What’s your bbq seasoning for the chicken?

I had salt, pepper, fennel seeds and a bit of garlic powder.

The scallions and parsley are in pots, rosemary isn't. We're zone 5 and rosemary traditionally isn't a perennial here, but parsley, chives, mint, dill, she, oregano, tarragon and thyme (all of which I have) are perennials. Since this was my first season of planting, I didn't fully recognize which were perennials and which weren't, so many of my perennials are in pots and some of my annuals were in the ground. I will probably transplant some of the perennials to the ground in the spring.

thank you! :-)
the thighs are definitely gorgeous!

Last night I made the NTY recipe for "Gourmet Hamburger Helper." It may sound rather pedestrian, but it's surprisingly good. I made it the first time because my partner enjoys comfort casserole cheesy type foods. Pre-pandemic, he took leftovers to work, microwaved it and was eating it in a luncheon meeting. Everyone wondered what it was because it smelled so good. As the NYT spiel says, it "melds the indelible comfort of macaroni and cheese with the complexity of a good Bolognese.

He would love my Frankenstein creation - Big Mac Casserole. Basically, imagine all the ingredients and flavors of a Big Mac (except the lettuce), down to the sesame seeds on the bun, in casserole form.

I would like it! However, of the two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun, he likes the beef and cheese. :D

Boneless pork chops with mustard sauceRoast cauliflower with brown butter-black garlic-anchovy bread crumbs

Around this time last year I was in Melbourne on business with a frriend and we went to a bar in St Kilda that had "Big Mac loaded fries". It was literally everything on a Big Mac except the bun on top of fries. It was so good. The only problem was the people we'd been meeting with during the day were taking us out for dinner and we were both full as a state school by the time we'd finished the chips.

I found a pic of said creation on FB.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...d9b47b7109.jpg

A friend makes excellent chili so I got a bowl...with cheese, chopped red onions and sour cream. She gave me some corn tortillas to go with it but I think they are fake corn tortillas made with flaxseed or something weird.
A beer to wash it all down.

Since black garlic tastes sort of sweet I'm trying to imagine the brown butter, black garlic, anchovy bread crumbs taste - sounds interesting!

Tofu and steak stir fry
bbc
chicken potstickers (Ling Ling)
white rice
raw tofu

dessert still tbd

Where is the "special sauce"

I remember the advertising when it first came out:

"twoallbeefpattiesspecialsaucelettucecheesepickles onionsonasesamebun"

It's in there I promise.

To me it sounds similar to Caesar salad with the garlic/anchovy flavors .....browned butter makes everything better IMO.