Salmon, rice, and broccoli with beurre blanc. 7/8/26

Salmon, rice, broccoli with a beurre blanc sauce

Salmon is an easy to cook fish taking only around 12 minutes in a 400F oven. I decided to make our dinner a little fancier with a beurre blanc sauce which also went well with the rice and broccoli. Dinner was like dining out at home!

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Whole grain penne and asparagus. 7/7/26

Whole grain penne and asparagus

The sauce for this dish is merely a combination of butter and pasta water.

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July dinners. 7/1-7/6/26

A surprisingly cool start to July allowed us to cook whatever we wanted. We made too much for our Fourth of July celebration so we had leftovers for two days!

Kenwood shrimp

Sarah’s shells with sausage, fennel, and cabbage
Grilled hamburger with Texas caviar

Grilled corn

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Chicken burrito bowl. 6/30/26

Chicken burrito bowl

A chicken burrito bowl is merely the assembling of the ingredients you might have in a burrito with the chips standing in for a tortilla. First step is to microwave all the ingredients you would like hot. In my case this is pre-cooked rice, shredded rotisserie chicken, corn, black beans, and a sprinkling of cheese to melt over the top. Then add the room temperature ingredients – avocado, cabbage, green onions, cilantro, salsa, chips, and sour cream. It’s a fun and easy-to-make chicken burrito bowl!

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Stuffed peppers 6/29/26

Stuffed pepper

I made the stuffing first thing in the morning so we could avoid heating up the kitchen at dinner time. The stuffing is a combination of sautéed ground beef, onion, garlic, oregano, salt, cooked rice, and Rao’s vodka sauce. I soften the pepper shells with a spin in the microwave and then bake the stuffed shells in a 400F oven, covered, for 30 minutes. Then I remove the foil for the last 10 minutes. The refrigerated peppers heat up in the microwave in 2 to 3 minutes when it is time to eat.

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Weekly menu. 6/29-7/5/26

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Lentils and turkey sausage. 6/27/26

Lentils with turkey sausage and carrots

This is a very easy and economical dinner. Sauté onion and garlic in olive oil. Add cut up turkey sausage followed by lentils, chicken stock and salt. Cook, making sure that the stock level stays high enough, until the lentils are done, about 25 minutes. Enjoy!

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Penne with asparagus. 6/26/26

Whole grain penne with asparagus

There was asparagus on sale this week for $1.99/lb. so I bought a bunch and cut the stalks into penne-length pieces. We like the whole grain penne with the asparagus. It has more flavor than plain penne. The sauce consists of pasta water and olive oil. Easy and very tasty!

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Grilled loin lamb chop and broccoli. 6/24/26

John did a superb job grilling our lamb chops. I made the broccoli. John also had some rice but I wanted to concentrate on the protein.

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Fish fillet and coleslaw 6/23/26

Gorton’s fish fillet with coleslaw

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