I am pleased with how this meal came out. It feels like I'm getting my groove back ( Read more... )

Mostly these were excuses to use lots and lots of root vegetables.

Also, they were tasty. They don't have three courses, but I declare that one pot meals count anyways.

We ate them for dinner Sunday and Monday nights.

#10 - early January ( Read more... )

Mmmmm. I had to post right now so I would stop eating it.

Meatloaf, according to the recipe I've used before, but with half the oats for (recipe at the end).
Half beef, half ground pork. Used ketchup instead of tomato paste because I didn't have any.
I kept it all wrapped in foil, which helped it be delightfully moist.

Smashed potatoes ( Read more... )

Mmmm. Unlike yesterday's dinner, tonight's went perfectly ( Read more... )

This didn't turn out the way I hoped, but I thinking it should counts as a real meal.

I turned a pile of broccoli, and a parsnip, and some mashed potatoes, and onions, into a tasty soup.

Also we had ham steaks.

( problems )

This meal didn't meet all of my criteria (I didn't eat any), but that's mostly because I was sick of pumpkin by then. Also people brought tasty other things, so I ate those ( Read more... )

Sure, I've cooked it before, but I think roast turkey is always a real meal ( Read more... )

I roasted chicken in the dutch oven, covered. Under the chicken (also in the dutch oven) were cabbage, turnips, celeriac, and carrots. Everything local except the carrots (we had leftover baby carrots from something.) I would use somewhat different spices next time ( Read more... )

I have figured out two more requirements of a Real Meal -- two or more people consume it, and one of them is me ( Read more... )