As is. Broiled fish and rice is so quick and simple.

Ah, forgot I have fresh asparagus - so it's going to be the simple dishes.

Nice fillet. The tail end came out blackened, toasty. The fleshy end, well seared and moist. Figured I was going to end up mixing the asparagus and rice on the plate, so I cooked both together. LOL.

Rice, 18 minutes. Asparagus in the rice simmer for another 5 minutes. Catfish pan seared, 3 minutes one side, 2 minutes the other side when I dropped the asparagus. All finished together and set aside, covered to set for a bit.

Love it when just going for it works! Yeah, I took a slice of bread and sopped up the plate juices...

with cabbage n' krout. Either it'll be in sandwich form, or if so inspired... I might try to make potato pancakes (placki?).

Oh yeah. And beer.

Thanks. For Easter breakfast we will be having kielbasa and beets and horseradish relish and think of the good people of Ukraine, both Russian and Ukrainian speaking, and hope that this sad conflict will end and peace will return.

Another salad.

I make this kind because I'm no good at rolling out the dough.

clam chowder, New England or Manhattan and of course BoSox / Yankees. LOL, we felt the western portions of Connecticut shouldn't be considered part of New England. Too many Yankee supporters. And, of course, baked beans. Everyone had an opinion about what were "real" baked beans.

Simpler times in a way or in memory.

Also, it's Cubs or White Sox. I'm a Cubs fan.

Yep, that's how I remember it. Anybody west of the Connecticut River was really a N'yorka.

Wow - I really miss baked beans. My family never made 'em from scratch, but always insisted on B&M brand. Too bad. The ones we made in Boy Scouts beat anything in a can. The funny thing is, I actually found a store here in the SoCal high desert which sells... B&M baked beans. So I tried them.

It sucked.

So, like you said...simpler times.

Baked potatoes, New England baked beans, and brown bread.

Carb, carb, and carb!

My mother's family lived west of the river, but I don't think any of them could have been considered New York-y. Middletown (my ancestors were among first white settlers there), Meriden, Unionville, Saybrook, Stratford, etc.

Asian cucumbers

chicken gyoza


Cher