What's on your photo Friday menu?

Congrats on the promotion. I know the struggle that's for sure. I do not miss some of the aspects of managing up to 21 people across all areas of the country that's for sure!

G'morning all!

Quick stop to say I'm still here and reading your posts. The last couple of days were busy and didn't get a chance to post. On the home front news we took the plunge and joined the air fryer crowd. Better late than never, you'd say? The thing sat on my counter for two days before I had the courage to use it; very much like my instant pot. But last night I made Brussels sprouts in it and they came out crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. I think I'll use it again.

QOTD: SWEET all the way. Yesterday I bought 5 more boxes of gs cookies. I don't even have the kids' excuse; I have already sent them the care packages. Who are these cookies for? My head says on Sat or Sun you can have a couple. My heart says the whole box is one serving.

My famous Brussels sprouts and the tiktok feta pasta; late in that trend too.

My meals yesterday:

• Coffee
• Egg bites + cauliflower thins
• Protein puffs, hot cocoa
• Couple of bites of feta pasta + Brussels sprouts
• E: 30 minutes cardio + 60 minutes weight training

Happy Fri-yay!

I have done a baked feta a million different ways since this became a thing. One of my favorite things to do. I use tomatoes, broccolini and chicken thighs. Put the feta in the middle with a bit of olive oil on top. Bake, mix it all together and serve and don't do the pasta (sorry, I know that is a crime to you!) but wonderful and no carbs, and no green couch minutes! LOL.

Wow, that actually sounds very good.
Don't worry about the no pasta, the absolute first transgression in the original recipe is the combo of pasta + feta cheese. Hey we are in America so we do American things, BUT we don't talk about it in Italy, no no no!

One of the best dishes I had in Greece was a block of feta topped with cherry tomatoes and olives and melted down and then you ate it on bread, crackers, your fingers, anything handy. My mouth is watering now.

so easy to make at home! Get the Trader Joe's feta in the plastic container. heat a pan in the oven with cherry tomatoes and olives in it until the tomatoes just start to burst, push the feta in the center and sprinkle with olive oil. Bake another 20 minutes or so and be prepared to lick the pan.

That's not quite the way I make it but I think all variations of feta, tomato, olive and baked yumminess are correct.

Please share how YOU make it. I think I'm buying a whole lot of feta this weekend.

Over the 12 years since I first had it, I've merged it with another favorite recipe (olive tapenade). it's so yummy, so easy and always gets raves.

food process oil packed, but drained, sun dried tomatoes (a jar), pitted kalamata olives (one container from the olive bar), garlic, basil, oregano and olive oil to taste and consistency you like...put a block of feta (you can use crumbles too) in a casserole dish, top with the olive and sun dried tomato mixture and as many halved cherry tomatoes as you want, bake at 275 until melty goodness ensues. Not gonna lie, I will eat it with a spoon but it's good with toasted bread, pita chips, on top of grilled chicken. I will also just make the tapenade and mix it with goat cheese. I do sometimes add chili pepper flakes when I put the dip together when I want a bit of spice too.

OMG, sounds divine. I'm gonna try making it.