drinks
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🍴: Mon – turkey meatball subs with arugula salad. I just did what the nonnas told me, and I hope they share the same inspo again, because Hampton loved them. I did use up a pack of mozzarella pearls he had bought for lunch and stuffed them inside and there was pizza sauce for the
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🍴: Mon – There were tiny toasts leftover from a crostini bar at a work event last week, so we topped some with shaved beef we simmered in a delicious MacGyvered up leftover bean broth (or “beanjuhs”, as we like to say, a la Baby Billy), topped with spme Swiss cheese, and a horseradish crème
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🍽️: Mon – Goi Tom (Vietnamese shrimp salad.) (I will actually write about this vacation eventually, I swear.) Tues – easy pork tenderloin with a stupid good Frankensauce (courtesy of sauce king Hampton) and Warm Green Bean Salad with Crispy Potatoes, kalamatas, and feta Wed – Arayes (Middle Eastern Meat Stuffed Pitas) with cucumber salad
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🍽️: Mon – Hampton was away a few days so I got to putz around on my own. Used up a bag of frozen scallops and some frozen mango for a take on skewers from this list, plus a salad made of charred corn and sugar snap peas, avocado, pickled peppers, and leftover rice. Tues
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Late this time for the best of reasons — new rehearsals! (scroll down for details 🤗) 🍴: Mon – SautĂ©ed Chicken Ă la Ronsard. Pretty sure I’ve never made a sauce that was strained? So easy/fancy/French brasserie at home. Tues – SCM bavette with pan-roasted duck fat potatoes and attempt at these feta-bakes brussels. As
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🍴: Mon – last Monday, we tested out some new steaks from TJ’s that were decidedly underwhelming. Their new bone-in ribeye worked out much better this Monday. We have had fun cooking massive ones from Smoke City Meats, but these smaller ones are definitely more convenient. Pan-roasted spuds and salad to go with. Tues –
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Time flies when you’re having Sunday night fun. And then on Monday, when Hampton’s car dies in the middle of the street on the way to his 6 a.m. shift. On a holiday. In the rain. 🍴: Mon – We tested out TJ’s new line of steaks. And realized how spoiled we are by Smoke
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🍴: Mon – Spanish garlic chicken with roasted carrots, arugula salad Tues – Jaegerwust from Smoke City Meats with baked spaetzle and cheese, kraut, pickled beets, and arugula Wed – NY strip with warm Brussels panzanella inspired by this. We had some leftover garlic bread (how) tore it into pieces and crisped it up in
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It’s been a while since I have highlit a whole meal and wholey heck, is this a good one. Hampton’s mom and stepdad drove here from Raleigh to see his opening weekend matinee. Because parking is difficult at that theatre at the best of times and Tom has some mobility issues, they drove to the
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🍴: LAST WEEK OF FAST PRE-THEATRE MEALS HUZZAH Mon – lobster tails with fanciedup boxed mac and cheese, arugula salad Tues – steak and eggs, side salad Wed – southwestern salad with grilled chicken Thurs – cooking for one because I had a late meeting and Hampton had final dress meant a take on Marry
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