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I made "jambalaya" (in quotes, because I'm sure it's not authentic and I fully made the recipe up) with chorizo (I know, already wrong) and leftover chicken. Came out suprisingly good.

When I watched the movie Bridget Jones’s Diary, I laughed at her blue soup which she made by the vegetables and some blue uneatable ropes. I thought it was a joke, how could a girl be so stupid and could not cook meals? At least they should know how to cook soups. Until I met my girlfriend I knew that story is true.
As I am not fond of beauties, Air Jordan sneakers or other luxury things, my only habit is enjoying every delicacy I could find, in other words, I am a glutton. My girlfriend knows my habit and she just tries her best to get close to me, and that is learning how to cook. She is an exquisite girl, when you look at her, all you think are the cosmetics, perfume, luxury clothes, jewel and high class salon. You could never recall the kitchen from her. But she did want to be a good mate to me, a soul mate and life mate.
So the story began on one Sunday morning. She locked herself in the kitchen and did not allow me to enter, she would cook a meal for me all by herself. And after four hours the meal was ready. They seemed---- well, beautiful, but not in the food way. As I put my spoon into the soup, I found something strange and it turned out to be a rubber wristband. Well, was it a silicon soup? My girlfriend just used it to tie the shrimps. I really do not know how it happened. After finding that strange material from the soup, I did not feel well then. But in order not to let her disappointed, I, the one who care food more than life, ate up all the dishes.
Guess what, now she is my fiancée. Love has nothing to do with your cooking skills, right?

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spinach quiche (smitten kitchen recipe) with a side of roasted delicata squash, and a few squares of sea salted chocolate for dessert.

@ NotAmerican- happy belated!

Pasta Carbonara--one of my favorite quick dishes. Takes only about as long as it takes for the pasta to cook!

It was my birthday yesterday, so I made pizza. Four-cheese pizza, with mozz, dolce-latte, parmesan and smoked gruyere with sauteed chestnut mushrooms and roughly-chopped tomatoes, garlic, onions and peppers, on a thick whole-grain crust.

Washed down with lots of beer. Lots. The wife got to put the kids to bed last night (usually my job...I am generally considered better at story reading). I was busy watching action films and eating chocolate. Priorities, people. Although the card my son made for me must have contained some sort of allergen, as my eyes started to mist up...

I have been playing with pizza for some time now. Naturally risen aged dough is the best. Still figuring out the high temps of Italian style pies.

Here was tonights creation. I used butter and olive oil basted rosemary hassleback potatoes as a pizza topping alongside proscuitto and more rosemary. It works. Not even a hint of cheese anywhere near by.

Hassleback Potatoes

Potato Rosemary Pizza

Leftovers: lentil+cauliflower curry with smoked paprika.
http://onepot.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/red-lentil-cauliflower-curry-with-smoked-hot-paprika-3/

Ok i have a question. What about Chips? Like A small bag of Nacho Cheese Doritos or Crunchy Cheetos?

Wow, I can finally post comments.

Anyway, I have to make a plug for the book "Intuitive Eating." The book recommends keeping all the foods you could possibly crave on hand so that when you do have a craving, you can just eat that food and then move on.

It's actually a lot of work to figure out what you really want to eat and then focus on enjoying it. But it does make eating a pleasurable experience, which is new to me.

Another benefit: my pre-pregnancy clothes fit, which saved me a lot of money.

chips and dibs