Tonight I heated up some frozen pizzas for dinner.

Sheryl had her usual spinach pizza topped with red onion, feta and an egg. I had a 4-cheeses pizza topped with anchovies, capers and red onion.

For dessert we had some of the roulade (Swiss Roll) that our neighbour brought back from a business trip to Singapore.

Tonight we had planned to have a salad with baked feta in filo pastry. Unfortunately I messed up, and used the feta (we only had one pack) in the salad (we usually put feta in our salads, and I was running on automatic), so we had to have something different.

We decided on a green salad and a tuna pasta salad, served with bread rolls, which was good.

There was enough tuna pasta salad for Sheryl's lunch the next day.

For dinner tonight I cooked Tiroler Gröstl (you can find many recipes online, although mostly in German, and all a little different).

My Gröstl contained potatoes, sausages, spring onions (green onions) and snow peas (baby pea pods).

Gröstl is traditionally a dish made with leftovers. It is similar to the "bubble and squeak" eaten in England, but with more meat.

We ate it, as per tradition, with a fried egg on top.

It was lovely.

For dinner tonight I cooked something new: Spicy Rigatoni Vodka (from a recipe I found on the Internet).

We had no rigatoni, so I used penne instead.

It turned out very well, and once I have fine-tuned the recipe I will add it to my recipes page.

For dessert we had another experiment: Cannoli Siciliani. We both found them a little dry (the cases are crispy), and will probably not buy them again.

Sheryl made French Toast for today's brunch.

We ate it with berries (strawberries and blueberries) and maple syrup.

Tonight I was on my own for dinner, because Sheryl was out with colleagues and ex-colleagues for cocktails and food.

I cooked myself some sausages, poached eggs, mushrooms and toast, which I greatly enjoyed.

For our brunch today I made scrambled eggs, which I served on English muffins.

For our regular curry night I made a Beef Madras, which we ate with rice. It was the best Beef Madras yet.

I drank a Weißbier (Schneider) with mine.

For tonight's dinner I heated up the leftover Shepherds Pie.

Tonight I cooked Cauliflower Cheese, which we ate with some home-made sourdough bread-rolls (to mop up any excess cheese sauce).

It was excellent.

For tonight's dinner I cooked a Shepherds Pie.

Every time I cook a Shepherds Pie it is a little different, with variations of flavourings and vegetables, but it is always good.

As an experiment, Sheryl bought some ready made barbecue ribs (from Käfer) on Saturday. Tonight we ate them with a tomato and red onion salad, potato salad and home-made sourdough bread rolls.

The best that I can say is that they were OK. We had hoped that the ribs would be nearly as good as those we get at the Rusticana restaurant (after all Käfer is a premium brand); they were not, although they were at least very tender.

Also, our attempt to recreate the tomato salad that they serve at the Rusticana was not entirely successful.

The potato salad, however, was excellent.

Tonight I cooked a risotto with butternut squash, artichokes and sun-dried tomatoes.

We ate it garnished with chili flakes.

It was lovely.

For our brunch Sheryl had half of a grapefruit (I can't eat grapefruit because of the statins that I take, which is so unfair).

I then made toasted cheese (mature cheddar) and Branston pickle sandwiches.

I finished off with a mandarin, and Sheryl had a slice of toast with honey and cinnamon.

Tonight we were invited to our neighbours Ushi and Pascale's apartment for a Bavarian dinner. Pascale's boyfriend Andi was also there.

For starters there was a soup of cream and a little vinegar, containing sausages (Bratwurst) and garnished with chives. There were slices of baguette to eat with the soup. I have no idea what it is called, but it was delicious.

We took a couple of bottles of Amarone, which is currently my favourite wine. I was unable to get two of the Masi Amarone, so the second bottle was another brand of Amarone (still good, but not quite as good as the Masi).

Also on the table was a jar of Schmalz (dripping) cooked with apple, which we snacked on with slices of baguette before the main course.

The main course was a slow roasted rack of pork, which was served with Knödel (Bavarian dumplings), gravy and purple carrots (the carrots look like purple cabbage - they were lovely). Everything was so tasty, and the pork was incredibly tender.

After a pause, during which a third bottle of wine (a Merlot) was opened, we had dessert: Bavarian cream (Bavaroise - one of my favourite desserts) served with berries and a berry sauce.

After dinner Pascale, Andi and I drank a few glasses of whisky (Laphroaig, provided by Andi, and then 16-year-old Jura that I took). Meanwhile Ushi and Sheryl had Limoncello (Sheryl said it was better than the Limoncello that we had at home, which she brought back from Rome).

We had a wonderful time, and were stuffed afterwards.

Ushi gave us her second jar of Schmalz with apple to take home, which was very kind of her.

Knowing that we would be having a meat-heavy dinner tonight, we had a vegetarian brunch of raw vegetable (carrot, mini-tomatoes, radishes, plus celery for Sheryl) and crisps/chips (Jura cheese flavoured) with French onion dip.

For our regular curry evening I cooked a turkey and mushroom satay, with rice (to which I added a little paprika powder).

For dessert we had the last of Sheryl's cheesecake with caramel and chocolate ganache.

Tonight we had a vegetarian meal, after my meat overload yesterday evening. I cooked penne al Arabiata; quick, easy and tasty.

For dessert we had some more of Sheryl's cheesecake with caramel and chocolate ganache.

We went out for dinner today, since it was Valentine's day.

We had glasses of pink prosecco at home before dinner, and then went to Sushi Cent for our meal.

I had an Unagi (a hand roll containing cooked freshwater eel) as a starter. Sheryl ordered some sushi and some sashimi (which includes a bowl of rice). For my main course I had duck donburi, which also includes a bowl of rice.

It was all delicious, although I had trouble finishing the mountain of meat in my main course.

Tonight Sheryl made quesadillas (filled with cheddar cheese and home-made refried beans), which we ate with some vegetarian chili from the freezer, jalapeños, guacamole and sour cream.

It was nice that I didn't have to cook for a change.

Tonight's dinner was very easy to prepare. I heated up the frozen New England Clam Chowder from a few weeks ago, and some home-made sourdough bread-rolls.

For today's dinner I made a green salad topped with tandoori prawns and home-made sourdough bread-rolls.

Sheryl made a cheesecake (topped with caramel and chocolate ganache). It tasted great, but the layers tend to fall off when served.

Today, for our brunch, I made eggs Benedict, served on English muffins, with bacon.

Because we went to the ballet last night, we had our curry evening today. I heated up two frozen curries: a butter chicken and a chicken badam pasanda. We ate them with naan bread.

For our brunch today I went across the street to the Saphir bakery and bought croissants and a Rosinenschnecke (Danish pastry).

We ate the croissants with a variety of cheeses.

Because we were going to the ballet tonight, we had an early dinner at Zum Franziskaner with Isabelle and Markus.

I had steak tartar, which is served with rye bread. Sheryl is allergic to rye, so she ordered Pommes/chips/French-fries and gave me her bread. Isabelle ordered a cheese platter, and Markus ordered trout (served with boiled potatoes and salad).

Sheryl drank red wine (a Merlot) with her food; I drank Weissbier (wheat beer); Markus drank Helles (lager); and Isabelle drank water.

The steak tartar was good. Markus' trout looked perfectly cooked; the bone separated easily and cleanly from the fish.

We all enjoyed our dinner.

Sheryl bought some tortellini, stuffed with ricotta and artichoke, for dinner. I made spicy tomato sauce to go with it.

Tonight, because of a meeting, Sheryl was very late home (we ate at about 20:20), so we needed something quick for dinner.

I heated up two frozen pizzas. Sheryl had a spinach pizza topped with feta, red onion and an egg; I had a salami and pepperoni pizza topped with red onion and an egg, with some coleslaw on the side.

Tonight I cooked sausages, sauerkraut and potato salad for dinner. It was lovely.

The potato salad was German potato salad, made with oil and vinegar rather than the mayonnaise that is more common in Britain and the US. I much prefer the German version.

Tonight I cooked a vegetarian chili (chili sin carne) and rice, which we ate with sour cream and grated cheese.

The chili was actually vegan, until we added the cream and cheese.

After our substantial brunch, we weren't very hungry this evening, so we had some cheese (cheddar, Gruy&egrve;re and soft goat-cheese) and crackers for our evening meal.

This morning we were invited downstairs by Isabelle and Markus for brunch.

I cooked a quiche (like a quiche Lorraine, but with leek instead of red onions, and with mushrooms added). It proved very popular, especially with their son Erik.

Sheryl made some chocolate and raspberry macarons (not to be confused with macaroons, which I like much more than macarons), which were also gobbled up.

Isabelle and Markus provided a selection of bread, gravad lax, a lovely cheese platter and fruit salad.

We took presents for the kids: a belated Christmas present for Erik, and birthday and Christmas presents for Anne-Sophia. I am not sure whether Erik looks so pleased because of the food (he ate a lot of quiche) or the present.

This evening we (a team effort) a Cheesy Mushroom and Spinach Puff Pastry Roll.

For our brunch today we made toasted cheese (mature cheddar) and pickle (Branston) sandwiches.

For our weekly curry evening I cooked a turkey satay.

It was delicious, as usual.

Tonight I cooked baked feta and cherry tomato pasta. I added some Dijon mustard to it (at at the same time as I added the basil and garlic).

Tonight, for a starter, I made an insalata caprese, which we ate with home-made sourdough bread-rolls. For our main course we shared a truffle pizza. The mozzarella for the salad was huge, so I put the leftover cheese on the pizza because otherwise it tends to be too dry.

For tonight's dinner I made a green salad and baked camembert, which we ate with home-made sourdough bread-rolls.

For tonight's dinner I cooked cordon bleu (bought from Vinzenzmurr), sweet corn and chips (French fries).

This morning for brunch I made crumpets.

We ate some with cheese, and some with jam.

For dinner tonight Sheryl made chicken enchiladas verde, which were great. We ate them with sour cream and guacamole.

As usual when we eat Mexican food, Sheryl made margaritas.

The plan for today's brunch was banana pancakes, because we had some very ripe bananas to use up. Unfortunately I forgot to add the raising agent (baking powder) and had to make another batch of pancakes, this time with blueberries, since there were no more bananas.

For our weekly curry evening I cooked turkey redang and coconut rice.

For dinner tonight I cooked an omelette to share, and hash browns.

For dessert Sheryl had bought some frozen mini-eclairs. They were nowhere near as good as the ones Sheryl makes (a two day process), and were made worse by still being a bit frozen when we ate them.

Today I cooked New England Clam Chowder, which we ate with burger buns.

It was, as usual, delicious.

For our evening meal I cooked spaghetti (actually capellini) Alfredo with steamed broccoli.

For our dinner tonight I cooked Peking Duck. We hadn't had this for ages, and really enjoyed it.

As usual I cooked some sushi rice to accompany the Peking Duck, eaten with a sprinkling of soy sauce and sesame seeds.

I bought a different brand of pancakes to wrap the duck and vegetables, and they were very difficult to separate; they were either overcooked or undercooked.

For dinner I made a green salad, and Sheryl made baked feta in filo pastry (with honey and fenugreek).

For this morning's brunch Sheryl made us scones: some plain and some cheese (with cheddar, parmesan and Gruyère).

The cheese scones were extremely cheesy, so we ate them just with butter. The plain scones were eaten with clotted cream and jam.

Tonight we made vegetarian burgers (Beyond Burgers).

We ate them with crisps (chips to any American readers); I also had some coleslaw on the side.

For dessert we had Gü cheesecakes.

For our brunch today I made poached eggs on toast.

Sheryl had her work Christmas dinner tonight, so I was on my own for dinner.

I heated up a frozen chicken badam pasanda and a naan bread.

For tonight's dinner I heated up two frozen pizzas: a spinach pizza topped with feta and red onion for Sheryl, and a salami and pepperoni pizza with red onion and an egg for me.

Tonight I cooked penne with zucchini, mint and ricotta.

For our dinner tonight we made Salmon en Croute (stuffed with cream cheese and spinach), which we ate with kohlrabi.

They were huge, and neither of us could finish it all, but it was very tasty.

For tonight's dinner I cooked a risotto containing butternut squash, artichokes and sun-dried tomatoes.

It was excellent, even though we forgot the chili flakes.

For dessert we had some more of the chocolate lava cakes (they keep in the fridge for up to 3 days before being cooked).

Today we went to the Museum Lichtspiele cinema to see "Napoleon" (which was rather disappointing).

Afterwards we had dinner at Beef Crew. We both had bacon cheese burgers and shared a portion of chips (French fries).

For brunch today I made crêpes, which we ate with berries and maple syrup.

The crêpes turned out better than my last attempt.

For tonight's dinner Sheryl made quesadillas (filled with cheese and home-made refried beans), which we ate with guacamole and sour cream.

Instead of the usual margaritas, she made painkillers, using the coconut cream that we bought in Chicago.

For dessert Sheryl made a batch of 6 chocolate lava cakes (enough for 3 days); today's were a little undercooked, and so slightly runny, but still tasted great. Sheryl ate her dessert with berries and ice-cream; I ate mine with berries and cream.

For today's brunch I bought croissants and a Rosinenschnecke (raisin Danish pastry) from the Saphir bakery across the street.

We ate the croissants with a selection of cheeses (some runny gorgonzola for me, and some truffle brie for Sheryl), and shared the Danish pastry.

For our weekly curry evening I cooked beef madras with rice.

Tonight I cooked linguine cacio pepe.

It was fantastic.

Tonight I cooked a selection of dim sum from the freezer.

Tonight I cooked salmon braised in white wine, with sweetcorn, kohlrabi and home-made tartar sauce.

Tonight's dinner was a green salad topped with mustard and tarragon turkey, eaten with home made sourdough bread-rolls.

Neither of us had much appetite this evening, so dinner was just peanut butter on toast.

I made toasted cheese and pickle sandwiches for our brunch.

Sheryl made enchiladas verde for dinner. We ate them with sour cream (we didn't have any guacamole).

As usual, they were great.

This morning Sheryl made us porridge (more familiar to some of you as oatmeal) with the addition of the usual pecans, brown sugar and maple syrup.

It was good.

Tonight didn't involve much cooking. I made pasta with truffle pesto (something that Sheryl found at Eataly).

It was not very good (I ate only about half of mine), and will not be on our menu again.

I was supposed to make crêpes, but they were a complete failure (see the photo to the right). Instead, we had toast; on my toast I had butter, marmite and cheddar.

For tonight's dinner I cooked butter chicken, served with garlic naan bread.

It was so good to be able to eat something spicy after our Christmas in Chicago.

For brunch I made poached eggs on home-made sourdough bread-rolls.

It was nice to have something that was not take-away.

