Meal No. 3734: Afro-Caribbean Macaroni Beef Casserole

This past Wednesday, it was three 'round the dinner table and I still had the lingering good feels from my recent journey to West Africa...and with ground beef on hand and conjured memories of an excellent Afro-Caribbean macaroni beef casserole, that's all it took to set the menu. Well, and a really nice batch of rosemary garlic focaccia, that I kept getting additional slices of.

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"Macaroni Beef Casserole," from Imma Adamu of Immaculate Bites, a blog found at AfricanBites.com.

"Easy Rosemary Garlic Focaccia," from Adam and Joanne Gallagher of InspiredTaste.net.

Meal No. 3733: National Oatmeal Day

On the final Tuesday of October, the simple supper aligned with National Oatmeal Day, so a steaming bowl of that lifelong favorite was the sustenance. It's not impressive or sexy, and there are plenty of meals that I enjoy posting about that seem more worth any reader's time...but the policy here is to document it all. The photo here brings to mind a snatch of childhood memory, of my sister Janice (14 years older than me) reaching across the breakfast bar and slapping me on the face for putting too much sugar on my oatmeal. I'm grown now. I'll sugar my oatmeal as I damn well please.