Neither would I, and apparently it doesn’t. When I make tuna-mac casserole, I make the mac’n’cheese (with extra cheese/cheeses), then mix in the tuna, then the mixed vegetables. Then I put it in a casserole dish and top with more cheese, and bake it until the cheese is melty and a little browned.
But she hadn’t made such a casserole before, using her lasagne technique. Not all of my culinary experiments turn out well either. And I appreciate her making the attempt.
We are having a…uh…“bowl.” My wife tells me it’s the newest thing and that it will change our lives.
I’m cooking quinoa; leeks and mushrooms; black beans with a chopped fresh chile; carmelized plantains. In addition I am mashing a ripe avocado with the rest of the chile and some lime juice.
We are going to pile this into bowls and eat it.
Remember that this is a wife would could request boeuf bourgionone or a classic choucroute or pheasant under glass or veal scarpariello, and I could serve it up to her. But no, we are having a healthy “bowl” tonight. I simply can’t wait.
Sounds like it will help you move your bowls, anyway.
Tonight I’m making BBQ beef sandwiches. I put my pork rub on a slab of chuck roast. Yeah, it has brown sugar in it, but the BBQ sauce is sweet anyway. Besides, I didn’t feel like mixing up a beef rub, and I’m almost out of my Cajun rub. It’ll be good. I just bought some potato buns, and I’ve mixed up the coleslaw.
We are having roast beef tonight with mashed potatoes, carrots and probably peas. It should be good, it’s a New York strip roast which I don’t do very often, but awhile ago the price was right and it’s been in the freezer. The other day I felt like roast beef so decided it would be on the dinner menu this weekend.
Pork chops marinated overnight in soy sauce, lemon juice, garlic, rosemary and a bit of brown sugar, grilled with foil packets of cubed red potatoes, minced garlic, diced bell pepper and onion and a bit of olive oil, smoked paprika, salt and pepper. Grilled asparagus from the garden with zested lemon rind.
I’ll try to resist, but probably homemade brownies for dessert.
Chicken hearts, canned beets, potatoes.
Spaghetti with (turkey) meat sauce, garlic bread, small tossed salad, ice water, red wine, chocolate cake for dessert.
Italian sausage = Italian meatballs.
Prego mushroom Italian sauce.
Italian rolls.
Mozzarella cheese.
Parmesan cheese.
Microwave to melt.
Last night we had BBQ beef sandwiches and coleslaw again.
Tonight I’m going to sauté some slices of red onion for about five minutes, then add minced garlic for about a minute. Add a can of fire-roasted chopped tomatoes, some chopped sun-dried tomatoes, some chopped kalamata olives, paprika, and some salt and pepper. Simmer for a bit, and then add a couple of pieces of cod, putting some sauce on top. Simmer for about four minutes, turn, and cook another four minutes. It’s a variation of something I used to cook before. Before, I sautéd the onions and garlic, added halved Roma tomatoes, salt, and pepper, and then cooked a tilapia fillet in it. I ate it over angel hair pasta.
I’m still on the fence as to how to serve it tonight, or if I’ll make any sides. I don’t have any capellini, but I can make spaghetti and toss it with some olive oil and sprinkle it with feta. Maybe to a quasi pasta alla checca with garlic and sun-dried tomatoes? Sauce on top, or pasta on the side? Or something else?
Beef! Four pound roast, low & slow until 6:30.
Last night was baby back ribs from a local guy who began smoking meat as a hobby, then opened a little roadside stand. This is his third or forth year, and his business has really grown.
Tonight it is Mitchell’s Seafood with my gf’s mother for Mom’s Day.
I’m trying something new today. I’ve heard you can cook ribs in a slow cooker but I’ve never done it. So I bought a rack of baby back ribs yesterday, marinated them overnight, and have them slow cooking right now.
Mother’s Day dinner for my mom - decadent cheese plate with baguette, grapes, and apple slices (Taleggio, aged Gouda, and an awesome triple-cream Brie), followed by seared tuna steaks with Asian-ish sauce (soy, garlic, ginger, rice vinegar, and sesame oil) with roasted asparagus on the side. First a bottle of rose, then a bottle of sauvignon blanc. For dessert, the first cheesecake I’ve ever made (done in the Instant Pot), with an invented strawberry/blueberry sauce with a dash of raspberry liqueur.
It was delicious, but man, I think tomorrow I will eat nothing but steamed broccoli and maybe some lentils.
Hamburger, cheese and mashed potato casserole, A-1 sauce on top, and three garlic-butter crescent rolls, with ice water to wash it all down.
That all sounds lovely. 
I’ll bet your mom really appreciated it.
Tonight was so good, cheap, and healthy I thought I’d better share.
Two ripe avocados mashed (but still chunky) with two tablespoons of tahini, juice of half a lemon, S&P. Served the bowl with small dishes of chopped kalamata olives, chopped mixed fresh parsley and dill, toasted cumin seeds, and feta cheese. Warmed up two whole wheat pitas in the oven.
We carved the bread into quarters right on our plates and assembled little open faced sandwiches as we liked.
For a vegetarian dinner, extremely filling, satisfying, and delicious.
Salami, cheese, crackers and a kosher dill pickle.
Lima bean soup and chicken potpie. And a check, I’m goin’ out for dinner. 
I bought some avocados at Trader Joe’s on Tuesday. Normally they take a day or two to ripen, so I didn’t even check. I just grabbed a bag. It turned out they were quite ripe already. So for ‘breakfast’ yesterday I had an English muffin with olive-oil margarine, a good slathering of Vegemite, and half of a small avocado on each half of the muffin. I had the same thing on the drive into Seattle this morning.