After our overnight flight we didn't want anything complex for dinner, so we heated up some frozen pizzas.

Sheryl had a spinach pizza topped with feta, egg and hot sauce.

I had a pepperoni and salami pizza (no egg).

Breakfast on our United flight was some kind of bread-roll (containing an egg).

It was fairly nondescript, but at least not downright offensive like dinner.

Our dinner on the flight was utterly dreadful.

We were sitting about 3 rows from the back of the plane, so by the time the food service reached us, there was only one choice: vegetable stir-fry.

As expected, dinner contained bell-pepper (paprika), so Sheryl couldn't eat it.

I managed two mouthfuls. It had a nasty chemical taste, and contained no flavourings (some soy sauce, hoi sin sauce, oyster sauce, or even teriyaki sauce would improved it).

Today was our flight home. Ashley took us to the airport.

We, of course, had ample time after check-in, so we found a bar near our departure gate and had something to eat (because we correctly assumed that the food on the flight would not be good). I had a so-called club sandwich, which was edible but not good. I had a Guinness with my food.

Today we went to Marc and Theresa's house for our belated New Year's Eve celebration.

I made spaghetti and meat balls (although I had to leave out the sambal because so many of Sheryl's family don't like spicy food), and Marc made fettuccine Alfredo with chicken and broccoli.

Marc has a completely different approach to fettuccine Alfredo, frying the chicken, then adding the broccoli to the pan, and finally adding the ingredients for the sauce, although the ingredients of the sauce are pretty much the same as my Alfredo sauce.

I tried some of both dishes, and they were both lovely.

I made a batch of malt and walnut bread rolls to have with dinner.

We took some of both pasta dishes back for Betty, who is still not feeling good.

We celebrated New Year's Eve at Sheryl's mum's house, because so many of the family were sick.

We got a large pizza with Italian sausage. Sheryl and I also shared a Casar salad.

Today Sheryl tested positive for Covid-19, and so is isolating herself.

Betty and I agreed to go back to Biaggi's, where we went 5 days ago; my treat this time.

Betty had chicken parmesan and pasta; I had something from the specials because it had gorgonzola sauce.

I had to order some extra sauce, but apart from that, everything was perfect.

This morning Betty went out to Dunkin Donuts to get breakfast. Sheryl and I had Bacon, Egg And Cheese Croissants.

This evening we had a take-away dinner from Portillo's: a burger for Sheryl (after all, she hadn't had a burger for a whole 28 hours!); I had an Italian Beef Sandwich with cheese; we shared a portion of French fries.

Today we drove to a strip-mall. Sheryl was looking for a phone case for her new mobile phone, and we both wanted to shop for some books.

While there we had a late lunch: burgers and French fries at "Five Guys".

The burgers were actually very good, but there were no options for drinks except for soda.

As usual everyone expected Betty to prepare Christmas dinner (apart from the crock-pot beef), which she hates doing, so Sheryl volunteered us to cook instead.

Sheryl made puff-pastry wraps (filled with parma ham, Gruyère and green beans) for a starter. They were popular.

For the main course there was beef cooked in a slow cooker with carrots and potatoes, slow roasted ham, mashed potatoes, sweet corn, spicy baked beans (which Becky prepared, successfully recreating their dad's recipe).

Ashley (Sheryl's niece) also promised to make biscuits (see the example photo to the right), but they did not materialise.

For dessert Sheryl made chocolate eclairs, which were a huge hit.

Sheryl, Al and I drank the bottle of Amarone (a gift from Sheryl's work) that we brought with us from Germany, and thereafter another Italian red (not as good as the Amarone).

Dinner was good, and everyone had plenty of what they liked to eat. The toughest part of cooking dinner was the usual issue of cooking in a strange kitchen; Betty doesn't even have a potato masher. and her selection of pans is very limited.

We ate dinner at about 15:30.

This morning, for brunch, we made croque madam for ourselves, and croque monsieur for Betty (who doesn't like egg).

This evening there was a big family event: dinner organised at Biaggi's (the one at Deer Park) by Brenda (Sheryl's cousin) and Ozzie (Brenda's partner).

Apart from Brenda, Ozzie, Sheryl and me, Sheryl's mum Betty, her sister Theresa and family (Marc, Ashley, Brooklyn and Kaylin), and her sister Becky and family (Al and Aliah) were there.

I ordered a bottle of Malbec for the red wine drinkers (Sheryl, Al and me), which was excellent; we needed a second bottle later.

I ordered a starter: stuffed (with Italian sausage, spinach, and garlic) mushrooms (in white wine and butter sauce. It was delicious.

For our main courses, Sheryl ordered the Seafood Scampi (Aioli, Shrimp, Crab, Garlic-Oregano Breadcrumbs) and pasta; I ordered the Fettuccini with Lobster, which was gorgeous. Sheryl normally doesn't like lobster, but she tasted my meal and declared that it was tastier than hers.

After the main courses Al ordered a crème brûlée; I had a a taste, and it was very good. I was rather surprised not find panna cotta on the menu, given that Biaggi's is an Italian restaurant.

The decor of Biaggi's is nice, and the service was excellent.

It was a great evening out, and everyone ate well and had fun.

For dinner we had take-away (again!). I had another Italian beef sub from Portillos.

This morning Sheryl and I drove to a shopping mall (don't remember what we were shopping for). When we arrived, we got breakfast: cinnabons and coffee.

For lunch I had some of the olives stuffed with blue cheese, that Sheryl recently bought. They are so good!

No-one else likes blue cheese, so they are all mine.

For breakfast today I had some gorgonzola on toast, followed my a piece of toasted cinnamon and currant bread.

This evening we (Sheryl. her mum Betty, her niece Kaylin, and I) went to the Olive Garden for dinner.

Sheryl and I ordered a bottle Pinot Noir to share. The waitress was fairly new in the job, and had previously only opened two other bottles of wine, and was struggling to open the bottle. We helped her to open the bottle, at which point we noticed that it was not the wine we had ordered; it tasted OK, so, to keep things simple, we drank the Cabernet Sauvignon.

Betty's meal didn't arrive with the rest of the plates, and the waitress instead gave hers to a neighbouring table who had arrived after us. Eventually, Betty's meal arrived.

The same neighbouring table had to re-order one of their meals, as it didn't arrive.

Betty ordered spaghetti Alfredo with chicken and broccoli, plus extra sauce, which was OK, although Olive Garden no longer use garlic in their Alfredo sauce.

Sheryl ordered veal parmesan with fettuccine; Kaylin ordered penne with chicken, and I ordered prawn pasta (which was too dry, so I ordered extra sauce).

Sheryl and I also ordered an Caesar Salad, which was also too dry.

In all, it was a very disappointing meal. I make better Caesar Salad and better Alfredo sauce, and there is always enough sauce when I make it.

By now, I am sure that the waitress has either learned to do her job better, or been fired.

Sheryl's mum went shopping this morning, and brought back some take-away for brunch.

I had a bacon/cheese burger.

This morning we (Sheryl, her Mum, and I) went to Walker Bros. for breakfast.

Sheryl had a Belgian waffle topped with strawberries and whipped cream, to which she added maple syrup.

I had poached eggs, sausages, bacon and hash browns, with pancakes on the side.

For dinner this evening we got take-away from Popeyes: chicken wings, coleslaw (which was dreadful), biscuits (similar to scones) and mashed potato with gravy.

Today I had some toasted cinnamon currant bread for brunch.

This morning we went to Dunkin Donuts to get some take-away for breakfast.

Sheryl got a Bacon, Egg and Cheese Croissant; I got a sandwich of Bacon, Egg and Cheese in Sourdough bread. We both had unsweetened iced tea to drink.

I was reasonable impressed with the food. The croissant looked better than the equivalent from Burger King.

This morning we went to Dunkin Donuts to get some take-away for breakfast.

Sheryl got a Bacon, Egg and Cheese Croissant; I got a sandwich of Bacon, Egg and Cheese in Sourdough bread. We both had unsweetened iced tea to drink.

I was reasonable impressed with the food. The croissant looked better than the equivalent from Burger King.

Having arrived in Chicago, we begin 3 weeks of unhealthy American eating.

Tonight, for dinner, we had take-away from Taco Bell: for Sheryl a Mexican Pizza; for me a Burrito Supreme.

I wasn't really impresses, but Taco Bell is one of the things that Sheryl craves when she is away from the USA.

Our lunch on the plane was a so-called pizza twist.

It was disgusting, and leaked sauce when I tried to open it.

Our brunch on the plane was Channa (chick pea) Masala. This was described by the purser as Chicken Marcellus, even though the label (pictured to the right) was clear.

It was OK.

Before our flight we had time to get a nice breakfast at Käfer. We both had the English Garden Breakfast (scrambled eggs, sausages bread rolls and pretzels, but I forgot to take a photo of the food), plus orange juice and Cappuccinos (technically Cappuccini).

It was really good.

Because we are leaving for Chicago in the morning, we needed a dinner that was quick and easy, that didn't create lots of dirty dishes, so we had a couple of Flammküchen (a German dish similar to pizza) that we had in the freezer.

They weren't very good.

Tonight for dinner I made a large omelette (to share) and hash browns.

For tonight's dinner I made a green salad (lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes and avocado) topped with tandoori prawns, and served with home-made sourdough bread-rolls.

For dinner tonight we made puff pastry wraps filled with Parma ham, guyere and green beans (the supermarket had no out of season asparagus).

They were delicious.

For brunch today we had raw vegetables and crisps/chips with French onion dip.

We have been trying to run down our stock of fresh food, so that we don't have to throw away so much when we leave for Chicago, so the selection of vegetables was rather limited.

For dinner tonight we heated up the frozen chicken enchiladas with brown sauce, which we ate with sour cream and guacamole.

When Sheryl made this batch of enchiladas, there wasn't as much sauce as usual, and most of that sauce went onto the enchiladas that we ate immediately, so today's were a little dry.

Despite the lack of sauce, they were good.

For today's brunch I made poached eggs on home-made sourdough bread-rolls.

We then had another bread-roll each: mine with French butter and Marmite, and Sheryl's with honey and cinnamon,

For our regular curry evening I cooked a turkey and mushroom satay and rice.

It was delicious.

Tonight we cooked salmon baked with green pesto, green beans and cherry tomatoes, served with kohlrabi.

It was really tasty.

Sheryl had a work event, so I was alone for dinner. I didn't have much appetite, so I made myself a couple of cheese and pickle toasted sandwiches.

I had trouble finishing them.

For dessert we had some kind of Eccles tart (a cross between an Eccles cake and a mince pie), with some cream.

They were good, but I would have preferred a mince pie.

For dinner tonight I cooked ricotta and artichoke tortelloni in a spicy tomato sauce, garnished with grated parmesan.

It was lovely.

For bunch today I made Crêpes, which we ate with banana, blueberries and maple syrup.

Sheryl made quesadillas (filled with freshly made refried beans and cheese) for dinner.

We ate them with a vegetarian chili, guacamole and sour cream.

For brunch today I made toasted cheese (mature cheddar) and pickle (Branston) sandwiches.

For our regular curry evening I made a beef madras with rice.

It was fantastic.

I was on my own for dinner tonight.

I heated up a frozen 4-cheeses pizza, which I topped with anchovies, capers and red onion. My hand slipped when adding hot sauce, and there was way too much sauce on the pizza.

I met my cousin Pat for lunch today. We went to the Sitar restaurant in Lehel. I no longer remember what we had, but it was delicious. My curry was rather spicier than hers (she told me mine was too spicy for her). We had some naan bread with our curries.

For this evening's dinner I cooked sweet and sour prawns (deep fried, in batter) and rice.

For our dinner tonighz I made New England Clam Chowder, which we ate with burger buns.

For dinner we made vegetarian burgers (made with Beyond Burgers).

For brunch we had croissants from the Saphir bakery.

Sheryl also ate half a grapefruit (I can't eat )grapefruit because of the statins that I take).

For dinner tonight we heated up the frozen enchiladas, eaten with guacamole and sour cream. This batch didn't have enough sauce, and most of that went on the first of the batch, so today's dinner was rather dry.

We had margaritas with dinner.

For dessert we had Gü cheesecake with salted caramel.

For today's brunch I made poached eggs on home-made sourdough bread-rolls.

For dinner tonight I cooked pasta with baked feta and cherry tomatoes.

Tonight we made club sandwiches (using turkey, not chicken). We ate them with some truffle crisps/chips that Sheryl brought from her recent trip to Rome.

Sheryl had to work late so I heated up two frozen pizzas for dinner: for Sheryl a 4-cheeses pizza topped with tuna and feta, and for me a salami and pepperoni pizza.

For dinner tonight I heated up the leftover quiche, and sautéd our last two potatoes.

After both eating a substantial brunch, we only had room for some cheese and crackers this evening.

Today we were invited to brunch by our neighbours Isabelle and Markus.

As usual, they provided bread, cheeses, fruit salad and prosecco; we took a quiche Lorraine and eclairs.

Tonight we cooked a Cheesy Mushroom and Spinach Puff Pastry Roll

For today's brunch I made blueberry pancakes with cinnamon.

I ate mine with butter; Sheryl ate hers with maple syrup.

Tonight I cooked Thai turkey ramen, which is something we haven't eaten for quite a while.

It was lovely.

For dinner I cooked omelettes (filled with spring onions, mushrooms, tomatoes and cheese) and has browns.

This time the hash browns worked rather better. I cooked the potatoes in small patties, in plenty of oil rather than cooking one huge hash brown.

Tonight I cooked cauliflower cheese.

Normally we have bread-rolls with it, so that we have something with which to mop up the cheese sauce, but we ate the last of the bread-rolls yesterday.

For our evening meal today I made a risotto, with butternut squash, artichokes and sun-dried tomatoes. We ate it sprinkled with chili flakes.

It was delicious.

For our dinner tonight I made a green salad, which we topped with baked goat-cheese, and ate with the last of my home-made malt and walnut bread-rolls.

For tonight's dinner I heated up a frozen lasagne.

For brunch today we had toasted cheese (mature cheddar) and pickle (Branston) sandwiches.

Today we went out to dinner to celebrate Sheryl's birthday.

We went to Le Stollberg, a French restaurant the the centre of town.

We treated ourselves to a bottle of Amarone wine, which was really good.

We began with a complimentary amuse-bouch. Sheryl enjoyed hers, but I hate beetroot.

Sheryl started with warm goose liver, and I had scallops.

For our main courses, Sheryl ordered halibut with hazelnuts, and I ordered saddle of venison.

Finally, Sheryl got a chocolate lava cake, whilst I had the cheese platter.

I had a glass of armagnac to finish off with.

