It has been cool and rainy these past few days and a good time for baking some stuffed peppers. Depending on the geometry of the peppers I either stuff them whole and upright or sliced in half and lying down. I made a stuffing of browned ground beef, chopped onions, and previously cooked rice bound together in a tomato sauce. After microwaving the pepper halves for a couple of minutes, I stuffed them and baked them in a 400F oven for 30 minutes. The salad was a Taylor Farms kit (Avocado Ranch.)
Tilapia seems to be held in low esteem by chefs and fish eaters. I find the fillets that I get frozen from Costco to be a tasty, cost-effective entree for John and me. As usual John cooked the fish and I took care of the vegetables and sauce for the fish. We had some leftovers that I needed to use up – a ramekin of mustard sauce, half of a sweet potato, and a russet potato that had hung out in the fridge too long. I warmed up the mustard sauce and microwaved the potatoes and then mashed them up with a pat of butter for my combo mash. I steamed the broccoli and, voila, we had a fine dinner!
John seared these pieces of tuna to perfection. They only cooked in a pan on the stovetop for eight minutes, four minutes a side. He made the rice about an hour before dinner. I removed the strings from a package of Trader Joe’s snowpeas and cooked them in a pan with a splash of water and soy sauce plus a couple of pats of butter. This was a very enjoyable dinner and it seemed like we were having a fancy dinner out.
On Friday we tried the Costco brand of chicken wings. They cook for 25 minutes at 425F. They came out perfectly done and crispy. While John used the Buffalo dressing included in the wings package, I had mine with a little sriracha and blue cheese dressing.
Meatloaf was on the menu tonight but since I had pigged out on the spaghetti and cabbage last night I decided to forego the red meat tonight. Chicken dinner is always a winner here!
I know you are probably thinking to yourself, “spaghetti and cabbage. That’s a weird combination!”
Tonight was Sarah’s turn to cook and often she looks in the refrigerator and makes a dish from what needs to be used. She’s made this pasta dish before and we know it is delicious! She found the recipe at https://www.thetakeout.com/dinner-recipe-cabbage-fettuccine-pasta-a-pantry-stapl-1842532208/
Given my status of always-on-a-diet she used less butter and oil than the recipe called for. It was wonderful anyway. If you have a hunk of cabbage left over in the crisper give it a try.
Today has been a vegetarian day – toast and peanut butter for breakfast, vegetarian pho at lunch, and for dinner, chickpea stew. I love vegetables so I had no trouble sticking to my menu today!
I have made a menu for this week and let’s hope I stick with it. Shrimp is a good place to start since it cooks quickly and goes well with polenta. The asparagus is the other half of the bunch I made last week. It is a nice break from broccoli.
Omnivore 