Social Distancing Food Thread: What are you eating?

You absolutely will. Constantly.

 

They have McDonald's up north.

 

Been feasting on take out empanadas from Marini's Empanada House. It's hands down the best empanada I've ever had.

Check them out. I go to the one on Mason in Katy but there's one on Westheimer too.

http://theoriginalmarinisempanadahouse.com/

 

This place is absolutely fantastic...

 

Homemade Chicken soup from scratch. 3 hours making the stock and and extra hour for the soup.

 

Salads for lunch. I feel more energetic and the rings around my eyes have disappeared. I usually sous vide a couple pounds of meat on sunday then add it to a store bought greek salad for lunch each day for the work week. Costco sells the giant bottles of Olive Garden dressing so there's my lunch.

 

It is that. I love the fact that the empanadas keep well for several days afterwards and still taste great out of the microwave.

 

I always ask for double and triple sides of chimichurri.

 

I've been making homemade chicken-pot-pie. (I use leftover Costco rotisserie chicken meat)

For Christmas, grilled a pork tenderloin.

For Thanksgiving, cooked a turkey breast.

For both holidays, I made apple pies, pecan pies, and coconut cream pie.
Made my own pie crusts. For the coconut cream pie crust, I followed the steps from America's Test Kitchen.
For the pecan pie, I use a family recipe that I'm not allowed to share.

I do a lot of home cooking. Pan-seared chicken breasts with shallots is one of our favorites (I make a sauce out of the pan drippings).