We were both very pleased with every course (except for the beetroot in the amuse-bouch). The service was also excellent: fast, efficient and friendly. The restaurant is pleasantly decorated and fairly small.

We have been looking for a new good French restaurant for some time, and are happy that we seem to have found one.

For brunch today I made scrambled eggs on toast.

Sheryl was a little late home from work, so we had chosen to have pizzas.

Sheryl had a spinach pizza topped with an egg; normally she also has feta on it, but we ran out. I had a 4-cheeses pizza topped with anchovies and capers.

Today's dinner was pasta Alfredo with steamed broccoli, which was delicious.

Ashley flew home today, and we wanted something a little healthier after eating so much unhealthy food while she was here.

For dinner I made a green salad, topped with mustard and tarragon turkey, and with a bread roll on the side.

We discovered that Ashley likes curries, particularly butter chicken, so tonight Ashley and I cooked butter turkey (we didn't have any chicken in the freezer).

We served it with rice and garlic naan bread.

Ashley wanted to try Currywurst (sausage with curry sauce) while in Germany, so we went to a kiosk at the Viktualienmarkt.

Currywurst is a Berlin specialty, so it is hard to find in Munich.

Sheryl and Ashley shared a plate of Currywurst and Bratkartoffeln (fried potatoes).

I had a Polish sausage in a bun.

We all drank glasses of Helles (standard lager), although you can see from the photo that it is cloudy like a Weißbier.

The beer was OK, but the sausages were not very good.

Tonight I made myself poached eggs and baked beans on toast.

I was rather tired this evening, so I just cooked myself a pizza for dinner: salami and pepperoni.

I had a so-called English Breakfast at the Café Brasserie Meuwese, a short walk from the hotel. It was good.

Ashley and Sheryl flew to Rome for a few days of sightseeing.

I went on a flying visit to Amsterdam. I arrived fairly late, so I ate dinner at the hotel: a Caesar salad with chicken and bread. It was actually excellent.

For dinner today we went to the Hofbräukeller for Bavarian food.

Ashley had a pork schnitzel with French fries, Sheryl had Käsespätzle (the German equivalent of Mac and Cheese), and I had half of a roast duck with red cabbage and a dumpling.

For today's breakfast we made croque madame.

It was wonderful, and Ashley enjoyed it greatly.

This evening Ashley decided she fancied some Bavarian food, so we went to the Hofbräukeller for dinner.

Ashley had Schweineschitzel (pork schnitzel) and chips (French fries); Sheryl had Käsespätzle (the German equivalent of mac and cheese) and I had half a duck with red cabbage and a Kartoffelknödel (potato dumpling).

After we returned to Munich this evening, no-one felt like cooking. Instead we went to L'Angelo della Pizza.

Ashley ordered Penne Tocchino (penne with chicken in a cream sauce); Sheryl ordered pizza Parma (pizza topped with Parma ham and arugula) and I ordered a pizza diavolo (a pizza with spicy salami). It was all lovely.

Ashley drank a glass of house white wine, and Sheryl and I shared a bottle of Nero d'Avola.

Today we took a trip to see a couple of castles: Schloss Linderhof and Schloss Neuschwanstein.

I didn't want to deal with the walking, so while the ladies were walking up to Neuschwanstein I had lunch at the Restaurant Alpenstuben in Schwangau (the town below the castle). The ladies had eaten enough snacks in the car, and didn't get lunch. I had a venison goulash with Spätzle, which was very good.

Ashley told us that she likes butter chicken, so this evening she helped me cook a butter turkey.

We ate it with rice and garlic naan.

It was very good.

For breakfast today Sheryl baked a selection of scones: some cheese scones (with Gruyère, parmesan and cheddar), some plain scones and some orange and cranberry scones.

We ate the cheese scones with extra cheese, and the others with clotted cream and jams.

While Ashley and Sheryl were out sightseeing this afternoon I made a lasagne and an Olive Garden salad. Sheryl bought a loaf of nice crusty bread which we also ate with dinner.

This morning we took Ashley out to the Schneider Bräuhaus for a Bavarian breakfast of Weißwurst (white sausage), Weißbier (wheat beer), pretzels and Obatzda.

Ashley and Sheryl both drank "love beer" (flavoured with fruit of some kind), and I had an original Weißbier.

Ashley greatly enjoyed the Weißwurst and the love beer; less so the Obatzda.

Tonight we cooked chicken enchiladas verde; as always, great.

We had some tortilla chips and guacamole on the side.

Tonight was Ashley's first meal in Munich, so we took her out to Zum Franziskaner.

Ashley ordered an Ox Burger and chips (French fries); Sheryl ordered half a roast duck, with a Kartoffelknödel (potato dumpling) and red cabbage; I order roast pork with a Kartoffelknödel.

I cooked a turkey badam pasanda for tonight's dinner. We ate it with garlic naan bread.

For dinner tonight I cooked pizzas from the freezer.

Tonight's dinner was a green salad, topped with baked camembert spread with fig preserve, eaten with burger buns.

I again used a pack of ready-grated pecorino, which, bizarrely, tastes better than grating a block of pecorino; the pack was a little too small, so I had to use extra parmesan instead, but it still tasted great.

Tonight I cooked linguine cacio e pepe (linguine with sheep's cheese and pepper). I garnished it with some cherry tomatoes.

This time it was a little too peppery for Sheryl.

I again used a pack of ready-grated pecorino, which, bizarrely, tastes better than grating a block of pecorino; the pack was a little too small, so I had to use extra parmesan instead, but it still tasted great.

For our dinner tonight we made vegetarian burgers and chips (French fries).

For today's brunch we had poached eggs on toast.

We then filled up on some more toast: mine with cheese and marmite; Sheryl's with peanut butter, honey and cinnamon.

Sheryl cooked quesadillas (filled with home-made refried beans and cheese) for dinner. We ate them with sour cream and guacamole, plus a bit of hot sauce.

For dessert we had a pumpkin Swiss-roll that she made earlier in the day.

For brunch today we had avocado toast. As usual, I had balsamic vinegar on mine, and Sheryl had malt vinegar on hers.

Sheryl recently bought a new larger bottle of Sarson's malt vinegar which doesn't have a top designed for sprinkling, so she ended up with too much vinegar, all in the wrong place.

We were both still hungry after two slices of avocado toast, so I had another piece of toast with butter, marmite and cheddar cheese; Sheryl had a slice of toast with peanut butter, honey and cinnamon.

We had planned to share a mango which we bought recently, but when we started peeling it, we discovered that it was no good, so I had a plum instead.

For our dinner this evening I made a turkey satay and rice.

It was, as always, excellent.

For tonight's dinner I cooked a New England Clam Chowder, which we ate with home-made malt and walnut bread-rolls.

It was wonderful.

There were enough leftovers to put into the freezer for another day.

With the chowder we drank a bottle of pecorino white wine. Sheryl discovered this type of wine on her recent training course in Rome, where pecorino is the standard house wine at restaurants. I was really impressed with the wine and we will definitely be drinking it again.

This evening I cooked pasta (capellini) and meatballs in spicy tomato sauce.

This time I added fennel seeds to the meatballs, which really added to the flavour (now added to the recipe).

There were enough meatballs left over for a lunch for me, later in the week.

Tonight we ate the leftover turkey pot pie for dinner; no potatoes this time.

This evening, for dinner, I cooked ricotta and artichoke stuffed tortelloni (bought ready-made), served in a spicy tomato sauce.

It was lovely. We are both getting into artichokes lately.

For our dessert we had individual salted caramel cheesecakes by Gü.

For tonight's dinner I cooked a turkey pot pie and mashed potatoes.

As usual, it was delicious.

For our brunch today Sheryl made two flavours of scones: some with cheese (Gruyère, Cheddar and Parmesan) and some plain.

We ate the cheese scones with French butter and more cheese (and, in my case, with marmite); the plain scones with clotted cream and jam (strawberry for Sheryl and blueberry for me).

For our evening meal I cooked omelette (filled with spring onions, mushrooms, tomatoes and goat camembert) and sauté potatoes.

For today's brunch I made pancakes. We had no fruit or berries in stock, so they were plain, except for some cinnamon.

Although we had planned our usual curry evening tonight, we have both been suffering from diarrhoea, due to something we ate or drank, and decided to eat something less challenging.

We both got take-away Franzose (French) burgers from the Hamburgerei Zwei, mine with added bacon, and shared a portion of chips (French fries) with truffle mayonnaise.

For our dinner tonight I made a butternut squash risotto, to which I added sun-dried tomatoes and artichokes. I had some chili flakes on mine.

Sheryl had to work late this evening, so I ate alone: a salami and pepperoni pizza for dinner.

When Sheryl got home she had a French-bread pizza.

For tonight's dinner I made a green salad, topped with baked camembert and served with burger buns.

Tonight I heated up a frozen vegetarian chili, which I served with rice, grated cheese and sour cream.

We had left some guacamole in the fridge, but had to throw it away, because it was past its date and had gone a nasty brown colour.

After the usual disappointing airline food on our flight home with United Airlines, we needed something quick (so that we could get an early night), simple and healthy for our first dinner at home.

I cooked truffle tagliatelle with tomato and truffle sauce.

For our last breakfast in Chicago, we went back to Walker Bros.

Sheryl had Belgian waffles with maple syrup, whipped cream and strawberries; I had "basted eggs", bacon and pancakes.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that the bacon was thick-cut, rather than the typical American thin crispy fare.

Breakfast was back to unhealthy American fast food: take-away bacon, egg and cheese croissants and hash browns, from Burger King.

After days of unhealthy eating, both Sheryl and I were craving salads.

We got take-away chicken caesar salads from Portillo's. They were pretty good.

We stopped on the drive back to Chicago at Arby's.

I had a beef and bacon sandwich. The others had beef and cheese sandwiches.

Another disappointing breakfast at the hotel.

After the funeral we (Sheryl, Theresa and I) ate dinner at White Castle in Lancaster with Sheryl's aunt Judy.

White Castle sell sliders: mini-burgers.

The others (Sheryl's mum, sister Becky and niece Ashley) went for Japanese food at a Hibachi restaurant.

We ate breakfast at our hotel (the Holiday Inn Express in Lancaster).

Sheryl had pancaked, maple syrup and bacon. I had a cheese omelette, bacon and a poppy seed bagel.

The food was not very impressive, and the coffee at breakfast was dreadful.

On the road down to Lancaster, Ohio, we stopped for a southern style lunch at Cracker Barrel.

Tonight the ladies ate their leftover spaghetti and meatballs. I had leftover pizza.

This evening there were four of us for dinner: Sheryl's mum Betty, Sheryl's aunt Frances, Sheryl and me.

We decided to go to Maggiano's for Italian food.

Betty and Frances ordered a soup starter, served with bread. The restaurant has a new Italian chef, so some of the recipes have changed, including the one for their bread, which is now flavoured with rosemary; none of us like it.

For the main course we all ordered spaghetti and meatball (yes, one giant meatball per plate!), wth extra sauce. It was pretty good; the meatballs were flavoured with fennel, which I will now try adding to my own meatballs. We left with 4 doggy bags, for another day.

This evening most of the family were at the family home, so someone went out and collected take-away pizzas: one with pepperoni and one with Italian sausage.

The pizzas were good. There were some slices left for another day.

This morning we went to Walker Bros. for breakfast.

Sheryl ordered French toast (served with strawberries); I ordered eggs Benedict and pancakes.

When Sheryl's French toast arrived she said "no, wait, I ordered waffles". I and everyone else at the table said "no you didn't".

This evening Sheryl was overcome with cravings for Taco Bell, so she headed out to the nearest Taco Bell and brought home our dinner: for her a Mexican pizza and a beef burrito supreme, and for me two beef 7-layer burritos.

This morning we made a trip out to Burger King and bought bacon, egg and cheese croissants and hash browns to take away.

Dinner on the plane was some kind of attempt at a Calzone, filled with tomato sauce; no cheese, no flavour and dry as a bone. It was also not filling.

It looked more like a Cornish Pasty than a Calzone.

Lunch on the flight to Chicago was just as bad as expected.

We both chose the vegetarian pasta, which was Mac & Cheese with cauliflower. It was nasty: I don't mind Mac & Cheese, and I also like cauliflower cheese, but I don't want them cooked together.

Knowing that catering on Lufthansa flights has become diabolically bad, we had a proper breakfast at the airport before boarding.

We ate at Kaefer in the airport. We both had scrambled eggs and sausages.

I ate some of the bread-rolls with my breakfast; Sheryl ate a pretzel, because all of Kaefer's bread contains rye, to which she is allergic.

Tonight we wanted something quick and easy for dinner, because we have an early flight tomorrow, so we opted for pizzas.

Sheryl had a tomato pinsa, and I had a salami and pepperoni pizza.

For our dinner tonight we made fish tacos, using fish fingers/sticks, slaw, radishes, feta and avocado creme.

They were pretty good, but not as good as when made with marinaded fish.

For today's brunch we made Croque Madame.

Sheryl had bought some especially good ham which made the Croque Madame taste even better.

Because we had tickets for the ballet tonight, we ate at Zum Franziskaner near the National Theater.

Sheryl had half of a roast duck with a Semel Knödel (a bread dumpling) and Blaukraut (red cabbage).

I had sausage (Bratwurst) with Sauerkraut.

Both dishes were delicious.

Sheryl's dinner was too large for her, so I ate some of her duck.

I Sheryl drank a glass of red wine (a Montepulciano) and I drank a Weißbier.

For tonight's dinner I heated up two curries (a satay and a badam pasanda) from the freezer, to make a thali. We served it with rice.

For dinner I made pumpkin soup, using a BBC recipe, eaten with the last of the bread rolls that Sheryl bought recently from Backspielhaus.

I was not very impressed with the BBC recipe, and will look for a better one next time I cook this.

The bread rolls were lovely.

Sheryl again had to work late. I don't know what she had for dinner, although we both had crackers with peanut butter and/or nutella when she got home).

For my dinner I went to Pequeños. I had a plate of Nachos Grande and a Weißbier.

The beer was good. They have now changed from Franziskaner to Erdinger, which is a great improvement.

The nachos were nothing special: not at all spicy, not even the jalapeños. Nowhere near as good as the last time we ordered them.

Sheryl had to work this evening, with a late finish (about 9 p.m.). She was able to come home for a while in the late afternoon to grab a quick dinner: a 4-cheeses pizza topped with tuna.

Later, I made myself the same dinner (with the difference that my tuna was in olive oil).

Today I met our friend Marcus for lunch at the Schneider Bräuhaus.

Marcus ordered a Schweinshaxe and a non-alcoholic drink; I ordered Schweinebraten (roast pork with crackling), served with a Leberknödel (liver dumpling) and a Weißbier.

