Now that we are at home more, have you been cooking fancy meals? (ingredients, grilling)

[jade408]

Just had a thought - I am sure for many of us, eating out was a form of socializing and celebrating. So in the current times, have you been cooking any special meals at home? Upgraded over your everyday fare. Maybe a special recipe or special ingredients? Maybe you are spending more time on presentation for these special meals too?

[Dogboa]

We make meals with "special" ingredients quite often. We generally don't have the same dish within a 2 month period.

[Mouser]

I would not say so much ' Fancy ' for me but rather tedious and well worth the effort.

The last two were, Chicken Kiev on a bed of Wild Rice Pilaf & Braciole

[tickyul]

Barely know how to cook, fancy meals are not in my brain-database, so no fancy meals for me.

[abbottkd71]

Yes, I do spend more time to make meals special while we’re isolating at home. Even for relatively humble meals, we eat in the dining room, using inherited china & silver, and there’s a floral arrangement when our roses are producing. The extra effort to make every meal an occasion makes a difference in my outlook.

[silibran]

No. I cook the same things I always did; I just do it more often these days. Two days ago I roasted a chicken. We’ve been eating chicken! I’ve now got a carcass to cook for chicken broth.

Tomorrow we’ll grill pork chops. We don’t eat fancy. I think we do eat well.

[ccm123]

Making pretty much “standard” meals at home, ordering nice cuisine (Indian, Mexican, Chinese, Cuban and Thai) when the mood hits.

[rrah]

No, not really. Our meals tend to be seasonal. Lots of grilling meat and veggies in the summer. Lots of soups and and baked or crock pot meals in colder months.

[bpollen]

No. I eat the same things repeatedly. Simple, close-to-nature foods. Can't beat a ripe apple or juicy mango, in my book.

Yesterday I had low fat cottage cheese w/canned no-sugar peaches. And an apple. And a grapefruit. Dinner was microwaved Italian green beans w/light margarine & imitation bacon chips.

Day before I had chicken sandwich w/low-cal wheat bread, home cooked leftover chicken breast, lettuce & tomato. And apple. And strawberries. And microwaved broccoli & cauliflower. Had some marshmallows as a treat. Yum.

[Ohiogirl81]

I'm shopping farmer's markets three and four times a week, so I'm eating more fresh produce (I would be anyway - tis the season) and local meats and cheeses, and digging through my cookbooks for new ways to eat eggplant and ground turkey.

When I order out, it's usually a pizza. Comfort food city.