Thank you! I’m looking forward to trying it out, and I definitely will try roasting a duck as soon as the weather gets a little less hot where I am. I don’t like balsamic, so I’m thinking of trying with soy instead? Not sure how it will affect the flavor profile, I might be better off doing a mix of hoisin sauce and rice wine vinegar or similar to still capture the sweet/acid rather than going salty instead.

Do you have a recipe for the Parmesan garlic pasta?

Chicken marsala pappardelle! Super tasty and surprisingly quick and easy. https://www.saltandlavender.com/chicken-marsala-pasta/

Just skip the 1/4tsp of garlic powder, it shouldn’t suffer for that. Odd tip, I found the marsala wine in the baking isle of the grocery store of all places.

Beehaw has a strict no hate speech policy and the mods aren’t afraid to put their foot down when people are sort of toeing the line about being a terrible person. That’s my instance and I’m very proud of it and it’s mod team. Sounds like it would be a good fit for you, too. Also, even if you don’t get an account there, you may be happy hanging out on the communities they host. Here’s a link to the mods describing their philosophy. https://beehaw.org/post/107014

I picked up a 3lb bag of frozen filets from Costco. Ended up being 6 USD/lb which isn’t bad at all considering ground beef is at least $4/lb. I was looking for something a little healthier, and fish cooks up really quickly. The lemon garlic one from last week turned out pretty well, picture below. The recipe also called for paprika and thyme, not sure I would add those in the future.

Tomorrow is pasta primavera, inspired by another post on this community. Later in the week my boyfriend is making tater tot casserole with chicken bacon cheese sausage homemade by his family. Friday is blackened tilapia with roast potatoes and I’m roasting a chicken Sunday because it was on sale. I’ll probably do broth with the carcass sometime next week. We had originally been planning to enchiladas Sunday, but those got crowded out by the unexpected chicken.

You’re absolutely right. I’ve been learning a lot about portion control in the last year or so as I’ve been working on losing some weight and that’s a very effective method.

Mmm. Big fan of the cheese/crackers/salami combo. Except that it somehow always ends up turning into dinner so I can’t do it every day.

Great execution from your girlfriend. How did you like it?

You inspired me to put pasta primavera on this week’s menu. Looks great! And it’s the best feeling to be able to cook with food from the garden. Tastes better too.