Marcus was obviously very hungry, and ate his food very quickly.

Tonight's dinner was Dim Sum from the freezer.

We hadn't eaten this for a while, and several of the packs of Dim Sum were suffering from freezer burn. Also, Sheryl recently bought a new brand of spring rolls which were not very good. The prawn sticks, however, were very good, as was my barbecue pork bun.

For dinner tonight I cooked omelettes and hash browns.

I really need to improve my technique for making hash browns.

After our unhealthy diet yesterday evening, we tried to redress the balance with today's brunch: raw vegetables, crisps/chips and French onion dip.

It was very enjoyable.

This evening we were at the Oktoberfest, at our usual table at the Armbrustschützenzelt.

Each person gets vouchers for 2 litres of beer, a share of a cold starter platter, and a hot meal.

We bought a couple of giant pretzels for the table.

Eventually Sheryl and I ordered a käsespätzle (the German equivalent of Mac and Cheese) to share, so we will have to go back to the Armbrustschützenzelt to cash in the second voucher.

There is a photo-gallery of our evening at the Oktoberfest here, and a post in my Personal News Blog containing links to videos our evening here.

For today's brunch I cooked crêpes, which we ate with berries (strawberries, raspberries and blueberries) and maple syrup.

Again, we ate them all, although there are some berries left for Sheryl's lunches during the week.

For our regular Friday curry night I cooked a turkey badam pasanda, which we ate with garlic naan.

It was really good.

There was enough left-over to freeze for another day.

For dinner tonight I cooked penne al Arabiata.

Normally, there is some left-over, but tonight we were both very hungry and ate the lot.

Tonight I cooked a couple of frozen pizzas.

Sheryl had a spinach pizza, topped with red onion, feta and an egg; I had a salami and pepperoni pizza topped with red onion and an egg. I also had some coleslaw with mine.

Sheryl was very hungry after eating almost none of yesterday's dinner, and ate every scrap (normally she leaves at least one slice).

For dinner tonight cooked ostrich steaks that I bought a few weeks ago and froze; they were expensive!

I cooked chips (French fries - twice fried) and corn on the cob to accompany the steaks.

I really enjoyed my dinner, but after a couple of bites of her dinner, Sheryl started to feel ill. She spent the rest of the evening and much of the night throwing up. I think she now has a problem with steak, because when we went to the Rusticana for my birthday she also felt ill after sampling my filet steak.

Tonight I cooked a butternut squash risotto.

We didn't have very much butternut squash in the freezer. I also forgot to put sun-dried tomatoes in the risotto (normally I soak some in the white wine that I use later for cooking risotto, for about 30 minutes, otherwise they are too dry), but Sheryl found some sun-dried tomatoes in olive oil (they are the things that look like turds of some small animal, on the plate) which were a good substitute; in addition we forgot to buy more chili flakes (we usually sprinkle some on top of the risotto).

Despite all the screw-ups, the risotto was really good.

After our very substantial brunch, neither of us had enough appetite for a proper evening meal.

Instead we had crackers and the leftover Obatzda, pretzels and radishes.

Today we were invited for brunch in the apartment garden by our neighbours Isabelle and Markus.

As usual, I forgot to take photos.

We are starting to run out of ideas for food to take, so this time we suggested a Bavarian breakfast; the suggestion seemed very popular, especially with Markus and Erik.

We bought the Weißwurst (white sausage), the Obatzda, the pretzels and radishes; we also got some bread rolls from a nice bakery, salami sticks and some Gouda cubes.

Isabelle baked some muffins and made a fruit salad, and Markus got more bread and pretzels, and provided Weißbier (Erdinger, one of the good brands).

Isabelle, as expected, didn't eat any Weißwurst and drank no Weißbier, even though Markus got some alcohol-free for her.

Their son Erik told me he was going to "eat all the Weißwurst"; I thought this was an idle boast, but in fact he ate 2½! Not bad for a 5 year old.

For dinner tonight I cooked pasta (tortiglioni) with zucchini, mint and ricotta.

It was lovely.

For today's brunch I made poached eggs on toast (I know, I had this for dinner two days ago).

On my second piece of toast I had mature cheddar cheese and marmite; Sheryl had honey and cinnamon.

For our weekly curry evening I made a turkey satay (with added banana) and rice.

This one was particularly tasty.

Sheryl had a barbecue at work this evening (she made a cheesecake with salted caramel for the event, which was all eaten), so I was alone for dinner.

I didn't feel like cooking anything much (it's no fun, cooking for just oneself), so I had some poached eggs on toast.

On the second piece of toast I had Gruyère cheese and mustard.

For tonight's dinner I made a green salad (lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber and avocado), topped with baked camembert, with home-made malt and walnut bread-rolls on the side.

It was lovely. We haven't had this for a while, because the good baking camembert has been hard to find (Sheryl bought 3 this time).

For our dinner tonight we (a joint effort) cooked a cheesy mushroom and spinach puff pastry roll (the picture shows one quarter of the roll).

It was lovely, although we could have managed to fit even more mushrooms in it (we used most of a large pack!).

We also forgot to sprinkle it with parmesan (although it has cheese inside as well).

As usual, I added about 2 tablespoons of aceto balsmico (balsamic vinegar) while sautéing the mushrooms; most of the liquid cooks down, and it adds a lot to the flavour.

Tonight I cooked baked feta and tomato pasta.

It was, as always, excellent.

After our very substantial brunch we didn't have so much appetite for dinner. We decided to share a Flammkuchen (similar to a pizza, from the Alsace region).

I had some coleslaw with my slices of Flammkuchen.

Our brunch today we had a Bavarian breakfast: Weißwurst, sweet mustard, pretzels, Obatzda, radishes and Weißbier.

It was yummy.

Tonight we had our regular curry dinner, deferred from yesterday.

We had a starter of papadams and pickles: hot lime pickle and brinjal (aubergine/egg-plant pickle).

For our main course we had a thali: two leftover curries (butter chicken and chicken badam pasanda) from the freezer, with some garlic naan.

After the large quantity of meat that we ate last night, we tried to have a more healthy brunch today: avocado toast.

Unfortunately, we were still hungry after the avocado toast, so we had some more toast with marmite and cheese. We then ate the two spare ribs that we brought home from the Rusticana last night.

Today is my birthday, so we went out for dinner at the Rusticana to celebrate.

We started off with some aperitifs: a Limoncello spritz for Sheryl and a Gin and Tonic for me.

Then we ordered food: spare ribs for Sheryl, a filet steak for me and a tomato and onion salad to share. I also ate a few of the ribs, and Sheryl ate some of my steak. Both dishes were lovely.

There were only two ribs left uneaten, which we brought home; too good to waste.

We drank a bottle of Malbec with our food.

We had a thoroughly enjoyable evening out.

For dinner tonight I made a green salad, which we ate with a half of a Hendl (rotisserie chicken, bought from a food truck at Arabella Park), and home-made malt and walnut bread-rolls.

Dinner tonight was the leftover quiche Lorraine, heated up, with sauté potatoes.

Tonight I cooked a vegetarian chili (using fake meat and mixed beans), which we ate with tortilla chips, sour cream, grated cheddar and jalapeños.

For dessert we had some Gü Mokaccino cheesecakes; not quite as good as the salted caramel cheesecakes that we usually buy, but still very good.

This evening I cooked a quiche Lorraine and some sauté potatoes for dinner.

The quiche worked very well (moist but not runny) and was delicious.

As usual, we ate half of the quiche (two slices) and saved the rest for later in the week.

For tonight's dinner we made linguine cacio e pepe.

Sheryl had bought some ready-grated pecorino from the supermarket, which was very tasty, and very finely grated (which is exactly what this recipe needs), so it was absolutely delicious.

For dessert Sheryl had bought some cannoli.

For brunch Sheryl made scones: some cheese (Gruyère, cheddar and parmesan) scones, and some cranberry and orange scones.

The cheese scones were very cheesy. The cranberry and orange scones were good but probably needed a little more orange zest.

Tonight we went to see a movie, so beforehand we had a quick dinner at Beef Crew, just around the corner from the cinema.

Sheryl had a bacon cheese burger; I had an El Toro (spicy) burger; we shared a portion of French fries (chips).

We were very impressed; everything was very tasty, and my El Toro was really spicy.

Sheryl drank a glass of red wine and a sparkling water, and I had a beer.

Our brunch today was some croissants (bought frozen from the supermarket, because the Saphir bakery is closed for summer holidays) with some chili cheese.

The croissants were not bad, although they should have been baked for a few more minutes. The chili cheese could have used a little more sambal oelek.

This evening I made a butter chicken (actually a butter turkey), which we ate with garlic naan.

It was delicious.

Dinner tonight was truffle ravioli in a mushroom sauce (flavoured with some nutmeg and truffle oil).

The sauce was a little runny, but still tasted great.

For tonight's dinner I heated up the frozen enchiladas verde, which was lovely.

For dinner tonight we cooked a couple of frozen pizzas: for Sheryl a spinach pizza topped with an egg, and for me a salami and pepperoni pizza also topped with an egg.

For tonight's dinner I made a green salad (lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, avocado and feta) topped with tandoori prawns, and served with home-made malt and walnut bread-rolls.

Tonight we made club sandwiches, using turkey instead of chicken.

We ate them with some balsamico crisps/chips.

For dinner I made a vegetarian chili (chili san carne), which we ate with some tortilla chips, grated cheddar and sour cream (sorry - no photo).

For dessert we had some Gü salted caramel cheesecakes.

For brunch today I made toasted cheese (mature cheddar) and pickle (Branston) sandwiches.

For tonight's dinner we raided the freezer for some curries (a satay and a badam pasanda) to make a thali , which we ate with naan bread.

Tonight we had another attempt at the dinner we planned more than a week ago: insalata caprese (with home-made bread-rolls) and truffle pizza.

Sheryl had recently been to Eataly and bought some nice mozzarella, which turned out to be twice the size of a normal mozzarella, so I used half to put on the pizza (which is normally too dry - normally we use some grated cheddar). The mozzarella was perfect on the pizza, and didn't suppress the flavour of the truffles.

Sheryl also bought some very nice (and expensive) olive oil, and some higher quality balsamico, so the salad dressing was really tasty.

Tonight's dinner was a green salad (lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, avocado and feta) topped with mustard and tarragon chicken, eaten with some home-made malt and walnut bread-rolls that I baked yesterday.

It was delicious.

For tonight's dinner Sheryl made baked fish (salmon) in pesto with green beans and tomatoes. I made some very buttery mashed potatoes to go with it.

This afternoon Sheryl went shopping at the local shopping mall (Das Einstein) and got us dinner at Ke Bazza: a falafel wrap for her and a doner kepab with added cheese for me.

Both of us are starting to feel much better, and have our appetites back (Sheryl had her tooth removed, and my constipation now seems to be gone) and we really enjoyed our food.

For our dinner tonight Sheryl made enchiladas verde, which were lovely.

Today we made fish tacos.

Another day with very limited appetite for both of us, so Sheryl had some broccoli soup from a tin, and I had poached eggs and baked beans on toast.

For dinner tonight we had planned two courses: an insalata caprese and a truffle pizza, to share. In the event I didn't have enough appetite for the pizza, so we just had the salad with some not very good bread rolls (Semel) that I had bought.

For our dinner tonight Sheryl made Prosciutto And Green Bean Puff Pastry Bundles.

Normally we make these with asparagus. Even though it is no longer asparagus season, we can usually get mini-asparagus from South America all year round, but not this time. Instead we used some frozen green beans, which were almost as good.

For today's brunch I made poached eggs on toast.

For dinner Sheryl made quesadillas (filled with home-made refried beans and cheese).

Normally I make a vegetarian chili to go with it, but neither of us had enough appetite for that (I couldn't even eat all of my quesadillas).

We ate the quesadillas with sour cream and guacamole.

For brunch today I made toasted cheese (mature cheddar) and pickle (Branston) sandwiches.

For today's dinner I made an omelette, but no potatoes.

The omelette fell to pieces when I tried to fold it, but still tasted fine.

Sheryl and I have both been quite ill: me with pancreatitis and Sheryl with severe toothache (the antibiotics also made her throw up). Neither of us have much appetite, so there have been (and will continue to be) days with no Food Blog entries.

Today I had some baked beans on toast with a piece of cheddar. I couldn't even eat all of that.

Sheryl had her usual food when she is sick: soup.

For tonight's dinner I cooked Baked Feta And Tomato Pasta.

For today's brunch I made crumpets, which we ate with cheese and with jams.

This batch didn't turn out so well (they kept sticking) but they still tasted great.

For our dinner tonight we made fish tacos.

For brunch today we had scrambled eggs on toast.

Tonight I had very little appetite, so I made myself some beans on toast, and Sheryl got some take-away sushi.

Late Saturday evening I went into hospital, so for a few days I had the joy of hospital food.

The photos are a a selection of the lunches and dinners.

It was almost universally bland and dry.

For dinner tonight I made a turkey badam pasanda, which we ate with naan bread.

It was lovely, although I coukdn't eat much of it.

For today's brunch I made blueberry pancakes, with a generous sprinkling of cinnamon. I made them extra fluffy.

Sheryl ate some with maple syrup, one with peanut butter, and one with both peanut butter and maple syrup. I ate some with butter, and some with peanut butter.

Tonight we were both feeling hungry, so we decided to go out for dinner.

We went to the nearby L'Angelo della Pizza (the pizza angel).

Sheryl ordered a pizza Parma (with Parma ham, shaved parmesan and Rukola/rocket/arugula). I ordered a spaghetti carbonara (something that I haven't had in over two years).

Sheryl enjoyed her pizza, but only managed to eat half (she brought the rest home for another day). My carbonara was very good.

We drank a bottle of red wine (a mediocre Montepulciano d'Abruzzo), and two bottles of sparkling water (San Pellegrino, of course).

For dinner tonight I cooked a turkey pot pie.

It was lovely, although I still don't fully have my appetite back.

The rest of the pie went into the fridge for another day.

Tonight I cooked pasta (tortiglioni) with zucchini, mint and ricotta.

I only cooked half the usual quantity, because I still can't eat much.

Continuing to be careful what, and how much, we eat, for dinner I ate a single slice of toast with peanut butter, and Sheryl had a can of tomato soup with a slice of toast followed by some crackers and peanut butter.

Having learned our lesson yesterday, we had something light and less challenging for brunch: for me a single slice of toast with marmite and cheddar cheese, and for Sheryl a slice of toast with peanut butter.

Working on the false assumption that we were over the stomach bug, we had pizzas for dinner: we shared a 4-cheeses pizza topped with tuna and a Flammkuchen (a German "pizza").

We are now regretting that meal.

