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Wrapping up the week, April 9-11, 2026
Posted in American, Dining out, Lamb, Pork
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Roasted salmon, mashed potatoes, asparagus. 4/8/26
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!
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, pescatarian, Vegetables
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Rotisserie chicken with gravy, mashed potatoes, broccoli 4/7/26
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!
Posted in Poultry, Vegetables, American, Easy, Weeknight dinners
Tagged broccoli, chicken, potatoes
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Grilled hamburger and salad. 4/6/26
It is always enjoyable to eat one of John’s perfectly grilled hamburgers with my favorite fixings, mayo, ketchup, and onion! I helped out by making a salad. It feels like summer is almost here!
Posted in American, Beef, Grilling, Salad, Uncategorized, Vegetables
Tagged Hamburger, Salad
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Scrambled egg nachos with cheese and olives. 4/5/26
This is one of my favorite Sunday night suppers. It feels like I am eating snacks for dinner. Breakfast for Dinner doesn’t have to be boring!
Posted in Breakfast For Dinner (BFD), Easy, Eggs, Vegetarian
Tagged cheese, eggs., olives, tortilla chips
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Spaghetti with arrabbiata sauce and burrata. 4/4/26
It’s a Sarah cooks dinner night! With some help from a Too Good To Go bag from Eataly she put together a spaghetti dinner with arrabbiata sauce and burrata cheese. So good!!!
I always look forward to the Sarah-cooks-dinner night!
Pork chops, mashed potatoes, broccoli. 4/3/26
We don’t have pork often because “the other white meat” is so devoid of fat that it is almost impossible to cook it without drying it out. I was really feeling like trying pork again so John reluctantly went to the store with me to try to find something that looked appealing. We got a package of center cut loin chops which appeared to have some fat running through it and John cooked the chops on the stovetop very quickly. It came out pretty okay. Certainly for $3.91 it made a very economical dinner especially compared to steak which would have cost around $20! Maybe we will try it again some time.
Lamb chops, mashed potatoes, and asparagus. 4/1/26
John grilled these lamb chops to a rosy hue for our Passover Seder. Along with the lamb chops were matzoh ball soup, mashed potatoes, asparagus, and macaroons made by Sarah.
Posted in American, Lamb, Special occasion, Vegetables
Tagged asparagus, Lamb, mashed potatoes
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Tilapia with rice and salad. 3/31/26
We were supposed to have fish tacos for dinner tonight but I had shrimp tacos for lunch so we pivoted to a plain dinner of roasted fish, rice, and salad. It wasn’t fancy but it was easy and a good choice for a quick dinner.
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, rice, Salad, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged rice, Salad, tilapia
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