"French Savor" (Charentais) melon from Sunnyside. My God this smells like France. And Serrano ham

An AB&J (Almond Butter) on spelt (from Atwater!) -- best comfort food for terrible Tuesdays...


ETA: Followed with Tangysweet Large Classic, Well-dressed.

One of Scott's homemade bran muffins. It needs bacon.

Overly ripe nectarine rejected by BLBaby...

Cheese curds from Clear Spring Creamery... not like the ones in Wisconsin but still really good cheese... doesn't have the squeak that defines a cheese curd and is sliced more like cheese.

Still tasty.... :-)

Parmesan flatbread, made yesterday. Very good.

Haagen-Dazs "Maple Cookie" ice cream. Nice strong maple flavor; goes great with a bottle of green tea.

fresh, homemade BOILED Peanuts. Yum... delicious.

I love boiled peanuts! Where did you get raw peanuts around here? And how do you prepare your's?

I picked up a bag of raw peanuts a few months ago in S.C. on my way back to D.C. Was craving boiled peanuts this morning so I threw a pot on the stove with water and (too much) salt, added the peanuts and boiled away for hours. At some point I will make some using star anise and the other spices Joe's uses but for now I am content with good ol' fashioned boiled peanuts.

The most decadent, amazing, homemade apple pie made from apples I picked on Friday.

Shrimp and grits with crispy pork belly confit.

One of my favorite "morning after" meals - reduced sodium ramen noodles with a tin of turkey, plus additional sriracha, spicy szechuan sauce, garlic powder, red pepper, and Chinese five spice. Hot enough to make my eyes water and sweat out some of the alcohol and nicotine from last night.

Mikan (clementine) Pocky

baguette with cultured butter and crunchy salt

Scott made oyster stew tonight: oysters from Buster's, cream, milk, butter, salt & pepper. Very nice.

Slow-roasted brussels sprouts; olive oil, quick dust of cayenne, ground black pepper and sea salt. And - Blue Moon Belgian White Beer with a slice of orange.

Leftover pseudo-moroccan braised chicken thighs in a spicy stew of root veg, chickpea, tomato, lemon, and zucchini on top of cous cous. Currently wishing that I had remembered to add the olives....

Spoon in some chermoula.

American Flatbread leftovers

Li hing mui!

No chermoula on hand so I improvised with dried coriander, cumin, cinnamon, bay leaf, fresh garlic, onion, lemon zest, S&P, whole dried chili and some fresh marjoram towards the end. Not bad, but olives really would have made it!

Stephanie's homemade pistachio brittle - what was left after the picnic made its way into my car. It's delicious!

Homemade Pea Soup...using Jake's Ham bone from the Spring Picnic for the stock.....so good

Smartfood White Cheddar popcorn. Had a great BLT at a gas station in Vega, TX, midafternoon.

the Popeye's on East Colfax in Denver has a "Tuesday Special" of a thigh and a leg for 99 cents.

So if one were an occasional glutton, one might be working one's way through 2 thighs and 2 legs, spicy, for a whopping $2.13, tax included, right this minute.

I can't make it myself for that price.

Is this a national promo? i.e., do you have it in Washington? If so I highly recommend that you, in the words of Smokey, "Take advantage, man; take advantage."

Toasted ham and cheese sandwiches with a side of sliced dragonfruit (pitaya)

Smoked apple cheddar and Carr's water crackers

Leftover "cottage pie" from last night--cheesy cauliflower over pot roast. Man, that is good.

Pie crust cookies. A little batter from an experimental batch of brownies.

Sweetzels spiced wafers. These are the best ginger snaps ever. I grew up eating these every fall in suburban Philadelphia and hadn't had one in quite a while. I found a box recently and bought them (at a Giant, I think). These are the best.

My favorite cheap lunch: a couple of tuna-mayo onigiri (rice balls) and a bowl of miso soup.

Making my office-mates jealous with bangin' leftovers:

*butter lettuce with pickled mussels, onions and cucumbers.
*seared dry-aged sirloin with shallots and fois gras.
*stewed green lentils with veg, bacon, and lemons.

A roasted sweet-potato senbei. Yum.

Beef Daube from Saturday night's dinner.

Fondoobie

Just finished a couple of slices of Marvelous Market 's rustic bread, spread with mirabo cheese (with walnuts) and some raspberry jam. Quite satisfying.

Leftover Rocklands' Pulled Pork BBQ from our office holiday party. I added a bit of the leftover brie after heating.

I had the chicken BBQ earlier this morning, using little slider rolls for both.

Utz ripple potato chips and Lipton onion soup mix dip

I've been craving this dip recently and finally gave in and made some.

Earl Grey w milk
Dark chocolate sea salt caramel

leftover latkes (from an early dinner)

Leftover macaroni and cheese roulette (you know, when you just see what miscellaneous cheeses you have that need to be used up). This one had fontina, gruyere, and pecorino romano.

A yakiimo (grilled sweet potato).

warm apple-pie empanadas. or: applepiecookies! applepiecookies! as nick referred to them. oops, all gone...

The Criolles by Michel Cluizel - Chocolate Shaped Like a Cacao Pod and Filled with Ganache. That's very fine French chocolate with very fine Kentucky Bourbon.

From a visit to Old Town last weekend-Eve's sourdough bread (from Grape+Bean), toasted and topped with campari tomatoes (Costco), fresh basil and Blue Ridge mozzarella. Ran it under the broiler until melted and lightly golden and gave it a drizzle of olive oil before eating.
A truly great breakfast

Chunky, spiced applesauce* made w cider & wrinkled Gold Rush apples

Runny poached duck egg w green Tabasco sauce
Last of Wes's onion rye (Ovens at Quail Creek) toasted

Earl Grey* w lowfat* milk

*Grocery list includes grapefruit, coffee beans and milk

Red rice with honey pickled plums
Big mug of coffee

Turkey soup. Leftover turkey from Thanksgiving (been in the freezer), homemade chicken stock, dried oregano that my Mom gave me for xmas, dried onion, salt. It's a low-effort, saving money sort of day.

Nong Shim ramen with some slices of leftover roast beef from my dad.