I thought I was feeling better today (I was wrong), so I bought myself a Schnitzel Semmel (a bread roll containing a chicken schnitzel) for brunch.

Sheryl had a can of chicken noodle soup and a bread roll (bought).

Since we are now both feeling ill, we simply ate some crackers for dinner.

Given how unwell Sheryl is feeling, she ate nothing for brunch. I had some toast with cheddar cheese and coleslaw.

For dinner tonight we made fish tacos, based on Rachel Ray's video recipe.

They contained fish marinaded in chipotle chili, red cabbage slaw, sliced radishes, feta and an avocado and sour cream sauce.

They were very tasty.

For out brunch today I bought croissants from the Saphir bakery across the street.

We ate some of them with cheese, and some with some sweet pistachio cream (another of Sheryl's purchases on her Rome trip), which was lovely.

We then shared a cinnamon croissant.

For dinner tonight I cooked a turkey satay and rice.

It always turns out well, because it is so easy to cook.

While she was in Rome Sheryl bought a jar of Sicilian pistachio pesto. I used it tonight to make pasta pesto.

It was nice, but we agreed that we prefer our usual basil pesto.

Tonight I heated up two frozen pizzas: a spinach pizza which I topped with feta, red onion and an egg, for Sheryl, and a Pizza speciale (ham, salami, pepperoni and mushrooms), which I topped with red onion and an egg, for me. I also had some coleslaw with my pizza.

For tonight's dinner I made a Caesar salad, with mustard and tarragon chicken, which we ate with the last of the home-made sourdough and caraway seed bread-rolls.

We were out of anchovies, so I did not make two salad dressings (one with and one without anchovies) as I usually do.

For our dinner tonight we made club sandwiches, which we ate with balsamico crisps/chips.

For dinner tonight we made a cherry tomato and cheese galette.

It was delicious.

We had intended to cook it on our new pizza stone (which needs to be heated in the oven before placing a pizza or galette on it), but it wasn't possible to put the assembled galette onto the hot pizza stone without breaking the galette, so we just cooked it on the metal baking tray on which it was assembled.

For today's brunch Sheryl made scones: some cheese (mature cheddar and parmesan) scones and some date and cinnamon scones.

We ate the cheese scones with cheese (some with cheddar and some with garlic and herb goat cheese) and some apricot preserve. Sheryl bought the apricot preserve and the goat cheese at the Dutch cheese shop on Marienplatz.

We ate the date scones with clotted cream and fig jam.

They were lovely; we were hungry and at all but one.

For our dinner tonight I cooked a chicken badam pasanda, which we ate with naan bread.

It was, as always, delicious.

For our brunch today I made poached eggs on toast.

For my dinner I cooked a frozen 4-cheeses pizza topped with anchovies, capers and red onion.

Sheryl had a work event at which she was fed. She had a schnitzel.

For tonight's dinner I cooked cordon bleu, chips (French fries) and sweet corn.

For dinner tonight I made a green salad, topped with tandoori prawns, which we ate with some home-made sourdough and caraway seed bread-rolls.

For Sheryl's first dinner back in Munich I used the last of the cauliflower to make a cauliflower cheese. We ate it with some home-made sourdough and caraway seed bread-rolls.

For tonight's dinner I made myself an omelette filled with spring onion, mushrooms, tomato and goat camembert.

I ate it with some buttered toast.

Tonight for dinner I cooked a 4 cheese pizza topped with tuna, red onions and capers. I ate the last of my coleslaw with it.

For my brunch today I made a BLT (Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato sandwich).

I had an apple juice mimosa with the BLT.

Tonight I ate beans on toast (the rest of the can of beans from Tuesday - they needed to be used up) with some cheddar.

Tonight I had very little appetite, so I just had some crackers with the last of the truffle salami and some cheese for dinner.

Tonight my cousin came for dinner.

I made a butter chicken with some rice; she went to the Swagat restaurant and bought home a mixed vegetarian starter platter (a samosa and some pakoras), some naan bread and some onion kulcha.

Tonight I cooked a frozen 4-cheeses pizza, which I ate with some coleslaw.

Sheryl left for an 8 day training course in Rome, so I was on my own for dinner tonight.

I cooked myself a cordon bleu with fried mushrooms and beans on toast.

I made a green salad tonight, and Sheryl made baked Feta wrapped in Filo pastry.

We ate it with some home-made sour-dough and caraway seed bread-rolls.

For dinner tonight we made vegetarian burgers (using "Beyond Burgers").

The buns were different to our usual, but were OK.

We had crisps/chips with the burgers: Muji Jura Cheese flavour.

It was all very tasty.

For today's brunch I went to the Saphir bakery to buy croissants. We then made bacon, egg and cheese croissants (a la Burger King in the USA) - 2 each.

They were outstanding; way better than Burger King's.

I also bought a Rosinenschnecke (raisin Danish pastry) to share.

For dinner tonight we had a thali of chicken redang and Paneer Palak, served with coconut rice.

The Paneer Palak was made a couple of weeks ago, and frozen. I added some extra spices, which did improve the flavour a bit.

We discovered that Paneer Palak doesn't freeze well: the cheese breaks up.

For brunch today we had toast with truffle salami and cheese.

The truffle salami was very tasty, but hard to slice.

For tonight's dinner I cooked cauliflower cheese, which we ate with home-made sourdough and caraway seed bread rolls.

For dessert we ate the last of the peach crumble/cobbler (made on Sunday) with cream.

Tonight, because it was so hot, we decided to go to Sushi Cent for dinner.

We thought we would be able to sit outside, but rain was forecast so we sat inside.

We had a platter of sashimi, and another of Maki für Alle. I also had an Unagi hand-roll (with fresh water eel).

I drank a Helles (lager) beer, and we shared a bottle of Pinot Grigio and a bottle of sparkling water.

The fish on the sashimi platter tasted especially fresh today.

I cooked us frozen pizzas for dinner tonight.

For our dinner tonight I cooked truffle pasta in a tomato an truffle sauce, topped with grated parmesan.

We usually have loads left over, so this time I only cooked half the pasta (but all of the sauce), so it was the right amount and much more moist.

Tonight I made a Caesar salad with mustard and tarragon chicken.

Of course, the dressing is only right if it contains anchovies, but Sheryl hates anchovies, so I made one portion with anchovies and one without.

For dinner tonight I cooked fish fingers/sticks, mashed potatoes (with some nutmeg added), corn on the cob, and tartar sauce.

The corn was excellent.

For dessert I cooked a peach crumble/cobbler, which we ate with cream. We were both a little disappointed with the dessert; the peaches didn't have much flavour.

Our brunch today was toasted cheese (mature cheddar) and pickle (Branston) sandwiches.

The toasties weren't quite enough, so we filled up with some toast.

Dinner tonight was the last of the frozen vegetarian chili, topped with grated cheddar, sour cream and jalapeños, with tortilla chips on the side.

For today's brunch I prepared a Bavarian breakfast of Weißwurst (white sausages), Obatzda, pretzels, radishes and sweet mustard.

Of course, we each drank a Weißbier with our brunch.

Tonight for our regular curry dinner I cooked a chicken satay and rice.

It was really good.

For dessert we had some more of the bread and butter pudding, with some cream (it was extremely hot when it came out of the microwave, and the cream helped to cool it).

Tonight we heated up the chicken enchiladas in salsa verde that we had in the freezer, which we ate with guacamole and sour cream.

It was fantastic, although it doesn't look so good in the photo.

Dinner tonight was pizzas from the freezer.

Sheryl had a 4-cheeses pizza topped with tuna and red onions; I had a 4-cheeses pizza with anchovies, capers and red onion.

For dessert I made a bread and butter pudding.

For tonight's evening repast I cooked omelettes, filled with spring onions, mushrooms, tomatoes and brie.

I made sauté potatoes as a side dish.

For dinner tonight we went to a beer garden (the Hofbräukeller).

We shared a giant pretzel and some Obatzda. We also had a dessert of some of the failed cupcakes that Sheryl made recently, drenched in rum and chocolate ganache.

We drank a Maß (litre) of beer each.

Tonight Sheryl made salmon with spinach and cream cheese in a puff pastry wrapping, baked in the oven.

I made some mashed potato to go with it.

It was lovely, although there could have been more spinach in it.

For brunch today I made crumpets.

I had a lot of trouble with them. Firstly, the batter took ages to rise. Then, I had huge problems with them sticking to the pan. The first batch I cooked in our new cast iron skillet, but they stuck really badly, so I switched to a non-stick frying pan, but even then they kept sticking (not as badly as in the skillet). That is why they look rather ragged in the photo.

Nevertheless, they tasted great.

We had our regular curry evening on Saturday this week, instead of Friday, because Sheryl wanted to cook something.

She made a Paneer (cheese) Palak (spinach), which is one of her favourites when we eat at an Indian restaurant. I also heated up some butter chicken from the freezer, so, technically, we had a thali. We ate it with naan bread.

We both found the Paneer Palak disappointing: it needed more spices. We will try to improve the recipe, and then add it to my recipes page.

We were at the shopping mall (Das Einstein) when it was time for brunch, so we decided to stop in at Ke Bazza and get kebabs: chicken doner kebabs with sheep's cheese

They didn't have any cheese already cut, so they gave us some large slabs of cheese instead.

For tonight's dinner I made a vegetable (broccoli, carrots, spring onions and mushrooms) stir-fry, with noodles, in a soy and oyster sauce.

It was delicious.

For dinner Sheryl made crab cakes. I made mashed potato and tartar sauce to accompany the crab cakes.

They tasted great, but for some reason were very crumbly (and difficult to pick up) this time.

For dessert Sheryl made some chocolate pudding using a Jello-brand powder that she bought in Chicago.

Today was a public holiday (Corpus Christi) in Bavaria, so we were able to have brunch together.

I made poached eggs.

I had mine on toast with some Parma ham; Sheryl had hers on the last of her brioche burger buns, with some Rukola/rocket/arugula and Parma ham (I utterly detest arugula).

For tonight's dinner I cooked pasta (fusilli) pesto, using the green (basil) pesto that Sheryl made yesterday.

I chopped up some cherry tomatoes, and grated some parmesan, for garnish.

Tonight we made tacos (hard-shell)) filled with spiced fake-meat, lettuce, tomatoes, radishes, jalapeños, cheese, hot sauce and sour cream.

They were lovely.

For dinner tonight I cooked pasta (capellini) Alfredo with steamed broccoli.

It was, as always, great.

For our dinner tonight I made a green salad topped with tandoori prawns.

For our brunch today we had raw vegetables and crisps/chips (Muji Jura cheese flavour) with French Onion Dip (which Sheryl made yesterday).

Then we ate some of the cherries that Sheryl bought yesterday.

Our regular Friday curry evening was postponed to today, because we went to the beer garden on Friday.

I made a thali of chicken satay and chicken badam pasanda served with rice.

For today's brunch we made toasted sandwiched: brie, bacon and cranberry sauce sandwiches. This is a recipe that Sheryl found online, and had been wanting to try for a long time.

We both found them rather disappointing; just not a good complement of flavours.

This evening we went to a beer garden, the Hofbräukeller, for dinner.

We shared a plate of Fleischpflanzerl (meat patties made with a mixture of beef and pork) and chips (French fries), which were really good.

We both drank a couple of Maß (litres) of Helles (lager) beer.

This evening we heated up two frozen pizzas: a spinach pizza, topped with feta, red onion and an egg, for Sheryl; a salami and pepperoni pizza topped with red onion and an egg for me.

This evening I cooked a vegetarian chili (this time I didn't burn it), which we ate with nachos, sour cream and grated cheese (a mixture of cheddar and parmesan, because we didn't have enough cheddar).

Tonight I cooked tortiglioni al Arabiata, which we garnished with some grated parmesan.

It was spicier than usual, because we had larger chilies than usual.

For tonight's dinner we made vegetarian burgers (using "Beyond Burgers").

As usual, Sheryl had a brioche bun; I had a rye and malt bun.

I cooked chips (French fries) to go with the burgers, with ketchup and truffle mayonnaise for dipping.

For our brunch today we defrosted and cooked the cinnamon rolls that Sheryl made about 7 weeks ago.

This was the batch that didn't rise so well, so they were a little dense, but still tasted good.

Sheryl made her usual cream cheese icing to put on the rolls.

For tonight's dinner Sheryl made chicken enchiladas verde, which we ate with guacamole and sour cream.

They were wonderful!

Today we were invited by our neighbours Isabelle and Markus for brunch. Since the weather was great, we had brunch in the garden.

We took some puff pastry bundles filled with ham, cheese and asparagus; a few of my sourdough bread rolls with caraway seeds; and some chocolate chip cookies (some with macadamia nuts, and some without). Isabelle and Markus provided more bread, a selection of cheeses (including a 2-year-old Reypenaer XO hard Dutch Gouda and some Wensleydale with blueberries), and fruit salad.

Because of their son Erik's birthday, we took several small presents for both the children. The big hit was a battery-powered bubble blowing machine, which Ann-Sophia really didn't want to share.

For dinner tonight I made meatballs in a spicy tomato sauce, served with pasta (capellini).

It was delicious.

There were enough meatballs left over for me to have for lunch during the week.

For brunch today I made banana pancakes (with cinnamon, of course).

Sheryl ate most of hers with maple syrup, and the last with nutella; I ate most of mine with butter, and the last with peanut butter.

For our regular Friday curry evening I cooked a chicken and mushroom badam pasanda, which we ate with naan bread.

We had some papadams with pickles (hot lime pickle and brinjal/aubergine-pickle).

For our dinner tonight I cooked tortelloni (filled with artichoke and ricotta - bought from the supermarket) in mushroom sauce.

For tonight's dinner I made an Olive Garden salad, which we ate with some of the bread-rolls that I made this afternoon.

For dessert we had some of the cheesecake. topped with caramel and chocolate, that Sheryl made today. She plans to take the rest of it to work.

This afternoon I baked sourdough bread-rolls with caraway seeds.

For our dinner this evening I heated up a lasagne from the freezer.

It was gorgeous.

Sheryl cooked tonight's dinner: quesadillas filled with home-made refried beans and grated cheese (mature cheddar).

I made a vegetarian chili to eat with the quesadillas, but I managed to burn it to the point of edibility, so we ate them with just sour cream and guacamole.

For dinner I cooked an omelette filled with the usual spring onions, mushrooms, tomatoes and goat-camembert, and chips (French fries).

Sheryl made scones for our brunch today: some cheese and some date scones.

We ate the cheese scones with butter and extra cheese; we ate the date scones with clotted cream and fig jam.

Unfortunately, Peter had to leave before Sheryl had even started the baking; his loss!

Tonight we took Peter out to the Dalmatiner Grill, a Croatian restaurant about 5 minutes walk from home.

