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Fend-for-Yourself Night

By October 17, 201312 Comments

Please head over to my favorite style blog, Cup of Jo, for todayโ€™s post on Fend-for-Yourself Nightย (also known as F@#k Family Dinner.) Pictured above: My Egg and Cheese Tortilla; Below: Andyโ€™s Cacio e Pepe.

While youโ€™re there, check out the rest of Joannaโ€™s gorgeous food coverage including, but most definitely not limited to:ย banana-chocolate chip muffins, olive oil cake, coconut hot chocolate, and veggie burgers. ย (#One of these things is not like the others.)

12 Comments

  • Avatar Katy Santello says:

    At my house, we call it โ€œEvery Man for Himselfโ€ Night! Or, EMFH!! It is on Thursdays, and the point is to eat up all the leftovers from the weekโ€™s meals and not cook anything to be leftover going in to Fri/Sat when we usually eat out or get takeout.

  • Christiane ~ Taking On Magazines says:

    We call it foraging night. Every man/woman/child to themselves.

  • Avatar Jesse says:

    i adore both of these dinners! and rarely do i get to eat them. luckily my husband and son both love the pasta too:)

    http://semiweeklyeats.blogspot.com/2013/10/parenting-ups-downs-and-inbetweens-v.html

  • Avatar Nancy says:

    Those veggie burgers may just become my new fend for yourself meal!

  • Avatar Row says:

    Perfect for โ€œWhatโ€™s for dinner? I dunno.โ€ nights. Thanks! ๐Ÿ™‚

  • jennie says:

    This is exactly what Friday night dinners were called growing up in my house.

  • Carlinne @Cook with 2 Chicks says:

    I love the plate in your first picture!

  • Carlinne @Cook with 2 Chicks says:

    I have to comment again after reading the post over at A Cup of Jo. So funny and both recipes sound delicious. I never tire of your letters to each other. Another awesome post!

  • Avatar Ting says:

    LOL! I eat dinner alone more often than Iโ€™d like to so I loved reading this article. Lately my eat alone dinner default has been chickpeas mixed with red onions, cilantro, spinach, cumin, and olive oil. Very fast & easy!

  • Avatar erinn johnson says:

    We have a version where I call it have whatever you want and I wind up being a short order cook for my husband and four kids. Even though it is a lot of work for me, the kids love it, they usually cannot believe their good fortune that they are able to have whatever they want.

  • Angie @ Just Like The Number says:

    What? Someone else has Fend For Yourself Night? It goes on the menu board every week, a big fat FFY. Everyone knows what it means, and everyone loves it!

  • blissmamaof3 says:

    I loved this post! The pasta looks so good. I know what Iโ€™m having the next time my husband is working late ๐Ÿ™‚

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