Yesterday was a #WhatsCooking day that began with roasting chicken thighs with root vegetables 🧅 The meat was put aside; the bones, skin, & vegetables simmered for a few hours 🥕 Strained, that amber #broth became one of the most flavorful #ramen we've ever had 🍜

#NoWasteKitchen
#Foodsky
#GoodEats

When dinner can be crafted from simple ingredients from the fridge & pantry 🍚

#Foodsky
🍽 #WhatsCooking
#NoWasteKitchen

When #leftovers from two different #meals come together to make a bowl of delicious.

#JasmineRice
#MadrasLentils
#Pita

Bonne soirée 🍹

When #RoastChicken dinner becomes #ChickenNoodleSoup because it's economical, delicious, and well - I'm sick so it's also #ComfortFood

#Foodsky
🍽 #WhatsCooking
#NoWasteKitchen

Any meal comprised of Soba noodles in a savory broth is always a good thing 🍜

Mise-en-place of #caldereta stew.

Meatloaf on a bed of mashed potatoes, topped with #caldereta sauce.

More of the mise-en-place for the sauce 🫑 Bell peppers, carrots, soy sauce & garlic.

Brian's #homemade pizzas 🍕 using Pita bread, #caldereta sauce, & topped with shredded mozzarella cheese.

When you find a stewing sauce that is versatile as it is easy to prepare 🍽

#WhatsCooking
#Foodsky

This #caldereta sauce was delicious over meatloaf & as a pizza sauce 🌶

#NoWasteKitchen
#Homemade

@doranpayne.bsky.social pita bread pizzas were a tasty success 🍷

When one delicious dinners become another 🍽

#WhatsCooking
#Foodsky
#Délicieux

Family dinners meatloaf was transformed into tonight's creamy cheesy pasta 🧀

#NoWasteKitchen
#ÀLaTable
#MakingMagic #Leftovers

Bonne soirée à tous 🍸

Why prepare one #meatloaf when you can prepare three 🍽 one for tonight's family dinner & two are headed to the deep freezer for future meals.

#WhatsCooking
#NoWasteKitchen
#FamilyDinnerNight

Tonight's dinner will include mashed potatoes, buttered baby peas 🫛 and of course a salad to start.

Last summer's #blueberries picked, washed, bagged, & frozen to enjoy during the winter months 🫐

#NoWasteKitchen
#HealthyChoices
#Breakfast

Nonfat plain greek yogurt & a quarter cup of Cheerios for crunch 😋

#Foodsky

Tightly sealed pot to keep all the flavor in a 2 hour simmered chicken broth.

Fortified broth with fresh root vegetables and dried herbs 🌿 Rosemary, sage, & thyme.

The strained vegetables & chicken bones.

Added the leftover roasted chicken meat - both white & dark to my large Lodge enabled stew pot.

Saturday's roast chicken dinner becomes tonight's chicken stew 🥣

#NoWasteKitchen
#WhatsCooking

Leftover vegetables & bones were used to make the broth, that was then fortified with the roasting jus & fresh root vegetables 🥕🥔🧅

#ComfortFood
#Winter #Stew

Bon Lundi à tous 🍷

Tonight's dinner was creamy risotto with mushrooms and parmesan.

🍄‍🟫 #Mushrooms
#ComfortFood
🍚 #Risotto
#WhatsCooking

The leftovers have already been claimed; our daughter - the picky eater (without the mushrooms) of course.

#NoWasteKitchen
#GoodEats
#Classic #Cuisine

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

🍽 #WhatsCooking
#KitchenChemistry
#ÀLaTable

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

#NoWasteKitchen
#PinchingPennies

A bowl of ham and bean soup.

Last night's Ham & Bean soup was a delicious success 🥣

#WhatsCooking
#NoWasteKitchen

Tonight will be mac & cheese with roasted sausages 🍽

#WhatsForDinner
#HealthyChoices

Sending my FIL home with a few meals to keep him warm & full over the weekend ❄️☃️

#WinterstormFern

Bon Jeudi 🍸

Last night's roast chicken dinner became the #broth for tonight's #HamAndBeanSoup 🥣 & tomorrow's #ChickenSalad sandwiches lunch.

#WhatsCooking
#NoWasteKitchen
#GoodEats

A slow simmering soup is the perfect remedy for winter's weather & the snow that's on the way ☃️

#WhatsForDinner
#HealthyChoices

A low & slow #Pork roast that melted into magic overnight - #lowAndslow for 10 succulent hours 😋

🍽 #WhatsCooking
#PorkRoast #PulledPork

Looking forward to tonight's #BBQ pulled pork #tacos 🌮

#NoWasteKitchen
#ComfortFood
#Roast #Slow #Braise

Bonne soirée à tous 🍷

Onion, carrots, celery, & garlic in mini food processor to finely chop.

Mirepoix & duxelle in a savory broth with a boneless pork roast in the center of the Crueset pot.

