What we ate this year

I've been keeping a spreadsheet recording what I cook for (ahem) sixteen years now, and every year I tally up the most-eaten meals. Our diet (at home, at least) has become almost vegetarian along the way. This year's star performers were:

spinach and feta triangles, served with veges
scrambled eggs with feta and crispy chilli
creamy tuna pasta
kimchi and cheese jaffles
vegetable curry (Indian, Thai or Sri Lankan)
pasta and sauce
macaroni cheese
vegetable and barley soup
spinach and feta quiche
Sri Lankan cashew and pea curry
tomato fondue

Most of these things are cooked from fresh, simple ingredients, though a couple (such as the pasta sauce, and the tinned tomato soup that forms the base of the fondue) have some unpronounceable ingredients. I've just finished reading Chris van Tulleken's book Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn't Food … and Why Can't We Stop? and am feeling very aware of the environmental and physiological harms caused by the modern food system. I expect I'll spend more time thinking about what to eat in future.

No, I didn't cook this! But isn't it beautiful? We spent a week on Lord Howe Island last October and ate this meal at Driftwood. Something with noodles and chilli and tofu and peanuts and coriander. Sublime.