Occasional cooks: ridiculous comfort food

Here is your weekly thread to talk anything and everything food. 

Share what you're cooking this week, ask for tips or recipes for a dish, tell us about your meals out.

We're out of lockdown now, but my go-to recipe website hasn't caught up yet, with another list of ridiculous lockdown feasts, very much in the winter comfort food style.

via goodfood.com.au

Enjoy some deep-fried mac-n-cheese with spicy ketchup.

via goodfood.com.au

Chorizo and potato gem bravas, yes please.

via goodfood.com.au

Nacho cake: Mexican tortilla layer bake with chilli jam? No! this thing looks like an adomination, and is incredibly involved. It would take hours! And it has cooked avocado in it!

via theguardian.com

Here's something a bit more appropriate for summer - a chocolate-covered coffee semi-fredo. Coffee, chocolate and 'ice cream', all irresistable to me.

via theguardian.com

This chilled summer garden soup looks pretty great. I love a nice gazpucho - this recipe uses cucumber, zucchini, yoghurt and lots of herbs. I made gazpucho once - it seems quick and easy, but then you spend an age peeling and de-seeding tomatoes. This one requires a lot less fiddly prep. 

Of course, they have to go for one difficult ingredient - nasturtium pods? I think when you include something so niche in your recipe, you should be required to suggest alternatives.

What's your best summer meal?