The prepared Crueset pot is ready for its slow overnight roasting.

With temperatures dropping back into winter ❄️ #cooking will be #LowAndSlow so we can warm our bellies as well as the house.

🍽 #WhatsCooking
#ComfortFood

Into the oven as we go to bed - #PorkRoast for tomorrow's pulled pork #tacos 🌮

#NoWasteKitchen
#WhatsForDinner

Bon Jeudi à tous 🍸

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 🥗

#HealthyChoices
🍽 #WhatsCooking
#NoWasteKitchen

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

#KitchenChemistry
#WhatsForDinner
#Délicieux

Bonne nuit 🥃

Last night's dinner will be today's lunch, and I'm fine with that.

🍽 #WhatsCooking
#Homemade #Healthy
#NoWasteKitchen

Chicken soup with assorted vegetables, kale & butter beans 🫘 #Délicieux

Bon Dimanche à tous ☕️

Another overcast day in PA inspires tonight's dinner 🍽

#WhatsCooking
#HealthyChoices
#NoWasteKitchen

Poached chicken breasts for #phō style soup - you choose the add-ins; rice, kale, white beans, assorted veggies.

#ComfortFood
#Homemade
#GoodEats

Bonne journée ☕️

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

🍽 #WhatsCooking
#KitchenChemistry
#BonAppétit

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

#NoWasteKitchen
#GoodEats
#ComfortFood

🍽 #WhatsCooking

In between brewing a large pot of bone broth to freeze for future soups, stews, and sauces, and baking a pound of bacon for tonight's BLTs

#NoWasteKitchen

There's my breakfast 😋 a blueberry English Muffin & of course another #coffee.

Bon Dimanche ☕️

When your daughter's #baking skills are better than your own 😁 Her second Banana Bread attempt & she doubled the #ATK recipe with ease.

🍽 #WhatsCooking
#Baking #QuickBreads
🍌 #BananaBread
#NoWasteKitchen
#Homemade

Bon Vendredi à tous ☕️

Last night's chicken & stuffing waffles 🧇 Leftovers never tasted so good!

🍽 #WhatsCooking
#NoWasteKitchen

Tonight is Cottage Pie with a fresh loaf of Irish bread 🍞

#WhatsForDinner
#GoodEats

Bonne fin-de-semaine ☕️

I seldom have breakfast but when I do I make sure it's worth the calories, and this one - although simple, did not disappoint.

🍽 #WhatsCooking
#NoWasteKitchen

It was made up of leftovers that when combined were delicious 🌶 Kimchi, rice, & baked spam.

#FlavorBomb
#Spicy

Yesterday's homemade batch of chicken stock became last night's Matzo ball soup 🥣

#Foodsky
#NoWasteKitchen
#ComfortFood

It was the perfect remedy for overcast skies that brought a dampness that seemed to sink into your bones.

#Traditions
#WhatsForDinner
#Healthy #Happy

Bon Jeudi ☕️

The weather inspires another batch of golden broth 🥣 which will become tonight's maztah ball soup.

#Foodsky
#WhatsCooking
#NoWasteKitchen

A light soup & salad dinner before tomorrow's Thanksgiving slow roast duck feast.

#ComfortFood
#WhatsForDinner
#Holidays #Traditions

Our vegetable leftovers became tonight's savory cottage pie 🍽

#Foodsky
#WhatsCooking
#NoWasteKitchen
#WhatsForDinner
#ComfortFood

Bonne nuit mes amis 🍸

Last night's #leftovers taste so good 🍜 Soba noodles & shredded chicken breast steeped in homemade broth #Yum

#WhatsCooking
#Foodsky
#NoWasteKitchen

There's nothing like a big bowl of soup on a cold day.

#Homemade
#ComfortFood

The peppers will be my afternoon snack 😋

With the house cleaning done & the roasted pumpkin flesh harvested, bagged, & moved to the freezer for future breads and soups, I'm finally sitting down enjoying a much-deserved glass of wine 🍷

#MondayMotivation
#NoWasteKitchen
#BusyBee
#Roasted #Pumpkins

Now, I just have to prepare dinner 🍽

#WhatsCooking
#FallFlavors
#NoWasteKitchen

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

#HealthyEating
#KitchenChemistry
#GoodEats

Le potage est prêt 😋

Refusing to turn the heat on until we absolutely have to (heating & cooling costs has doubled under the current kleptocracy) I'm roasting a few of our decorative pumpkins to make another batch of soup 🍲

#Foodsky
#NoWasteKitchen
#Roasting #Potage
#WhatsCooking
#Savory #Soups
#Fall #ComfortFood

Today's lunch is last night's leftover #asparagus with goat cheese & a drizzle of dijon.

#HealthyChoices
#NoWasteKitchen
#Foodsky

I love a cold salad that's healthy, low in #calories (I no longer use salad dressings) & pack a flavorful punch.

#CalorieCounting
#Menopause