December 22, 2025 Breakfast - Fried Sausage, Onion, and eggs Lunch - Chicken Curry with Dinner - Imam Bayildi with rice

December 22, 2025 Breakfast - Fried Sausage, Onion, and eggs Lunch - Chicken Curry with Dinner - Imam Bayildi with rice

I woke up at 4:00 and finished the blog entry. Then went back to bed until 7:00 when I showered and dressed.

I watched some discussions on Squawk about the bidding war between Paramount, controlled by the Ellisons, and Netflix to purchase Warner Brothers Discovery. I own shares of WBD, so it is especially interesting to me.

At 8:30 I made breakfast. I sautéed a sausage patty and a slice of yellow onion and then added an egg combined with the leftover egg whites from our cooking yesterday that resulted in a large plate of food that energized me to work with Frank and Bakhtar for three hours n a lease.

Then at 12:00 I walked to the bank and back. When I returned I heated a bowl of rice and chicken curry and watched the Fulham v. Forest fixture for 45 minutes until Suzette arrived and we drove to Costco and shopped for a few items for Christmas Eve.

We then drove to Smith’s on Constitution where we bought a Humboldt Blue, salmon, tuna, Grey Poupon mustard, orange jelly covered with chocolate, Philadelphia cream cheese, and Jelly jar lids for the lemon curd.

Walking to the bank and back, and through Costco and Smiths helped me accumulate 6000 steps today.

We then drove home and I checked my portfolio that has risen .5% today and then took a nap from 4:40 to 5:30. 

Suzette had gone to the kitchen and started making Imam Baylildi, which was the dish she ordered at a Istanbul Restaurant in Honolulu. It involved caramelizing thinly sliced tomatoes and onions and then making a thick sauce to cover a seared eggplant half and bake until tender.

Here is the recipe:

Willy joined us for dinner when Suzette served each roasted eggplant half on a bed of PPI green rice.

I opened the bottle of 2020 Bolla Valpolicello that had been given to us. The soft tannins complemented the soft creamy texture of the Imam.

I loved the sauce because it was essentially was made by slowly sautéing onions, tomatoes, and herbs and spices. It had a very warm comforting flavor that went really well with the soft creamy roasted eggplant.

This is a fabulous addition to our recipes we cook regularly and is now among my favorite vegetarian eggplant dishes.

After dinner watched the roadshow and then watched the 49’s beat the Colts. The 49’s look like a complete football team that could go all the way this year.

I went to bed around 10:30.

Bon Appetit