#TuesdayLunch
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October 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Poached organic egg and smoked Irish trout on toast with avocado
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#TuesdayLunch
June 17, 2025 at 12:17 PM
#TuesdayLunch #Rustic #BlackPudding #BakedPotatoes #Salad #AppleCompote
Happy April to you all!
Quick & rustic lunch: black pudding from local butcher, baked potatoes, salad + apple compote.
Great QPR Nefer Garnacha (Campo de Borja) made for Carrefour.
Oh yes! Cut the grass too!
April 1, 2025 at 11:24 AM
#TuesdayLunch #Salmon #Ravioli #Pesto
19°C at best today.
Cloudy, sunny. Dry?
Grocery shopping in morning.
Quick & Simple lunch: bought readymade spinach/ricotta filled ravioli & baked salmon w a little pesto + Alvarinho house wine @quintadalapa!
Some would say: Simply the best!
September 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
#NoCookingTuesday #TuesdayLunch #2ndServing #Meatloaf #Cherries #Cranberries #BakedPotatoes
Warming up 2nd serving of meatloaf & cherries. Baked potatoes+ warmed up cranberries.
Love that 2nd wine of Ch. La Louvière!
Great QPR on this Pessac-Léognan.
Should cellar few years more.
January 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
#TuesdayLunch #NoCookingTuesday (You’ll see more of this in coming days!) #GratinHamEndiveRolls #BakedPotatoWedges
Just warmed up a #2ndServing of gratin of ham-endive rolls & adding a few fresh baked potato wedges as there wasn’t enough mash left!
Will cut the grass later!
April 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
#TuesdayLunch #QuickAndSimple #MiniBeefBurger #Courgette #BakedPotatoes
Fine weather, mostly sunny, 75°F.
Quick & Simple Lunch: mini burgers (Angus beef), grilled courgette , baked potatoes.
Busy w reparations for tomorrow’s visit of #1Daughter, #2Granddaughter & #2Daughter!
August 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
#TuesdayLunch #ToulouseSausage #RedCabbage #Potatoes
Sunny but much cooler. 17°C!
Got groceries this morning & prepared the most rustic of lunches: Toulouse sausage w red cabbage & potatoes. With a few slices of smoked bacon.
Pleasant Chilean Carmenère Reserva by Caliterra.
87-89
May 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
#TuesdayLunch #Cockerel #MushroomCreamSauce #WildRice
Stable weather, grey, dry, 9°C.
Received lots of praise from Htje for my lunch: braised young cockerel (en cocotte) w a mushroom cream sauce + wild rice. Came out beautifully!
Pecorino Terre di Chieti works well with chicken!
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
#TuesdayLunch #Meatballs #TomatoSauce #PotatoMash
Never had such a month of May! Steady sunny weather, 76°F.
Quick & Simple lunch, another national dish!
Meatballs in tomato sauce w potato mash (prepared yesterday).
Will chauffeur Htje to hairdresser apt. in 1/2 hr.
Beer time!
May 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
#TuesdayLunch #Omelette #Veggies #Bacon #BakedPotatoes
2°C, nice snow shower this morning while driving to bring my car to the garage for a repair. Skies cleared afterwards!
More snow expected tomorrow morning to disrupt rush hour!
Lunch is an omelette w leftover veggies & bacon!
January 6, 2026 at 12:44 PM
#TuesdayLunch #Salmon #Spinach #BakedPotatoes
Colder w only 8°C, dry & grey again.
Grocery shopping this morning, very crowded!
Leaving now for Mechelen to pick up the pheasant & some last things. We’ll have coffee too.
Lunch was salmon, spinach & baked young potatoes.
Enjoy your Xmas preparations!
December 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
#TuesdayLunch #Quiche #Leeks #Courgette #Ham
The oven at 180°C in the kitchen when it’s 35°C outside? Crazy people do exist!
Nevertheless, quiche came out beautifully & was delicious!
Leeks, courgette, ham & a refreshing glass of Rosé de Provence.
I’ll make this again!
Keep cool!