I had a Weißbier before drinking wine; Peter had a grappa before starting on the wine; Sheryl went straight to wine.

We ordered a bottle Josić Graševina Terra Pannonium (they only serve Croatian wine, so we always have to take the waiter's recommendation, as I know nothing about Croatian wine), which was very enjoyable.

For dinner, Sheryl had calamari, which was served with spinach and French fries (photo to the right). Peter had some kind of roast pork, served with potatoes and onions. I had a schnitzel wrapped around ham and whole boiled eggs, served with French fries.

There were complimentary glasses of grappa after we had eaten. We were tempted to order more wine, but instead decided to come home for more wine (and whiskey, of course).

We had a lovely meal.

Service is always fantastic at the Dalmatiner Grill, and very entertaining. The inside of the restaurant is lovely (although it looks a bit dodgy from the outside). For the summer they have a lovely garden, with tables and chairs for dining al fresco.

Unfortunately, the restaurant doesn't publish their menu online, so I can't give you that proper names of the dishes that we ate.

For our brunch today Peter went to the Saphir bakery and bought croissants, bread rolls (which Sheryl couldn't eat because they all had rye in them) and a Rosinenschnecke (raisin Danish pastry).

We ate the croissants and rolls with a selection of cheeses, salami and some salmon that Peter had bought.

It was delicious.

Our friend Peter, from Prague, came to stay for a couple of days, so there were three for dinner.

It was our regular curry evening, so I cooked a beef madras, served with rice and onion kulcha.

We had some vegetable samosas and vegetable pakoras for starters (although there was one chicken pakora mixed in with the vegetable pakoras!).

The beef madras was really excellent; I am really getting the hang of the recipe now, and will publish it on my recipe page soon.

Tonight's dinner was an experiment: "Egg Roll In A Bowl", using a recipe that Sheryl found on Pinterest.

It was utterly dreadful, and I won't be cooking it again.

For dessert we ate the last of the lemon tiramisu.

Today is a public holiday in Bavaria (Ascension Day), so we made a trip to Nymphenburg. Before visiting the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition (see my News Blog) we had a gorgeous lunch at the Metzgerwirt (across the street from the entrance road to the Schloss Nymphenburg).

We had eaten there before, but had forgotten just how good it is. Also, some places that were good are not so nice when you return after a pause; most definitely not the case with the Metzgerwirt.

The menu is typical Bavarian food. The beer is Augustiner, one of the better Munich breweries, plus a few other beers.

I drank a Weißbier (Erdinger Dunkel) and Sheryl drank a Helles (Augustiner Lager).

For lunch Sheryl ordered the steak tartar and I ordered the Münchner Schnitzel (dunked in a mix of mustard and horseradish before coating with breadcrumbs). Sheryl ordered French fries (because she can't eat the rye bread that normally comes with the tartar); my schnitzel came with a potato and cucumber salad.

Sheryl had to mix the tartar herself (she is lazy, and prefers that the waiter does it for her).

The food was absolutely delicious. The French fries stayed crispy even when cold. The service was efficient and friendly. The surroundings are lovely.

Altogether, it was a great experience. I can't recommend this place highly enough.

For tonight's dinner Sheryl heated up frozen 4-cheeses pizzas. She topped hers with tuna, and mine with salami (pictured).

I ate mine with the last of my coleslaw.

For dinner tonight we made club sandwiches. I usually cook the chicken and bacon, and Sheryl assembles the sandwiches.

Today, Sheryl forgot to add mayonnaise, so they were too dry, but still tasty.

I was supposed to make French fries (chips) to go with the sandwiches, but I forgot, so Sheryl ate hers with hummus crisps/chips, and I ate mine with salted crisps (I am not a fan of the hummus crisps).

Sheryl had a work dinner this evening, so I opted for something simple: poached eggs and baked beans on toast.

I was still rather peckish after the eggs and beans, so had some cheese (goat cheese with truffle) and crackers to fill me up.

For dinner I cooked baked feta and cherry tomato pasta.

As usual, it was great.

For our dessert Sheryl had made a lemon tiramisu (made with limoncello and home-made lemon curd), which was OK, but not fantastic; we decided that we prefer classic tiramisu.

For today's brunch we had raw vegetables (carrots, cucumber, celery, cherry tomatoes, radishes and spring onions) and crisps/chips (Jura-cheese flavoured crisps from Muji) with French Onion Dip.

It was delicious, and we ate it all.

Sheryl drank some fruit juice (orange with a little cranberry juice) and I had an apple juice mimosa.

For dinner tonight we made fish tacos (based on Rachel Ray's recipe video on YouTube), with marinaded (in chipotle) salmon.

In addition to the salmon, they were filled with avocado crema, slaw, feta, and radishes.

They were delicious.

For dessert we had so-called cannelloni (bought at the supermarket).

We decided to grab some lunch while out shopping today.

We got Doner Kebabs, with cheese added, at Ke Bazza in the local shopping mall (Das Einstein).

The were excellent.

For our weekly curry evening I cooked a butter chicken (and mushrooms), which we ate with plain naan.

It was a little spicier than normal, and tasted fantastic.

For dinner tonight I heated up the frozen New England Clam Chowder.

We ate it with some home-made malt and walnut bread-rolls.

It was so good!

Sheryl had to work late today, so we had something quick and easy (pizzas) for dinner.

Sheryl had a spinach pizza topped with feta, red onion and an egg (pictured); I had a pizza special (ham and salami), also topped with red onion and an egg.

Dinner tonight was the leftover salmon and asparagus quiche and some more sauté potatoes.

It was still very good.

Tonight I made Peking Duck.

I served it with some sushi rice (rice cooked with a little vinegar).

Sheryl bought a different brand of duck to usual, and we didn't feel that it had quite as much flavour as our normal brand.

For dessert we had some Gü Cheesecake, which is always good.

For tonight's dinner I made a salmon and asparagus quiche.

I served it with sauté potatoes.

It was gorgeous.

For brunch today I made crêpes.

We ate them with berries (blackberries, blueberries and raspberries) and maple syrup.

They were lovely.

For dinner tonight I heated up the last of the frozen vegetarian chili. We ate it with nachos, sour cream and grated cheddar.

For brunch today we tried something new: Monte Cristo sandwiches.

There are many recipes online for Monte Cristo sandwiches. We used the one by Chef John which has a poached egg on top (he therefore calls it a Madame Cristo).

They were really delicious; almost as good as Croque Madame.

Our regular Friday evening curry was chicken redang, served with coconut rice.

It was gorgeous.

Tonight's dinner was pasta (linguine) cacio e pepe.

Apart from being a little to peppery (my hand slipped while weighing the pepper), it was really excellent (probably the best ever). The pecorino was a different brand to usual, and much tastier; the sauce didn't stick to the pan. It tasted great.

For dessert we ate the last of the date muffins from the freezer (heated up in the microwave). There was only a tiny drop of caramel sauce to go with them, so we added some fresh cream too.

Tonight's dinner was a disaster.

I cooked an omelette, which stuck to the pan, didn't cook evenly, and broke up when serving.

I also cooked hash browns, which were partly burnt and partly underdone.

I was not pleased, although it tasted surprisingly good.

This evening I made a green salad. Sheryl made baked feta in filo pastry. We ate it with home-made malt and walnut bread-rolls.

Sheryl had bought a different brand of filo pastry, and it wasn't very good, so we will go back to the other brand.

For dinner tonight we made salmon baked with home-made green (basil) pesto, green beans and cherry tomatoes, accompanied by mashed potatoes (with some nutmeg added).

For our brunch today (a public holiday) Sheryl made us French toast (using the recipe from The Preppy Kitchen). We ate the toast topped with blueberries, strawberries and maple syrup.

We drank mimosas with the French toast.

For dinner tonight we made something unhealthy and delicious: chicken parmesan, served with capellini. We followed Chef John's recipe on allrecipes.com.

It was so good!

For today's brunch we made bacon, egg and cheese croissants (like you can get in Burger King in the USA - only 10 times better).

We drank mimosas with the croissants.

Tonight we cooked a mushroom, spinach and cheese puff-pastry roll. The mushrooms were cooked with a little aceto balsamico.

It was good as well as healthy.

For our brunch today I made cheese (mature cheddar) and pickle (Branston) toasted sandwiches.

Afterwards we each had another slice of toast.

For our regular curry evening I cooked a chicken and mushroom satay with rice.

I also added a sliced banana.

As usual, it turned out great.

For dinner tonight I cooked pasta (tortiglioni) with ricotta, zucchini and mint.

It was yummy.

Sheryl got home rather late from work, and, as our planned dinner takes a while to cook, and needs both of us to prepare, we decided to go to Sushi Cent for dinner instead.

I had a Negitoro hand-roll, and we shared some sashimi and "Maki For All".

We drank a bottle of Pinot Grigio and a bottle of sparkling water.

We greatly enjoyed our dinner; the fish was extremely fresh this time.

For dinner I heated up some frozen beef stew. We ate it with home-made malt and walnut bread-rolls.

It was lovely.

Tonight's dinner was a green salad, a tuna pasta salad, and home-made bread-rolls.

It was lovely.

There was enough tuna pasta salad left over for my lunch tomorrow.

Tonight I made a New England Clam Chowder, which we ate with home-made malt and walnut bread-rolls.

It was terrific, although this time we felt that it didn't have quite as strong of a flavour of clams as last time; I used white-shelled clams this time, instead of the brown-shelled clams that I used last time - lesson learned.

For our brunch today I made crumpets.

We ate them variously with cheese, jam pr peanut butter.

They were great.

For dinner tonight Sheryl tried out a recipe for a different kind of Quesadillas (with black beans).

We ate them with guacamole and sour cream.

Sheryl seemed to enjoy them, but I was not so impressed.

For today's brunch I made a Bavarian breakfast: Weißwurst (white sausage), sweet mustard, pretzels, Obatzda and radishes.

We, of course, drank Weißbier with it.

For our regular Friday curry evening I cooked a chicken badam pasanda, which we ate with garlic naan.

It was delicious, as usual.

For dinner tonight we (a joint effort in the kitchen) cooked Baked Orange Cauliflower And Forbidden Rice (Italian black rice - Neroni), using the linked recipe that Sheryl found online.

It was nice, although we both felt it needed something more, for some contrast.

For dinner tonight I made pasta (fusilli) pesto, with the pesto that Sheryl made at the weekend (she makes pesto far better than I do).

We tried an experimental wine tonight: Château La Boutignane Corbières. It was quite pleasant: smooth.

For tonight's dinner we made vegetarian burgers, made with "Beyond Burgers".

Sheryl's burger contained a veggie patty, rocket, soft goat cheese and fig jam; mine contained a veggie patty, mustard, Gruyère cheese, tomato and mayonnaise.

We ate them with some Jura cheese flavoured crisps/chips.

My burger bun was bought a few days ago; for Sheryl I made a burger bun sized malt and walnut bread roll when I baked bread last Saturday.

This evening we (a joint effort) made fish tacos; nothing fancy, made with fish fingers/sticks plus lettuce, radishes, tomatoes, avocado crema, feta and hot sauce.

They were very tasty. The new brand of hot sauce that we bought recently has a real kick to it.

For dinner tonight I made lasagne, filled with my spicy Bolognese and mascarpone. As usual, I actually made two: one to eat today and one to freeze for another day.

For today's brunch Sheryl baked scones: some plain and some with cheese.

We ate the cheese scones with extra cheese; we ate the plain ones with clotted cream and jam.

They were, as always, fantastic.

Dinner tonight was an Olive Garden salad, topped with baked camembert and served with freshly baked malt and walnut bread-rolls.

This afternoon I baked malt and walnut bread-rolls, because we needed bread to have with the planned salad tonight (deferred from Thursday).

We ran out of frozen bread-rolls some time ago, but I had to put off making more, because there was no room left in the freezer to store those we didn't eat immediately. We finally managed to eat enough meals from the freezer to make enough space.

For today's brunch I cooked poached eggs, served on English muffins (leftover from when I last cooked eggs Benedict, and which needed to be used up).

Sheryl added Rukola (rocket) to hers.

For our regular curry evening I heated up the leftover butter chicken from the freezer. We ate it with plain naan and onion kulcha.

It was great. I find that most curries are actually improved by being kept in the freezer for a week or two.

We had planned to have an Olive Garden salad for dinner, but both of us forgot to make the dressing yesterday evening (the herbs need to soak in the dressing, normally overnight, to soften), so we ended up heating up a couple of frozen pizzas instead.

Sheryl had a spinach pizza topped with red onion and an egg; I had a salami and pepperoni pizza topped with red onion and an egg and some coleslaw on the side.

For tonight's dinner I cooked a vegetarian chili (chili sin carne) which we ate with tortilla chips, grated cheddar and sour cream.

It was lovely.

Our dinner tonight was a starter of insalata caprese with bread-rolls (to mop up the dressing of olive oil and aceto balsamico) and a shared truffle pizza topped with extra cheese (there is never enough cheese on the truffle pizzas).

Sheryl had to go shopping while I was preparing dinner, to buy the bread-rolls; we don't currently have any home-made bread-rolls; in the freezer, because we haven't had enough room in the freezer.

For dinner tonight I used some of the leftover duck to make a Gröstl.

I used some duck, a few sausages, potatoes, spring onions and snow peas. I cooked it is duck fat. I served it, as per tradition, with a fried egg on top, and with mustard.

It was delicious.

For dessert we had some of Sheryl's home-made panna cotta; Sheryl had hers with some of the rhubarb, rosé wine and almond topping; I had mine plain.

For today's brunch Sheryl made porridge (oatmeal) with pecans and bananas.

It turned out a little dry this time, so I poured a little cream on top of mine.

For our Easter Sunday dinner I cooked roast duck with fig and mushroom stuffing, served with roast potatoes and carrots, and asparagus with hollandaise sauce.

It was delicious.

For dessert, Sheryl had some of her home-made macarons, and I had another of the panna cotta that Sheryl made the other day.

For brunch today we made devilled eggs, and French onion dip with raw vegetable and crisps/chips (lemon and chili flavoured chickpea crisps).

We had mimosas with the food: mine with apple juice, and Sheryl's with multi-vitamin juice.

It was all yummy.

For dinner we decided to go to Pequeño's, our local Mexican cantina.

We drank cocktails: I started with a jumbo caipirinha, and Sheryl had a normal-sized "sex on the beach".

We shared a plate of nachos with cheese and jalapños. They gave us some extra dips, to compensate for the delay in serving our food.

For main courses I had a Mexican burger, and Sheryl had a platter with samples of various main courses.

My burger was good. Sheryl enjoyed most of her dish, although she said the wings were not very spicy.

