What was the last meal you cooked?

Tuna Napolitana Pasta for my daughter.

Chicken Satay Skewers, Satay Sauce and Chips for my husband.

Moroccan Carrot and Lentil Soup for me.

I feel like a short order cook, some days! 😂

Last cooked meal - grilled talipia filets and riced cauliflower stuffing. Yum

Christmas dinner, roasted everything and lots of veg topped with gravy... I’ve not had to cook since I’m still eating it 😂

Bacon, fried eggs, and honey dew apple.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meatless_Monday

I'm about to cook another Christmas dinner with a girlfriend. She has Christmas with her Vietnamese family so feels she misses out on a proper British Christmas dinner. Our NYE ritual is to cook Christmas dinner at her house. We are doing Dickensian roast goose. Keeping it simple with sides of roast carrots, sauteed greens, roast potatoes, gravy and commercial cranberry sauce. Coffee pavlova for dessert.

Roasted chicken and potatoes with a salad

For New Years Eve I made the traditional lentils with sausage. The Italians believe that this dish is good luck and will bring money in the coming year. You are also supposed to have 9 courses to follow luck and tradition. This is what my husband's family in Rome always told me, however, they are originally from Southern Italy(Puglia) and have mixed the traditions.

First dinner of the new year. Baked chicken breast parm with spaghetti squash, sauce.

Mezza penne pasta with lentils in tomato sauce, salad, fruit and desert (Christmas cookies) for the family.

It was hubby's turn to cook but he pulled out stuff I made that was in the freezer.

The vegetable puree soup that has been lurking forever is finally finished. It started life as leftover pureed roast squash. Every time we ate it, we added stock, more leftover pureed vegetable such as roast celeriac, then the roast parsnip and roast chicory from Christmas dinner. After eating each new variant we would boil furiously for 10 to disinfect and then pop back into the freezer. Added flavourings included miso, curry paste, fish sauce, lemon juice and coconut milk at different incarnations of its development. Relieved that the never ending soup is finally gone.

We also had our last batch of Marcella Hazan's bolognaise sauce on spaghetti which was pulled out of the freezer too.

Cabbage and onion omelette. Saw on YouTube asian recipe. Delicious and nutritious- delightfully surprising...

Nothing fancy: just roasted chicken breast, broccoli with Trader Joes thai red curry sauce, and a salad. Low calorie, too.

Two meals tonight, actually. Arroz con pollo for Girlfriend and I (Boyfriend had his pieces of grilled chicken wrapped in a tortilla with BBQ sauce and shredded cheese). I make Mexican rice with homemade tomato juice (thanks Mom) so I know the sodium is low, a few spoonfuls of tomato salsa, and some dry spices, and I make a quantity at a time because rice freezes well. So I had about a half cup of that with half a chicken breast cut up on it and a couple spoonfuls of hot queso dip over top, and it was really filling and satisfying.

The other meal I made is actually for tomorrow; I make my boyfriend, who had weight loss surgery four years ago, a high protein easy breakfast. It is sort of a hybrid between a crustless quiche and a cheesecake. This one was ham, cheddar cheese, spinach, and onions. He has a square about 3 x 3, and that holds him solidly good til lunch. A 9 x 13 pan of this fits in the fridge fine and lasts a week. The base for that size pan (halve it for a pie plate) is 2 boxes of cream cheese and ten eggs. Add to this whatever seasoning you want (onion powder, garlic powder, red pepper, etc) and about a cup of shredded cheese, a cup or two of whatever cooked diced meat you want to use, and a cup of vegetables. Stir it up, pour into your 9 x 13 pan, and bake it til it's done, which takes about an hour. (This also makes an impressive elegant guest brunch if you pair it with a fruit salad and banana bread.)

Dutch dinner tonight. Hubby made dutch herring salad with beet root and pickled onions. Split pea soup from the batch I made, pulled out of the freezer. Apple crumble.