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.
Somehow I got behind in my postings so here are Thursday through Saturday. (Sunday was just the regular BFD.)
John cooks the salmon in the oven at 400F. The salmon takes around 10 minutes. Doneness depends on the thickness. Don’t overcook the fish!
As usual I take care of cooking the veg. Tonight is the last night for the mashed potatoes that I bought in the refrigerated section of Costco. We certainly have gotten a lot of meals out of them. I cook the asparagus in a little water and a teaspoon of butter. I cut up the asparagus tonight. Asparagus looks more elegant left whole but I can get two dinners out of chopped up asparagus. With the price of food being inflated, I like to get a little go a long way!
We have this dinner at least once every two weeks or so. Basically we buy a rotisserie chicken whenever we go to Costco. The chicken is such a bargain at $4.99. This dinner is homey and reminds me of dinners when I was a kid.
John heats the chicken breast slices slowly in the gravy and I take care of cooking the broccoli and preparing the mashed potatoes. The potatoes for tonight’s dinner are the Main Street brand from Costco. They are really good! I always appreciate a quick, tasty, easy dinner!
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