Arizona is a big, diverse place when it comes to weather (among other things). Down here in the Sonoran desert we have some wild temperature swings…this morning it was quite cold, about 40f (4c). It’ll be about 70f (21c) during the day. Rained all day yesterday which is a rare kind of day here. Perfect for a stew. I cooked a big ol’ steak either way.
But its not uncommon for us to flirt with freezing temps overnight in the winter!
Some say Curry is Britain’s favourite dish. I’d say its definitely mine! Me and the Mrs each made our own BiR style curry tonight. Mine is the Chicken Tikka Jalfrazi and hers the Garlic Chilli Chicken 
@Dirk That’s a pretty comprehensive piece of writing on Dutch cuisine Dirk. Of course salted herring should be included, along with the accompanying pickles (gherkins and onions). I gather not your favourite? And alas the world almost ran out of eel, smoke, fried, steamed I love it all but it’s crazy expensive these days. Just like North Sea shrimp which are small but very tasty. I love seafood.
As new immigrants have come in, we also have new cuisines added to our repertoire, such as Turkish and Moroccan, actually the whole world is embraced, at least cuisine like, come to think of it. Likewise with the snack culture, dönner, shoarma, kapsalon indeed, southeast Asian streetfood, Surinam, to name some.
As to traditional Dutch eating, I’m glad old fashioned dutch veggies and greens are making a comeback. Love my bulbs and tubers and spuds and beets and roots and lots of greens and leaves. As an example here’s my diner of stamppot aardappelen met raapstelen (spuds and turnip greens). Difference with how my mum did it 50 years ago is that I stamp the greens raw through the cooked potatoes. She cooked the greens for 5 to 10 minutes, while her own mother cooked them till they were reduced to a little bit of grey slime. Progress. Since I’ve reduced my meat intake by 90% in the last couple of months, today I’ve added grated cheese (and mustard!) instead of gravy and bacon which works great for me.
I think I hated almost all the vegetables my mom could cook, especially the Brussel sprouts/spuitjes. The smell wich entered my room when she was cooking them 
But I loved the raw stuff like witloof salad.
Had some fun catching up here today, love the Dutch education. Also love seeing people’s pot roasts, it that season for us here, too. I taught my fella how to make one in the crock pot this weekend (seared in cast iron first of course!) and we are still eating on it, have to have celery with mine and lots of onions and garlic, of course potatoes and carrots. Fresh thyme and bay leaf. I’ll try to remember to take a pic tonight of leftovers. He also got to relearn how to make gravy which was fun. I was prep cook/sous chef and instructor, enjoyed it. I’ve been really struggling with sinus issues and bad nosebleeds (sorry for TMI) so he’s helping more in the kitchen. But today as I sit in my room that’s foggy with a humidifier going I’ve got some comfort pasta with my homemade sauce, some rotisserie chicken, a bit of asparagus and lots of mozzarella. Yum. Was too lazy to grate parm on but I might have to as I’m tasting it now…
or maybe just add salt.
Sorry I have no picture but I had broccoli with salmon, butter and lemon and I am just in heaven. Always a satisfying combo… Including broccoli 
Lunch turned out amazing too!
@JazzyS
breakfast burrito
scrambled eggs spinach tortilla chicken sausage black beans on the side, cheese peppers + onions side of salsa verde and baby potatoes
avocado on the side.
Yum! It all looks amazing and a wonderful view I imagine. Glad to see you having such a wonderful beach day 
Yeah! Glad to see that you got your cheesy fries 
…hope you are feeling well and getting some rest
Much respect to all that heat! Ha! 
Korean take out.
I’m so hungry today after burning 900 cals in gym. This is possibly my first tea of the evening (I have my eyes firmly on crumpets with butter and Marmite later on 
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Beef shin Ragu. So good! 
My fella’s pot roast leftovers last night. Before and after gravy So tasty! A little haphazard but oh well.
I would choose marmite, but I’m not against Vegemite or supermarket brand ‘yeast spreads’ . It’s just amazing stuff. Especially with eggs and cheese/both.
Easiest way to make a quick and satisfying dessert…
Throw your favourite granola in the pot (eat a few spoonfuls first for room). Yum. No washing up.
And if you don’t like rhubarb, get in’t bin.
