I tried Dan Dan Noodles again. This time I followed:

I made a quick & tasty beef steak salad. Basically a riff on this:

A simple soup of Ham Hock, Lentils & leak. I roughly followed something like:

I basically made this: https://www.marthastewart.com/344425/polenta-and-spinach-soup As an alternative to our beloved stracciatella.