While a chicken stock simmers on the stove for what will be @doranpayne.bsky.social medicinal chicken soup 🍲

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Daughter & I will have salad with toasted pita bread 🥗

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#Homemade

It's time for #Saturday sauce & this week it has a savory tomato base that is full of vegetables 🍅

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#Homemade
#SpagettiSauce

Carrots, celery, roasted garlic, onion, & mushrooms were puréed so picky eaters couldn't detect them 😋

#Full #Flavor
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#Délicieux

The cure for this dreary day was found in a bowl of homemade chicken soup 🍲

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I staggered the cooking so all the vegetables & broad noodles were aldenté 🍲

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#Délicieux

Heads of garlic with their tops cut off & drizzled with olive oil, salt & pepper, & a pinch of thyme.

Two large beets cut into sticks drizzled with olive oil and seasoned with salt, pepper, & a pinch of thyme.

Taking the chill off this morning's -7⁰ temperature & tomorrow's winter #weather warning 😫

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I'm #roasting garlic & beets to use throughout the week in dressings, sauces, spreads, & salads 🥗

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#HealthyChoices

Bon Lundi à tous ☕️

When you try a new recipe & fall in love with the sauce.

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#TravelTroughFood

Filipino #caldereta 🇵🇭 will be blitzed with the emulsion blender & stored in the deep freezer.

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#Yum

Will have it over pasta or as the base for braised pork shoulder over rice 🍚

Last of the laundry folded & the Amish Friendship loaves are cooling on the baking rack 😎

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#Homemade #Baking
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Looking forward to daughter's & @doranpayne.bsky.social review; it's my first attempt at making this recipe.

Bon matin à tous ☕️

Last night's low & slow #PorkShoulder roast turned into pulled pork sandwiches 🥪 They were delicious.

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#ÀLaTable

I'm looking forward to transforming the #leftovers; the meat into empinadas & the BBQ broth into a stew or a soup 🍲

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#PinchingPennies

Another weather inspired dinner 🍽

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#LowAndSlow

Pork shoulder went into the oven at 4:30 AM to simmer in a savory broth 🧅🧄

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#Délicieux
#GoodEats

Emulsion blender used on broth to create the #sauce for tonight's #BBQ pulled pork sandwiches.

Penne Rigate pasta with broccoli florets - in garlic, olive oil, & lots of black pepper and parmesan cheese, served in an antique China white bowl.

Last night's first "Reading Through My Cookbooks" recipe 🥦 Penne with broccoli from "The Tucci Cookbook" 🧄

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📚 #Booksky
#CookbookCollection

It was okay; needs sausage, 2x the garlic, & half the broccoli or a switch to broccolini.

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A bowl of chopped kale salad with apple, reddish, red pepper, celery and cucumber. Enjoyed with a glass of Sauvignon Blanc.

Breaded pork chop served with basmati rice and madras lentils, topped with green onions.

Lunch was a kale, radish, & apple salad 🥗

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#NoWasteKitchen

Dinner @doranpayne.bsky.social spoiled us with roasted pork chops and basmati rice topped with madras lentils 🍚

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#Délicieux

Bonne nuit 🥃

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A quick #BakedPenne lasagna that was easy and delicious.

#ComfortFood

A family #favorite we love & always look forward to - even cold for #breakfast the following day.

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Bonne soirée 🍷

Attempting to warm our home as well as ourselves; a roast chicken dinner was had & enjoyed 🍗

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Leftovers to become chicken in sage gravy a top a crispy rosemary waffle 🧇

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#GoodEats
#ComfortFood

"We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of pie." -Dean Winchester-

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🥧 #ItsAlwaysPieDay

When leftover Christmas dinner becomes a savory pie #Magic

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#Délicieux

Bonne soirée à tous 🥂

When husband & daughter are both working at 3 AM ⏰️ #Dinner is early & delicious.

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#ChristmasDinner
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While packing breakfast & lunch for them, tomorrow's dinner is already planned 🥧 #TurkeyPie

When temperatures dip below freezing and you crave an old family favorite that warms inside & out 🇮🇪

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🍞 #Homemade

Cottage pie with a slice of toasted Irish Soda Bread & salted butter.

Tonight's #bolognese began over six hours ago & the wait - the reduction was #worthit

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#Homemade
🍝 #BrownFoodTastesGood
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Melt-in-your-mouth #gnocchi with whole milk mozzarella 🍷

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Cottage pie for dinner called for Irish soda bread which I had to taste-test for quality control 😁

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#Baking #Bread

My lunch was #homemade #pumpkin soup with a little leftover rice to make it more substantial 🥣

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There were workouts and a little #KitchenChemistry this morning ⚗️

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Orange creamsicle loaves for @doranpayne.bsky.social a little sweet for our 14th wedding anniversary 🥂

#Baking
🍊 #OrangeCreamsicleBread

Bon matin à tous ☕️

More #HolidayBaking ready to be boxed & shipped to our sons in Montreal 🎁

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#LemonCherryBread
🍊 #OrangeCreamsicleBread
#Homemade
#KitchenChemistry

Bon Dimanche à tous 🍸

Day one of #HoldayBaking is complete 🎄

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#Homemade
🎃 #PumpkinBread
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The breads are wrapped, bagged, & ready to be boxed and shipped to our sons in Montreal 🇨🇦

Why make one cottage pie, when you can make three!

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#MealPrep

Two for the freezer 🧊 and one for tonight's dinner with a salad 🥗

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Tonight's dinner was a delicious success 🥂

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#Thanksgiving
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#Tradition
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I'm thankful my daughter took care of all the dishes while I tidied the kitchen & put away the few leftovers.

While the stuffing & the duck finish roasting 🍒 cherry sauce & honey carrots are ready to plate.

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This is Ted Allen's slow roast #duck recipe which has become our Thanksgiving traditional dinner 🍷

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#BonneAppétit

Random #Thanksgiving #Food notes
if you pressure cook an unopened can of pumpkin puree (and then let it cool slow) before opening - you will get a richer deeper flavored caramelized pumpkin puree for pie or other use

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...enough to see most of the action. 24 hours just settled it a bit more. Not drinkable, but fascinating to watch chemistry doing its thing 🧪

#TheDadLab #KitchenChemistry #ScienceExperiment #KidsScience

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#FallFlavors
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Roasted sugar pumpkins with root vegetables 🥔🥕 & aromatics 🧅🧄 moved them to homemade stock and with emulsion blender pureed it all into a hearty soup.

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#KitchenChemistry
#GoodEats

Le potage est prêt 😋

The last twelve hours of rain called for something warm & well spiced 🌶 Roasted butternut squash soup.

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#Seasonal
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#Autumn #Vegetables

Butternut squash, onion, garlic, carrots, celery, & an apple 🍎

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Turmeric, coriander, thyme, salt & pepper.