Dinner tonight came together really easily. We had some Daube in the freezer, a beef stew from Southern France, from a dinner several weeks ago when I made a double batch of the stew. I thawed that in the refrigerator and it only needed to be reheated tonight. The littlest chef and her Daddy made baked potatoes while I was on my way home from work. And I steamed some frozen mixed vegetables with a little butter & thyme. Voila! A deconstructed Shepherd’s Pie was born!
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A Near East Inspired Meal
While the citizenry of Egypt is working through a tumultuous week sure to shape its future, we recently dined on a meal that was loosely inspired by the Near East — ginger & garlic spiced venison meatballs (Egyptians would surely use lamb) with a curried yogurt sauce, a middle eastern salad of lettuce, radishes, cucumbers, carrots & red cabbage, and some vegetable brown rice pilaf. For dessert, we had a scoop of mango sorbet with the first Florida strawberries of the season. This was a fresh, relaxing meal for us, which only underscored our wishes for peace and liberty in all of Egypt.