I’m a little late here, but I cook my chicken on a broiler pan or a cooling rack above a sheet pan of thin sliced potatoes kind of layered in there, which soak up all that tasty fat and are delicious. I’ve tried it with diced winter veggies (beets, onions, carrots, parsnips), but it’s the most delicious with sliced potatoes.
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Had to do it in parts but I got it done!
I was going to bake them but I ended up putting them in the air fryer instead and it was so much better I did them all that way, in batches!
I also made enough to freeze these, my freezer is officially packed to the gills.
I can eat the sauce with a spoon!
Awful lighting but homemade white sauce, pickled beets, pickled carrots (Aldi only had baby carrots, wtf!), salad, falafel, dolma, and bread. I really wanted to make pita but I just didn’t have it in me physically so I compromised. Hopefully I can make it later this weekend at some point because it’s so much better.
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The only “secret” to gravies is getting the emulsion right.
Two techniques I know to help. Put the gravy ingredients into a jar with a tight fitting lid. Or, if you don’t have a jar big enough, put the flour and milk and some of the drippings in a well-sealed jar. Shake throughly, then add to a pan and cook down. The flour and liquid mix and you don’t have to stir much or use a whisk.
The other is what I’m doing these days, it seems I always only have jars which leak, I mix 1T soft butter with 1T flour and mush together into a ball and freeze. I do this with a stick of butter at a time. For some reason I don’t know, the “butter balls” melt into the liquids and I get next to no lumps (unemulsified flour).
The last thing is to basically tell your partner, DH in my case, that if s/he complains about lumpy gravy HE gets to make it. He doesnt’ complain because the standing and stirring endlessly or other is as close to hell for him as it gets. He’ll make bread or biscuits, but I make all the gravy and sauces.
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I saw AllHat has an air fryer so I want an air fryer
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Exactly 
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Haha, I could hear it in her voice in my head 
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Does Hmart have xanthan gum? It’s on sale at the co op but Hmart would prob be cheaper all around and I’m going later this week.
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I didn’t understand the air fryer hype until we got one for Christmas, and now everything we eat is 3x as good! Our oven/stove is not great, so we are starting from a low baseline.
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I’ve never looked for it there, so IDK!
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100% I am obsessed with my air fryer. I also have a really crappy stove/oven, lol.
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Easy lazy meal ideas that are either wfpb or keto and preferably can be made side by side.
Also no cumin in wfpb and no potatoes. At least one option needs to be soy free, and wfpb is gluten free and I’m tired and can’t lift my arm and will reject all idea for spurious reasons because I’m just done?
Also can someone grab us salad and milk when they get us dinner? 
So less I need ideas, more I need a mindset shift.
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Why no cumin?
Pregnancy/covid joined forces to make the most inconvenient aversions they could think of. I can tolerate a small amount maybe once a week. And then I throw up later and give up for a week.
I also spat out my expensive vegan lemon yogurt yesterday. And most citrus except lemon are on my inconvenient aversions list.
I am having a pity party in the bathl and then I’ll probably beg husboo for Thai or Chinese food and not share with the child.
Positive news - limoncello la croix is amazing and everyone should treat themselves
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This is paleo with no cumin, IDK if it hits all of your buttons though. Sausage, peppers, onion, zucchini, and mushrooms with balsalmic vinegar, salt, pepper, and garlic.
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Awww man. I thought it was part of wfpb to avoid cumin for some reason. I’m sorry about the aversions 😵💫
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Awesome idea! I’ll do that later in the week with hotdogs for the keto and maybe smoked tofu for me. I forget about sheet pan meals
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They’re so easy, I love them. Good luck!
I’ll have to share my extremely large H Mart haul soon! Is there another thread for grocery pics still? I spent $175 
I got a ride, so got a massively heavy stockpile of groceries. Great mix of fresh/pantry/frozen and I’m confident I didn’t overbuy. So far monthly total is $280 and given I won’t have to buy anything until mid February (I could maybe even make March 1st?) I think it was totally reasonable. I had so much fun and was throwing so much in my cart but before checkout I went through the store again and put back like 20% of the stuff that was too pricey, didn’t know what it actually tasted like, and I decided to pass on indulging in a stash of mochi ice cream for now. I got two packs of my favorite new rice noodle variety, and those are chestnuts in the back.
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You put back the mochi ice cream? I admire this restraint and also I think you should be in charge of the president’s red button.
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