You are obviously on a low carb diet.

I have fallen in love with Chik-Fil-a's waffle fries, but they must be eaten hot and with ketchup.

Yes, very true, as I find with all fries. Hot, hot, hot! We sometimes finish the fries before we even get home!

Chicken looks delicious, how did you cook it? Any liquid?

I agree. But I prefer to dip them in honey mustard. When I worked, sometimes we ordered CFA nuggets brought in for meetings. If there were waffle fries and honey mustard, that was a bonus. And there usually were.

Hi, my name is JMorgana and I'm a Chick-Fil-A sauce addict. Tastes like a cross between honey mustard and BBQ sauce. I literally have a bottle and a half in my fridge right now. Works with fries and most proteins (at least for me).

Lunch is a simple salad with some avocado, tomato, crunchy corn bits, some fried scallops and salmon sashimi, with a maguro ongiri for my starch!

Leftover italian ficelle sandwich from Tuesday
kettle bbq chips

Ks wild ex-frozen salmon soup with tofu & broccoli & leftover rice

I use this recipe as a temperature and time guide, but I haven't yet done the recipe's seasonings. I bought fennel seeds, but need to buy a mortar and pestle. One of these days!

Since it's a slow roast, it doesn't call for liquid. I season the chicken overnight uncovered in the fridge and pull it out a couple hours before cooking to bring it to/near room temp. The first time I made this chicken was in an open stoneware roasting dish, and this time, I used my 2.75 qt cast iron dutch oven with lid. The chickens I get through Imperfect Foods are a small heirloom breed of 2.5 - 3 lbs, so I only roast for 2 - 2.25 hours at 270F convection (300F regular oven). I took the lid off, basted it, cranked the heat up to 375F (400F regular oven) for a few minutes to brown the skin, and let it rest for 20 or so minutes. I pulled the drumstick outward to cut at the thigh and the bone came clean out!

https://www.bonappetit.com/story/nev...oasted-chicken

Thanks, added to my repertoire.

Since both my favorite Rome snack shops are closed for some season, I shoppedd and cooked my pasta with tuna, anchovies, and garlic!

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A rather pedestrian burger at the brewery tonight. Requested medium, received medium well. I got one bite of Mrs BV�s pulled pork sandwich and it was the far superior choice. No sauce, but a dollop of cole slaw and a couple pickle slices on top.

Went to Da Enzo (Trastevere area) for late lunch and had the following:

- Artichoke Judia (Jewish artichokes)
- Cacio e Pepe
- Half liter of chilled house white to wash it down

Wife had the tripes in tomatoe sauce (alla Romana) and kids had the Carbonara & Pasta alla gricia - total damage including service charge was 65 Euros!

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I�m jealous! A vacation in Rome. Food looks great. Everyone looks like they�re having a good time. Better than Maggiano�s?

We had tickets to Indonesia for summer vacation, but the airlines canceled 75% of their schedule. Then they added a mandatory quarantine for everyone, so we just canceled the trip. We are settling for a 16 day JW Marriott resort staycation

Light years ahead of Maggiano's and their boring offerings!

We did Thailand during the pendmic and pre-vaccine (Dec 2020 - February 2021) and went through a 15-day quarantine but it was worth it as Thailand was empty and without the Chinese, sex-tourists, and South-Asian zero-sum tour groups! It was worth it, our best trip to Thailand ever even though we spent $7K to get there (including the 15 days full board quarantine for 4 people)!

This late lunch occurred after a 2+ hours city walking tour where we walked from the Spanish steps to St. Peter's. Was very proud of ecery one for not complaining about walking in the hot sun and treated them to this nice lunch!
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