When I was young, spaghetti was a special dinner we had only on Sundays. And it was the only meal we had that we were allowed to drink soda with, so it was a treat. I still do a similar recipe as an adult, but obviously no longer limit myself from having it only on Sundays.
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It depends a lot. Every weekend my sister, BIL and nephew visit us (my mum and me); sometimes it's for Saturday dinner, sometimes for Sunday lunch. Either way the meals tend to be fancier than when it's just the two of us, and generally better.
For Saturday dinner it's a coin toss between empadão (savoury chicken pie) or pizza. The preference depends on my mood to prepare the pizze or let my sister bring the empadão. Drinks get funny, there are two clear "camps" here, the latte folks (mum, BIL and me) and the fizz folks (sis and nephew).
For Sunday lunch, my favourite would be something like:
- barbecued pork belly and filled chicken thighs. Bought from a place nearby, they're great. If neither I'm probably oven roasting something, like beef ribs.
- mayo salad. With potatoes and homemade mayo. It is not Sunday lunch if there's no mayo salad. And no, I'm not adding weird stuff to it; only yolks (one raw for emulsion, one cooked for flavour), veg oil, salt, vinegar, boiled and diced taters. Get away with your carrots and peppers and olives, they don't belong to my mayo salad, and if you bring me that white bottled stuff I'm going to curse you and your descendants to the 7th gen! [/pseudo-angry rant]
- an actual salad (the above doesn't count): green leaves, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, croutons, probably something else. I like [ruchetta? rucola?] that bitter leaf, or watercress, but it's usually lettuce. Preferably with a simple dressing (olive oil, vinegar, salt), but if I'm in the mood I might use a yoghurt-based dressing instead.
- I'd be OK if the carb was pasta or polenta, but given my mum's tastes, realistically speaking it's going to be white rice. Just no taters, unless there's no mayo salad, but then it isn't my fav.