For today's brunch we had avocado toast.

I ate mine with aceto balsamico; Sheryl ate hers with malt vinegar.

For dinner tonight I heated up the leftover beef madras from the freezer. I cooked some rice to go with it.

It was excellent.

Today Sheryl baked cinnamon rolls filled with pecan pieces, and made cream-cheese icing to top them with.

They were good, but didn't rise as well as usual, for some reason.

Tonight I cooked penne al Arabiata, using the last of the bizarre mini-penne that Sheryl bought a while ago.

It was, as always, good.

For dessert Sheryl had made panna cotta, and a topping with rhubarb, rosé wine and almond extract.

The panna was excellent (one of my favourite desserts), but I was not such as fan of the rhubarb topping; panna cotta has a delicate flavour that is easily overpowered.

Sheryl started her brunch with half a pink grapefruit (I am not allowed to consume grapefruit because of my statin tablets).

Then we had eggs benedict, on English muffins, with bacon.

I ate the last of the sauce with a spoon; too good to waste.

Food of the gods!

Tonight I heated up the frozen chicken enchiladas verde, which we ate with guacamole and sour cream.

They never look pretty, once served, but always taste fantastic.

As usual when we eat Mexican food, we made margaritas to go with the dinner.

When we were last at the local Asian store (the iShop) I spotted some frozen bonito steaks, for a very good price, and decided to give them a try (I had never eaten bonito before, and expected it to taste similar to tuna).

Tonight I braised them in white wine, and served them with mashed potatoes and sweetcorn.

The experiment was not a success. After one bite, Sheryl declared that the fish was too fishy, and left the rest for me. After eating about 1½ of the fish steaks, I came to the conclusion that they were not to my taste (the rest will be thrown away).

Our dinner tonight was a green salad, served with baked camembert and ciabatta bread.

For tonight's dinner I cooked some tortelloni (bought), which were filled with ricotta and artichoke, served in a spicy tomato sauce.

They were very good.

For our dinner this evening we made falafel and hummus wraps, using some of Sheryl's home-made hummus with green olives.

They were very filling, and we only managed one wrap each.

For dessert, after a significant pause, we had the last of the date muffins (from the freezer), topped with home-made caramel sauce and cream.

For brunch today we had toasted cheese (mature cheddar) and pickle (Branston) sandwiches.

Sheryl had half a pink grapefruit beforehand.

We had guests for our curry evening today: Jonathan and Tracy (more were planned, but Alex and Andrea cancelled last minute).

I cooked a beef madras, a butter chicken and mushroom, and some rice.

Sheryl bought some vegetable pakoras and vegetable samosas for our starters, and naan bread and onion kulcha to eat with the main course.

For dessert we had some mango sorbet with raspberries, drizzled with vodka.

It was all delicious, and we were all full afterwards.

The kitchen is extremely messy, so I will be spending a few hours cleaning up tomorrow.

For dinner tonight I cooked an omelette filled with red onion, mushrooms, tomatoes and feta. I cooked sauté potatoes to eat with the omelette.

The feta worked well in the omelette.

Sheryl came home from work very late tonight, so we decided to have something quick for dinner: for Sheryl, a 4-cheeses pizza topped with tuna and red onion; for me a 4-cheeses pizza topped with anchovies, capers and red onion. I also had some coleslaw with my pizza.

For dinner tonight I cooked a selection of dim sum: glutinous rice balls, kimchi dumplings, leek dumplings, a barbecue pork bun, some pork gyoza, some yakitori sticks (a new brand, as the Asian store has stopped carrying the brand that we used to buy), some spring rolls and some shao mei.

I cooked mushroom (a mixture of champignons and mixed "forest mushrooms") risotto for tonight's dinner.

It was lovely.

For dessert I made a bread and butter pudding, which was especially lemony this time.

We were completely stuffed afterwards.

For our dinner tonight I cooked pasta (capellini) with prawns and green asparagus.

It was gorgeous. I am so glad that the shops have asparagus again.

For dessert we defrosted some of the date muffins, which we ate with Sheryl's home-made caramel sauce.

For today's brunch I made banana pancakes (flavoured with some cinnamon). Sheryl ate most of hers with maple syrup; I ate most of mine with butter. We ate the last of them with peanut butter.

For our dinner tonight Sheryl cooked chicken enchiladas in salsa verde.

We ate them with sour cream and guacamole.

They were the best yet! There is now a second dish of them in the freezer.

For today's brunch I made scrambled eggs.

Sheryl ate hers with the last brioche burger bun, and some green stuff (she tried to buy water cress, but the shop only had this substitute, which wasn't as good). I ate my eggs on toast, without the greenery.

For our weekly curry evening I heated up some chicken satay and some beef madras (the recipe will be added soon) from the freezer, for a thali. I cooked rice to go with it.

It was delicious.

For our dinner tonight I cooked a vegetable stir fry with noodles.

I used carrots, red onions, broccoli, mushrooms and snow peas (also known as sugar peas, Mennonite peas and Chinese peas). I used soy ketchup (kecap manis), oyster sauce, garlic, ginger and sambal oelek for the sauce.

I thought it was lovely, but Sheryl felt that I was a little heavy-handed with the sambal, which made it too spicy for her.

Dinner tonight was very simple: I made pasta (fusilli) pesto, with pesto that Sheryl made yesterday.

Yummy, and healthy.

Tonight I cooked cauliflower cheese for dinner. We ate it with some of the leftover "biscuits" from Sunday (the recipe made loads, so I had to throw some away after dinner).

It was very tasty.

Tonight I made a green salad and Sheryl made the feta baked in filo pastry.

We ate it with some of the leftover burger buns.

For dessert we had some carrot cupcakes (Sheryl made a big batch for work, and saved some for us).

This evening I cooked a beef stew, in part to use up some of the large stock of cooking wine that we have accumulated (we have had rather a lot of bad wines recently).

Instead of the usual dumplings, Sheryl made American "biscuits" (rather like scones), using the recipe from her new cookbook, The Preppy Kitchen.

It was lovely, although the stew had too much of a tomato flavour (I added too much wine, and then had to thicken the stew with extra tomato pureé).

There were way too many biscuits, so we will be eating the rest later in the week.

Today's brunch was something new.

We cooked baked eggs in hash brown cups (cooked in a muffin tin). We topped them with some grated Gruyère (which, for some reason, puffed up in the oven).

It was quite a lot of effort, and was nothing special; we won't be cooking them again.

For dinner tonight Sheryl made Mexican pizzas (like they serve in Taco Bell, which have now been reinstated on their menu). We ate them with guacamole (bought) sour cream and some lettuce and tomatoes.

Today I went across the street to the Saphir Bakery, to get croissants and a Danish pastry (Rosinenschnecke).

Unfortunately, they had sold out of Danish pastries, so I bought a mini-vegetable-quiche and a pain au chocolat instead.

The quiche was OK, but not great, and contained bell peppers, so Sheryl couldn't eat it.

We ate the croissants with Obatzda, bought from Vinzenzmurr.

For our regular curry evening I cooked chicken redang and coconut rice.

I accidentally made the curry too oily, as you can see from the photo, but it still tasted great.

Tonight's dinner was truffle tagliatelle with tomato and truffle sauce (both bought ready-made), which was garnished with parmesan.

For dinner tonight I heated up some frozen vegetarian chili, and cooked some rice to accompany it, garnished with some grated cheddar and sour cream (sorry - no photo).

I added some extra spice (sambal oelek) to it.

For dessert we had two more of the date muffins, with caramel sauce, from the freezer.

Dinner tonight was the leftover quiche Lorraine and sauté potatoes.

It was still very tasty.

For dessert we ate two of the frozen date muffins with caramel sauce, heated up in the microwave.

For our dinner tonight we made vegetarian burgers, using "Beyond Burgers", which we ate with some balsamico crisps (chips).

My burger contained a burger patty, soft blue cheese, mustard, tomato and mayonnaise in a rye and malt bun; Sheryl's contained a burger patty, soft goat-cheese, fig jam, and arugula/rocket in a brioche bun.

They were yummy.

For today's evening meal I made a bacon and leek quiche, and sauté potatoes.

It was lovely.

For today's brunch I made blueberry pancakes. Sheryl ate hers with maple syrup, and I ate mine with butter.

We finished off with a mango which needed to be eaten up.

I wasn't expecting Sheryl for dinner, but she returned from her business trip to Stuttgart early. She still wasn't feeling 100%, and was careful about what she ate.

She had a spinach pizza with an egg; I had a cordon bleu from the freezer, and some chips (French fries), with an egg.

I wasn't on form in the kitchen tonight, and managed to burn the eggs a little.

For my brunch today I made myself a toasted sandwich with mature cheddar and Branston pickle.

Tonight I was on my own for dinner, because Sheryl was away on a business trip, so I cooked a pizza (salami and pepperoni) from te freezer, and topped it with an egg.

Sheryl went to Ritzi, a Michelin star restaurant in Stuttgart, expecting a great French dinner. Sadly, after two bites of the meal pictured to the right, she had a serious allergic reaction, and couldn't eat or drink any more (more details in the 11^th March entry on my News Blog).

For tonight's dinner I made tortiglioni With ricotta and zucchini; it is also meant to have mint in it, but there was a shopping failure.

Despite the missing ingredient, it tasted lovely.

Tonight for dinner I cooked cashew chicken with saffron rice.

It was gorgeous, and we ate every scrap.

Tonight's dinner was an experiment.

Sheryl made feta baked in filo pastry (with olive oil, fenugreek, sesame and a bit of honey), with an Olive Garden salad and some bought bread-rolls.

We thought that we should have made two (one each) of the feta in filo, but actually one to share was perfect.

The experiment was a success (it was yummy) and we will definitely cook it again.

Dessert was the last of the individual cheesecakes.

For this evening's dinner I cooked tortellini (not even sure what they were stuffed with) in a mushroom sauce.

Desserts were more of Sheryl's individual cheesecakes.

For tonight's dinner Sheryl cooked (baked in the oven, in tin-foil) salmon on a bed of green beans, topped with green (basil) pesto and cherry tomatoes.

I made some sauté potatoes to go with the fish (some of which were a little overdone).

For dessert we again had individual cheesecakes. In the photo there are no hazelnut pieces on top, but we quickly decided that they make it taste much better, and added some.

For our brunch today we made croque madame.

It was, as always, delicious; the only way it could have tasted better is if we had used duck eggs, which we don't currently have.

For dinner today I cooked chicken satay and rice.

For dessert we had individual cheesecakes, on a speculaas cookie crumb base, topped with home-made caramel sauce, chocolate ganache and hazelnut pieces. They were cooked in glass ramekins saved from Gü desserts, which is why they look like Gü desserts, but they taste even better.

For today's brunch we had avocado on toast.

After the avocado was eaten, we had more toast. I had cheese and marmite on mine, and Sheryl had nutella and peanut butter on hers.

Tonight, before going to the ballet, we had a quick dinner at Zum Franziskaner

I drank a Weißbier, and Sheryl had a glass of Merlot and some sparkling water.

For food Sheryl had steak tartar with French fries (normally it is served with rye bread, to which she is allergic), and I had a truffle Käsekrainer with very buttery mashed potatoes and champagne Kraut (like sauerkraut, but made with champagne instead of vinegar). Both dishes were superb.

We had room for dessert: a tiramisu for Sheryl and an apple strudel served with vanilla sauce and whipped cream for me. Both were very good.

For dinner tonight I heated up two frozen pizzas: a pizza margherita for Sheryl, topped with parma ham and arugula after it was cooked, and for me a 4-cheeses pizza topped with anchovies and capers. I ate mine with some coleslaw on the side.

For tonight's dinner Sheryl had made green pesto, which I then used to make pasta (fusilli) pesto. We ate it garnished with some cherry tomatoes and parmesan.

It was delicious.

For dessert we ate the last of the date muffins with caramel sauce.

For our evening repast I cooked an omelette (filled with spring onions, mushrooms, tomatoes and camembert) and sauté potatoes.

The omelette was a little overcooked, but still great.

For dessert we had some Häagen Dazs ice-cream (we are done with Ben and Jerry's, now that they have compromised all their recipes).

For tonight's dinner I made a green salad, topped with baked camembert, and served with the last of my home-made sour dough bread-rolls.

For dessert we had some more of the date muffins with caramel sauce.

For our dinner tonight I cooked pasta (capellini), and meatballs in a spicy tomato sauce.

As usual, there were some meatballs left over, but not really enough for another dinner, so I put them in the fridge to make meatball sandwiches for my lunches.

Earlier today, Sheryl made some date muffins and some caramel sauce. For dessert she heated up a pair of muffins with caramel sauce (which soaked into the muffins). They tasted wonderful.

For today's brunch I made crumpets. We ate them either with butter, cheese, strawberry jam, nutella or peanut butter.

For dinner, Sheryl made salmon cakes. I cooked mashed potatoes and asparagus, and made some tartar sauce to go with them.

Sheryl's hand slipped while adding spices to the salmon cakes, and also slightly over-browned them, but they weren't spoiled; if anything, they tasted even better than usual.

For dessert we had some chocolate dessert by Gü, which was nothing special (most of their desserts are excellent).

For brunch today I made poached eggs on toast.

We followed up by sharing a mango, which was nice and ripe (mangos have been on special offer at a couple of stores recently).

Today was our weekly curry evening.

For starters we had papadams with pickles (brinjal/aubergine-pickle and hot lime pickle).

For our main course I had a second attempt at beef madras (which was much better this time), which we ate with rice.

For dessert we had some Ben and Jerry's ice cream. Ben and Jerry's has recently been taken over, and now they sell all-new recipes that are healthier and don't taste so good; all our old favourites are no longer available.

Tonight we made club sandwiches, which we ate with balsamico crisps (chips).

The were lovely.

Sheryl also bought Krapfen (doughnuts) from the Rischart bakery for dessert: a Himberger (raspberry) one for her and a pistachio tiramisu one for me; also very good.

We were completely stuffed afterwards.

For our dinner tonight I cooked a mushroom (champignons and mixed forest mushrooms) risotto.

We garnished it with some chili flakes.

It was lovely.

Tonight we ate the leftover chicken pot pie from Sunday.

For tonight's dinner I cooked linguine cacio e pepe (pasta with sheep's cheese and pepper); so simple and so good!

As usual, we ate every scrap.

For dinner I cooked a chicken pot-pie. I was also planning to cook some potatoes, but I didn't have the energy.

The pie was great (we ate half, and saved the rest for another day), even though I forgot to add garlic.

I made a bit of extra effort to make a little pastry leaf to go on top of the pie, and Sheryl said "Oh look, you made a little heart." I don't think my artistic talents are appreciated.

