Husband gone for the weekend, I'm helping out at the fair for the last few nights so no supper involved around here. Guild meeting is Monday night so it will be sometime next week before supper is given any consideration.

We stopped at the fresh seafood shop on the way home from the island. We waited while our black drum was cleaned and fileted. I fried it and served with oven fries. Fresh just does not express the joy of fresh fish! Also bought 5lb/$40 shrimp. Made four packages for the freezer! Hubby cleaned and ready to cook!

That eggplant recipes will be next on my list to make. Thanks Aashley333. I use ghee for sauteing everything. If you haven't tried it buy a small jar and give it a try. I use to make my own ghee but when I saw it being stocked in the grocery stores I buy it now.

As the end of my bday week, hubby and I took a little road trip mostly just because I like road trips, but the goal was the breakfast buffet at the world's largest truck stop. It is a little under 2 hours away.
https://iowa80truckstop.com/
Breakfast buffet was about what you'd expect (maybe a few less carb options than I expected) but there were plenty of scrambled eggs, bacon, and sausages of various types plus gravies (plural) and biscuits as well as various forms of potatoes. Toast and omelets prepared for you were also available. It was pretty keto friendly.

Then we took another route back and picked up some BBQ in a small town close enough we can go back fairly easily. That's for dinner tonight but not quite ready for it yet. Smells good!

Ghee: We have been happy with the fairly large jar of Nanak brand from Costco. Sometimes we use more ghee than others, lately the open container has been pork lard, but we go through periods where we use it a lot. It stores reasonably well even through periods of non-use.

Yesterday, I had both crock pots going. Beef vegetable stew for dinner in one, and pinto beans in the other one. I use chicken broth and a can of Ro-tel tomatoes with spices at the beginning, then after the beans have absorbed liquid and plumped, I add water. This morning I will turn them into refried beans by reducing liquid in cast iron skillet before using the immersion blender. I do enjoy refried beans for breakfast, with scrambled eggs or on toast! They make a great quick meal layered under leftover proteins and grated cheese!

Ever prepare chayote? It is a squash. I received 4, so I asked Foodnetwork for a recipe. Chayote Relleno was serves last night with Braided Bacon chicken breasts! Well, with what I had on hand. Subbed a can of Ro-tel tomatoes and chiles for jalapeno and tomatoes. Also half as much bread crumbs. Chicken breasts were mammoth, so I tried the pork loin method of braiding each breast with bacon, braising, and baking. It was yummy!

I think it's going to be left over minestrone soup...and maybe a homemade pizza.

I had to search for a picture of chayote squash. I don't think I've seen that in the grocery stores here. I like squash. My grandmother use to shred gooseneck or zucchini squash and fry it like has brown potatoes with onion.
I told my husband after tonight I wasn't cooking supper for awhile. I'm tired of cooking and I'm busy with new sewing projects. He said no problem, he'll grill or go get take out for us.
Tonight he requested the Creamy white enchiladas and that will be supper.

Luckily, the chayote had a sticker attached to identify it. I also received dragon fruit, which I had to Google. I found it to be a pretty fruit, but fairly tasteless!

We have always been disappointed in dragon fruit flavor. The red flesh ones seem to have more flavor than the white. It is used in cooking competitions for building stuff.

We used to get quite a bit of chayote, my usual market was heavily geared towards more Mexican style ingredients.

Today we went to the Farmer's Market and trying something new to us -- Kuri squash.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_kuri_squash

We also got some what should be hot jalapenos -- if they are large and smooth, they are milder (ie, I can handle them). For heat you want the ones with "stretch marks" from being stressed through the growing season. Hubby also got some fresh cayenne peppers.