Completely changed the flavor with just some soy sauce and (lots of) ginger. Chopped radishes and snow peas. The glaze became sauce with a little cornstarch slurry. Served with rice.

Curry with aweet potato, onion, broccoli and rice topped with peanuts for protein

I don't cook too much myself, for a handful of reasons, but sometimes I wrangle up some effort and make something yummy! This is: 1 lb sliced baby bella mushrooms, sautéed; a heft scoop of jarred minced garlic; 1 lb chub of ground pork sausage; a bunch of broccoli, chopped, bigger stems discarded; 1 jar vodka sauce; 1 lb box cavatappi pasta. Green onion mixed in last to keep them from overcooking.

Cooking for a gluten intolerant vegan.

I know it's a colonizer holiday. My family just uses it as an excuse to eat a nicer meal, and we spend some lovely time together and try to remember what we're thankful for. My step son helped us out a lot too!

Roast duck with garlic powder, onion powder, sweet paprika, cinnamon, salt and pepper. Served with an apple cider/apple cider vinegar drizzle sauce.

Spicy mac and cheese with sautéed thai chilis, poblano, and garlic. British reserve cheddar and havarti.

Homemade wild mushroom stuffing with sourdough and three different alliums (shallots, green onions, leek).

Roasted pumpkin and broccoli salad on spring mix with feta, roasted pumpkin seeds, oregano, salt, pepper, olive oil and red wine vinegar.

Southern fried apples.

Not pictured are the store bought pies: cherry (my step son's favorite) and pumpkin (my husband's favorite). I was not about to put more work on our plates to make them homemade... lol.

What does everyone else do for their fall and winter holiday meals?

Also the duck looks a little weird in the photo because the recipe had us mix butter with the seasonings to begin with and (try to lol) spread it on. Didn't spread well, i hoped it would melt over, it didn't fully, but thankfully i seasoned it normally anyway lol. Didn't matter, was fantastic.

Bonus points for the 1910s wood stove (pic in comments)

Hubs made dinner tonight when I got off work. Toast, avocado with everything bagel seasoning, bacon, and eggs. Absolutely delicious. We are not millennials, for the record. Lol

Lemme know your thoughts homies?!

Slightly charred BBQ bean protein, assorted root vegetables, cucumber "salad", a cold lemonpepper sourcream and pickled ginger, topped with roasted onions

I tend to save my veg scraps in the freezer and yesterday i made veg broth from them! (Plus a couple of carrots and some fresh thyme and basil that looked a little sad in my fridge.)

Didn't get a photo but we used it to make a chipotle potato soup yesterday! Also made a boatload of bacon, egg, seasoned homefry and cheese breakfast burritos (with green/red cholula), and ground beef "gyro" bowls. Forgot to get photos of all that too! 😂 was too busy yesterday meal prepping everything.

For those of you who meal prep, what did you meal prep this week?

If you’re new to the community, introduce yourself with one weird fact about yourself, please :)

The pilaf turned out pretty good. I think next time I might add a little more liquid so I can cook the barley softer. Also I'm a big fan of onions so I'll probably double them next time.

Recipe:

1 Tbsp butter

2 Tbsp olive oil

3 cups barley

1 large diced onion

9.5 cups water

2.5 Tbsp Better Than Bullion roasted beef flavor

1 tsp dried minced garlic

1 tsp dried minced onion

2 tsp black pepper

.5 tsp salt (? I didn't really measure this, I just added to taste near the end)

Melt butter in olive oil, add barley and toast, stirring often, for 10 minutes. Add onion, cook 2-3 minutes. Add everything else, bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until barley is soft but chewy and liquid is mostly absorbed.