Sheryl made two types of scones for our brunch today: some cheese scones and some date and cinnamon scones.

We ate the cheese scones with butter and some extra cheese (Gruyère); we ate the date scones with clotted cream and fig jam.

They were gorgeous.

For our dinner tonight we made a cherry tomato and goat cheese galette.

As usual, we were unable to wait until it was completely cold (it is supposed to be eaten cold) before eating it.

It was lovely.

For brunch today I made scrambled eggs on toast.

Sheryl also ate half a grapefruit.

For our regular Friday curry evening I heated up two frozen leftover curries (a butter chicken and a chicken badam pasanda) for a thali. We ate the thali with garlic naan.

As with most curries, I drank a Weißbier (Scheider Weisse original [Tap 7]) with it.

It was really delicious.

For dessert we ate some mini-Krapfen (doughnuts) that Sheryl brought home from work, which were very good.

For dinner tonight I made a green salad (lettuce, cucumber, tomato, avocado and feta) topped with tandoori prawns, which we ate with some home-made sour dough bread-rolls (sorry, Sno photo of this). It was lovely, and we finished it all.

For dessert Sheryl had bought two Krapfen (doughnuts), one Germknödel and one raspberry, which we cut in half for sharing. Unfortunately, the raspberry one had got accidentally sprayed with a cleaning spray in the shop, and wasn't edible; the Germknödel Krapfen was great, though.

Dinner tonight was the dim sum that we had planned for yesterday.

We had glutinous rice balls (pictured left), which were not great (kept in the freezer too long); spring rolls, leek dim sum, shao mei, kimchi dumplings (for Sheryl - I don't like them), duck gyoza (all in the photo below); and a barbecue pork bun (to the right) for me.

It is quite a while since we had dim sum, and most of the dim sum has been in the freezer too long, and is no longer at its best. We will have to have a clear-out.

Tonight's dinner plans had to be changed at the last minute, because Sheryl got home very late from work, so we needed something quick and easy.

We cooked some frozen pizzas (again!). Sheryl had a spinach pizza topped with feta, red onion and an egg; I had a salami and pepperoni pizza topped with red onion and an egg.

Tonight I cooked vegan "meat" balls in spicy tomato sauce with capellini.

The vegan fake-meat balls were OK, but not as good as real meat-balls (which I have been having cravings for ever since).

For dinner tonight we cooked a puff-pastry roll filled with balsamic mushrooms, cheese and spinach.

For brunch today Sheryl started with half a grapefruit (which I can't eat as they clash with my statins). We then had cheese (mature cheddar) and branston-pickle toasted sandwiches.

The grapefruit was very ripe and juicy (apparently).

Tonight we heated up the enchiladas in salsa verde from the freezer.

They may not look so great in the photo, but they tasted great.

We ate them with guacamole (bought, not home-made) and sour cream.

For our brunch today I made blueberry pancakes (with cinnamon added).

Sheryl at hers mostly with maple syrup, and the last couple with peanut butter; I ate mine with butter, and then with peanut butter.

They were lovely.

Friday is normally our curry night, but I was somewhat unwell earlier today, so we decided to eat something less challenging to my stomach.

We opted to cook frozen pizzas. We only had 4-cheeses pizzas. Sheryl had hers with some Parma ham and an egg; I had mine with Anchovies, capers and an egg.

For dinner tonight I cooked prawns in batter, in Singapore-style sweet and sour sauce, and rice.

This is something we had planned for several weeks, but kept cancelling for various reasons.

We really enjoyed it.

Tonight I cooked medaglioni (similar to ravioli) al tartufo (truffle), bought from the supermarket, in spicy tomato sauce.

We were actually impressed. The medaglioni had a strong truffle taste, even though they came from a down-market store.

It was very enjoyable.

For our dinner tonight I heated up the leftover salmon, leek and mushroom quiche, and cooked some more sauté potatoes.

For dinner tonight I made an Olive Garden salad, topped with baked camembert cheese, and served with home-made sour dough bread-rolls.

The salad was lovely.

For dessert Sheryl had bought a Krapfen (doughnut) and some chocolate thing (the bakery was almost out of doughnuts). Sheryl was not pleased with the chocolate creation; despite an assurance that it didn't contain cherries (which she hates), it did.

For dinner tonight I cooked a salmon, leek and mushroom quiche, and some sauté potatoes.

As you can see from the photo, the quiche was a little crumbly, but tasted lovely.

For brunch today we decided to try croissants from a different French bakery (recommended by our neighbour Isabelle).

We ate them with selection of cheeses.

We also shared a Rosinenschnecke (raisin Danish) and an apple turnover.

The croissants were not as good as the ones we usually buy (not enough butter), and the Danish was dry, but the apple turnover was excellent.

We will probably only buy croissants at that bakery when the one across the street is closed.

For dinner Sheryl made quesadillas (filled with mature cheddar cheese and home made refried beans).

We ate it with a vegetarian chili from the freezer, sour cream and shop-bought guacamole.

It was great.

For brunch today I made eggs benedict, served on English muffins, and some bacon.

I think this is my favourite breakfast.

Sheryl put some Rucola (rocket) on her muffin before I added her poached eggs. I hate rocket, but Sheryl loves it.

It was our regular curry evening.

For our starter we had papadams with pickles.

For our main course I cooked butter chicken, and Sheryl cooked some frozen garlic naan.

The butter chicken was even better than normally; I made it a little spicier this time.

For our dinner tonight I cooked fettuccine Alfredo with broccoli.

It was really lovely.

I was on my own for dinner (Sheryl had a late work event) so I cooked myself an omelette filled with spring onions, mushrooms, tomatoes and soft blue cheese, and ate it with a couple of home-made sour dough bread-rolls with French butter.

Tonight I cooked a mushroom risotto, which we ate with a garnish of chili flakes.

I forgot to add garlic to the risotto, but it still tasted great.

For tonight's dinner I made a green salad (lettuce, tomato, cucumber, mini-mozzarella balls and avocado), which we ate with mustard and tarragon chicken and some home-made sour dough bread-rolls.

For dinner tonight I cooked cordon bleu, chips (French fries) and braised cabbage (with a little onion).

I thought about adding caraway seeds to the braised cabbage, but decided that Sheryl might object, but then, while we were eating, she said "this would be better with some caraway seeds, so I will add them next time.

For brunch today we were invited downstairs by Isabelle and Markus.

We took some prosciutto and asparagus puff pastry bundles and some of my home-made sour dough bread rolls. We also took a bottle of rosé prosecco.

Our hosts provided more bread, cheeses, and various fruit.

Because it was Ann-Sophia's second birthday, there was also a birthday cake, bought from Käfer, which was excellent.

The prosciutto and asparagus puff pastry bundles and the bread rolls were a big hit, as was the birthday cake.

For dinner tonight Sheryl made chicken enchiladas with salsa verde (doesn't look great in the photo, but tasted awesome) which we ate with sour cream and guacamole.

For dessert Sheryl had bought salted caramel cheesecake by Gü which are amazing.

For brunch today we had avocado toast.

This week's curry was something new: a beef madras (from this recipe) , which we ate with rice.

It was pretty good, but the recipe needs a bit of fine tuning.

For dinner tonight I cooked lentil soup with vegan wiener, which we ate with some brioche burger buns.

Our dinner tonight was a spicy lasagne bolognese that we had in the freezer.

Our dishwasher conked out today, so I decided against cooking what we had planned because it creates a lot of dirty dishes.

Instead we heated up frozen pizzas: for Sheryl a spinach pizza topped with feta, red onion and egg; for me a salami and pepperoni pizza topped with red onion and egg.

For tonight's dinner I cooked pasta (tortiglioni) with ricotta, zucchini and mint.

It was lovely.

For dinner tonight we tried something new: prosciutto asparagus puff pastry bundles. They are intended to be a starter, so we ate them with a side salad.

They were lovely, and we will definitely be making them again.

For brunch today I cooked banana and cinnamon pancakes.

I ate most of mine with butter, and the last two with peanut butter; Sheryl ate hers with maple syrup, and the last one with nutella.

For our weekly curry evening, postponed from yesterday because Sheryl was out, I cooked a chicken and mushroom badam pasanda, which we ate with garlic naan.

For brunch today we had croissants from the Saphir bakery, with some of the paté that Peter brought us.

Sheryl was not so impressed with the paté (she likes smoother paté), so she switched to jam and nutella for the second croissant.

We also shared a Rosinenschnecke (raisin Danish).

I peeled the mango that we had, but it wasn't good and I threw it away; instead we ate some mandarins.

Sheryl was out for dinner at a work event, so I was fending for myself tonight.

I cooked poached eggs, baked beans (spiced up with some hot sauce), fried mushrooms and a toasted burger bun (the toasting bread that I had planned to eat was mouldy). I also had a chunk of cheddar cheese with it.

For tonight's dinner I cooked baked feta and cherry tomato pasta.

Tonight we made beef burgers. I made chips (French fries) to have with the burgers.

For dinner tonight I made an Olive Garden salad and a tuna pasta salad.

It was delicious, but there was too much to finish (so it was saved for tomorrow's lunch), as we needed to save room for dessert.

It is now the season (Lent) for Krapfen (doughnuts) in Germany. Sheryl bought us a Himberger (raspberry doughnut) and a Germknödl doughnut for dessert, which we shared. They were nice, although not as fresh as they could have been.

Tonight we had an insalata caprese with home-made malt and walnut bread-rolls as a starter, followed by a truffle pizza topped with extra cheese (to share).

For tonight's dinner I cooked fish fingers/sticks, mashed potatoes (flavoured with some nutmeg), peas and home-made tartar sauce.

It was lovely, and we ate every scrap.

For dessert we ate some "Mr. Kipling's Sticky Toffee Pudding" that we found in the pantry, with some cream.

For today's brunch I made raw vegetables and crisps/chips with French onion dip.

The crisps were the Jura cheese flavoured crisps from Muji.

It was delicious.

For our evening repast we made quesadillas (filled with refried beans and cheese) served with vegetarian chili, sour cream and guacamole.

They were really good.

For brunch today I made toasties: toasted cheese (cheddar) and pickle (Branston) sandwiches.

For our regular Friday curry evening I cooked chicken satay, served with rice.

For our dinner tonight I cooked penne al Arabiata.

For some reason Sheryl had bought mini-penne, but it still tasted great.

Tonight I cooked cashew chicken for dinner.

We ate it with saffron rice, and garnished it with sesame seeds.

It was especially good this time.

Tonight, for dinner, I cooked an omelette (filled with spring onions, mushrooms, tomatoes and goat-camembert). We ate the omelette with home-made malt and walnut bread-rolls.

For dinner I made a green salad, topped with mustard and tarragon chicken, and served with home-made malt and walnut bread-rolls.

For tonight's dinner I cooked a butternut squash risotto, which we ate garnished with chili flakes.

For brunch today Sheryl made porridge (oatmeal) with banana and pecans.

It was delicious.

For dinner tonight we made fish tacos.

They were lovely.

For today's brunch I made poached eggs on toast.

For our dinner tonight I cooked papadams as our starter, and butter chicken (from the freezer) with garlic naan as our main course.

It was so nice to be able to have some of our more usual food, after 3 weeks of American fare.

For our brunch today I cooked crêpes, which we ate with berries (blueberries and strawberries) and maple syrup.

We were both exhausted after the flight home, and not able to do any real cooking, so I heated up some frozen pizzas.

Sheryl had a spinach pizza topped with feta cheese and an egg; I had a 4-cheeses pizza with anchovies, capers and peperoni (peperoncini).

We also ate breakfast on the flight home.

It consisted of some dried-out fruit salad and a small marble cake.

It was not very good, but at least Sheryl could eat it.

We were not offered a second coffee.

We ate dinner on the flight home.

I had the beef, which was dull but edible.

Sheryl was unable to get an assurance that the meals contained no peppers (bell-peppers/capsicum), so they gave her an extra bread roll (wow!).

We each had a glass of red wine and some sparkling water; there were no top-ups on the drinks.

This morning most of the family (Sheryl's parents, sisters, nieces, and Marc) went to Walker Bros. for brunch.

Sheryl again had a Belgian waffle with whipped cream and strawberries; I had eggs Benedict and hash browns.

After the movie we went back to Sheryl's parents' house. Theresa went out and bought a couple of deep pan pizzas: some with pepperoni, some with sausage and some with just cheese.

Today we went to First Watch for brunch.

Sheryl and her mum had French toast; I had an omelette with fried potatoes and toast.

The omelette was rather weird.

Tonight Sheryl's niece Kaelyn cooked steak and chicken, with biscuits, roast potatoes, green beans and asparagus for the whole family at Sheryl's parents' house.

There were also mozzarella sticks and deep fried mushrooms.

For dessert Kaelyn and her sister Ashley went out to get ice-cream.

There was a disaster at the Finkbone household this morning: the coffee maker broke (after Sheryl had made herself a coffee). I was feeling extremely rough (hung over and extremely tired), and desperately needed a coffee, so Sheryl's mum went out to McDonald's for some coffee; she also brought me an egg McMuffin and Sheryl a bacon, egg and cheese McGriddle.

The coffee helped me a bit, but I have been struggling to update my Food Blog because I am still far from 100%.

This evening the whole family went out to dinner at The Cheesecake Factory, to celebrate Ashley's birthday (which is actually tomorrow).

They don't only do cheesecake, but have a rather extensive menu.

I had honey and truffle chicken, served with asparagus and mashed potatoes; Sheryl had chicken parmesan pizza style, which is served with spaghetti.

The truffle in my dish was undetectable, and the mashed potato was lumpy and dry (although other people thought it was great).

There was way too much food, and most people took their leftovers home in doggy-bags. Despite this, two desserts were ordered, most of which were also packed into doggy-bags.

This afternoon and evening we were at Marc and Theresa's. They ordered two large pizzas for dinner; various parts were topped with pepperoni, Italian sausage and beef.

Later we went to a bowling alley for New Year's Eve, where there was more pizza.

For brunch today we (Sheryl, her Mum and I) stopped off at Panera Bread, on our way to Marc and Theresa's.

I had a beef and cheddar sandwich; Sheryl had a turkey BLT.

My beef sandwich had a lot of horseradish in it, which was all in a lump in the centre, rather than being spread out. I was only just able to eat it because of the horseradish (and I like horseradish).

This evening we had a family outing to Medieval Times.

The "feast" included tomato bisque, garlic bread, and half a roast chicken. The chicken was not as good as an Oktoberfest Hendl, but overall the food was fairly good. Very few people managed to finish their chicken because there was so much of it.

For brunch today we stopped off at a Burger King on our way somewhere. We all had bacon, egg and cheese croissants and hash browns, which we ate in the car.