July 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
#TuesdayLunch #Omelette #Bacon #LeftoverVeggies #BakedPotatoes
Minimal effort lunch: Omelette, bacon, onion, zucchini, fennel + some herbs.
Baked potatoes. That’s it!
Great QPR on this Moralinos Crianza, Ribera del Duero. 6 mo. or more in mostly American oak, hence the vanilla.
January 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
#TuesdayLunch #Vegetarian #GoatCheese #Leeks #RedOnion #SpinachChervil
Woke up w 1/2’’ of snow!
Our royal meteorological institute apologised for not having forecasted it!🤣
Vegetarian lunch today w risotto w goat cheese, stewed leek & red onion, spinach/chervil salad.
Good rosé!
February 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
#TuesdayLunch #NasiGoreng #Wok #Veggies #Shrimps #Gewurztraminer
Quite a successful combo! Nasi goreng + wokked veggies & shrimps. Came out better than expected! Need to make a bit more rice! Will definitely make this again!
Delicious ‘21 Gewurztraminer by @weingut_georgmosbacher
March 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
#TuesdayLunch #NoCookingTuesday #SplitPeaSoup #Bread
Still cold & wet. 8°C.
Grocery shopping this morning. No cooking Tuesday!
Warming up a 2nd serving of split pea soup for lunch.
After 2-3 days in the fridge it thickened to a smooth, velvety, rich soup. Just like Mum’s!
Superb!
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
#TuesdayLunch #2ndServing #Parmentier #PorkCheekso #Apples
Summer continues! Very sunny, 28°C.
I love no-cooking Tuesday!
Warming up a 2nd serving of my pork cheek parmentier w apples & mash!
Last Plan de Dieu Tourbillon, Côtes du Rhône Villages. Should drink more of this!
88-90
August 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
#TuesdayLunch #CalfChop #Broccoli #Potatoes
Internet & tv working again! It reset itself apparently. Quick run for groceries this morning.
Lunch was calf chop w braised broccoli & baked potatoes.
Excellent Sangre de Toro Reserva ‘18 by Miguel Torres. 89-91
May 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
#TuesdayLunch #RabbitWithPrunes #Potatoes
Unseasonably warm! 14°C + some sunshine!
Today feels like a non-cooking Tuesday as I only warmed up a 2nd serving of rabbit w prunes & cook some potatoes!
75% of household chores are done by women here.
Therefore I did the dishes today!
December 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
#TuesdayLunch #RabbitWithPrunes #EndiveSalad #Croquettes
Quite a storm last night but mostly dry today, 15°C.
Lunch is stewed rabbit leg w prunes, a simple endive salad + croquettes.
Delicious ‘18 Château d’Ercole, St. Émilion Grand Cru. Dark fruit, velvety, molten tannins. 90-92
October 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
#NoCookingTuesday #TuesdayLunch #2ndServing #RabbitWithPrunes #Potatoes #Portia
I love no-cooking days!
What a treat it is to just warm up a 2nd serving & cook some potatoes with it. Minimal effort for a great result!
Had another glass of that excellent Crianza by @BodegasPortia
December 17, 2024 at 4:18 PM
#TuesdayLunch #QuickAndSimple #Chipolata #PotatoCarrotMash
Did I mention yesterday’s pasta al ragù?
Today is another Quick & Simple rustic lunch: chipolata w potato-carrot mash!
Spent the morning going for groceries & storing @dedollebrouwers beers away!
It’s a hard life!
September 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
#TuesdayLunch #NoCookingTuesday #2ndServing #VeggiePie
As tasty as the 1st serving! Veggie pie w homemade dough, onions, leeks, broccoli, spinach, eggs.
Not really satisfying Agiorgitiko from Nemea by @ftheodorou1, Coop Winery of Nemea.
83-85
Thank God for that rain yesterday!
July 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
#TuesdayLunch #LambCut #Endives #BakedPotatoes
Lunch: Lamb cut w braised endives & baked potatoes.
Red from Mallorca: Syncronia Negre by Mesquida i Mora, (Callet, Cab S, Merlot, Gorgollasa, Mantonegro)
Held a memorial service yesterday for our SIL Nicole who passed last wk. RIP.
March 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM