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Had to go to Miami for business so stopped and picked up lunch. We both got Cuban sandwiches, black beans and rice. I ate half of mine.

We got pick up for dinner last night as Craig wanted something not from home. So, Cuban food, palomilla steak and maduros for me, ropa vieja for him, plus rice and black beans for both. Oh, he ordered a Mexican pizza for an appy. I tried 1 piece and I'll pass on getting again. The picture is...

Tovala blackened chicken breast with corn risotto, and green beans from the grocery.

Bayoubaisse copycat recipe from Muriel's in NOLA. I came up with this recipe after watching a Food Paradise Halloween episode featuring the restaurant due to it reportedly having a ghost haunting. I've never eaten the dish at the restaurant, but watched the chef prepare it on the show and...

Went to grocery today, Publix, Winn Dixie, and the new huge Asian market about 15 minutes away. Just regular grocery stuff at the first 2, but I wanted to try some frozen dim sum dumplings. I had run into this place before and picked up some vegetable based noodles and had decided I wanted to...

We had a copycat recipe of a small local chain's wings with caramelized onions and rosemary focaccia.

We had breakfast out, sausage gravy and biscuits, with iced coffee with coffee ice cubes and a steak skillet for Craig. Dinner was courtesy of Tovala, BBQ chicken with loaded tots.

Chicken, green chile sauce enchiladas, black beans (Craig), homemade guacamole and sour cream.

Tovala meal. Chicken and red bell pasta with some leftover Papa John's cheese bread.

Pot roast with carrots, parsnips, mushrooms, Yukon golds, and pearl onions. I'm stuffed!

Tovala meals. Italian sausage and meatballs with white bean and spinach ragout. They needed a bit of help with S&P, and some red pepper flakes.

Tovala meal. Braised beef and garlic mashies, with crispy onions. I thinly sliced 3 criminis and laid them on top of the beef trays while they baked, plus made some green beans for a vege. Craig had to finish mine besides the 1 bite of beef plus mashies each of the pugs got. It was a really good...

Roasted tomato vege soup with grilled ham and Swiss sandwiches. Soup had oven roasted tomatoes obviously, plus some onion, some fennel, some garlic, some roasted and peeled red bell, and some chopped up carrots that boiled with the roasted vegetables, some fresh thyme, bay leaves, with some...

Scallop potato and pork chop casserole, with green beans, tomatoes, onions and garlic.

Tovala meals. Bacon, Swiss cheese, caramelized onions chicken melt. Green beans with a honey mustard vinaigrette . Added some mashies since Craig likes his carbs.

Tovala meals. Coffee and cumin crusted chicken breasts. Cheese tortellini with a cheesy, creamy, fire roasted corn, red bell, red onion, cilantro sauce. I made a tiny batch of pico de gallo for color and to add some freshness.

Mojo marinated, crispy skinned chicken thighs, with SW hominy salad.

I made a court bouillon plus some fresh fennel and thyme, and seafood soup base, poached some shell on shrimp, removed the shells, then shells back in the court bouillon for a while. Finely chopped some carrot and onions, with a bit of celery and fennel, then made risotto with the strained stock...

Kaesespatzle and rhotkol

Mote Pata, AKA pork, hominy and peanut butter stew, with cumin flatbread. Absolutely delish!

Milk, Bay leaf, fresh thyme poached chicken, crisped with a light flour dredge and sauteed in butter, with white wine, chicken stock pan sauce. Barley risotto. Green beans. Shaved truffles.

Eggs cocotte with duxelles and soldiers, with a sprinkle of grated gruyere, and grated truffle, plus carpaccio on a bed of lightly dressed arugula, garnished with very thinly sliced criminis, a sprinkle of grated ParmR, and grated truffle.

Tovala meals, got a new delivery today. Craig had mole-spiced chicken breast with lime crema with SW succotash - black-eyed peas, black beans, red and green bell peppers, corn, onions, garlic plus optional corn nuts. Mine was Garlic-herb crusted chicken, with spinach-artichoke risotto. Craig...

Chicken satay with peanut dipping sauce, and noodle salad.

I told Craig to get 2 ounces, but we got charged for way less than that. Haven't weighed them, but bag was awfully heavy for 2 ounces or less. Regardless, we've got lots of truffles to use. The dish is between 5 to 6 inches across.