffade(=beef stew from southern France with red wine and olives) cooked sous vide all weekend in a huge batch, instant polenta and some salad.

acpgee

Dutch dinner. I warmed up bitterballen we had in the freezer in the air fryer. Hubby made herring salad substituting Spanish smoked sardines for brined haring.

21Starship

I don't have a picture yet. But I'm making it tonight. You heat your large pan, add 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, add 1.5 pounds cut up chicken pieces, add 2 tbsp garlic on top of the chicken, make sure you have a bowl of frozen brocolli, cauliflower, carrots and corn in bowl thawing, add spices 1 tbsp italian seasoning, 1 tbsp papricka, salt and pepper to taste, once meat almost done add thawed frozen veggies (drain any water), cook until chicken and veggies seem done, add 8 ounces whole wheat cooked pasta of choice, spiral or penne usually (make ahead or during), and 4 tablespoons unsalted butter or salted if that is all you have. This recipe has healthy fats from the oil and butter to help your skin, hair and nails. Plus, protein, so your full with whole grain. Quick to make recipe, avoiding processed bagged meals, which can have additives that aren't good for your body. One pan stovetop recipe.

LazyBlondeChef

I've been out of town for two weeks so no cooking. Finally back home for a few weeks and hope to cook most of the time. Miso soup with shaved steak, shiitake mushrooms, seaweed and udon noodles. A little gray but tasted good. We had to put in the microwave for a minute because the broth didn't cook the beef. Normally I would prefer it rare but I'm a little leery of prepackaged shredded beef which I don't typically buy.