Roasted salmon, mashed potatoes, asparagus. 4/8/26

Posted on April 9, 2026 by Beebamom
Roasted salmon, mashed potatoes, asparagus

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!

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Rotisserie chicken with gravy, mashed potatoes, broccoli 4/7/26

Posted on April 9, 2026 by Beebamom
Chicken with gravy, mashed potatoes, and broccoli

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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Grilled hamburger and salad. 4/6/26

Posted on April 7, 2026 by Beebamom
Grilled hamburger and salad

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!

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Scrambled egg nachos with cheese and olives. 4/5/26

Posted on April 6, 2026 by Beebamom
Scrambled egg nachos

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!

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Weekly Menu. April 6-12, 2026

Posted on April 5, 2026 by Beebamom
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Spaghetti with arrabbiata sauce and burrata. 4/4/26

Posted on April 5, 2026 by Beebamom
Spaghetti with arrabiata sauce and burrata

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!

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Pork chops, mashed potatoes, broccoli. 4/3/26

Posted on April 4, 2026 by Beebamom
Pork chop with mashed potatoes and broccoli

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.

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Lamb chops, mashed potatoes, and asparagus. 4/1/26

Posted on April 3, 2026 by Beebamom
Lamb chop, mashed potatoes, and asparagus

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.

Matzoh ball soup (thanks to Fine Cooking for the image)
Fabulous coconut-almond macaroon

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Tilapia with rice and salad. 3/31/26

Posted on April 1, 2026 by Beebamom
Tilapia with rice and salad

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.

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Lentils with turkey sausage 3/30/26

Posted on April 1, 2026 by Beebamom
Lentils with turkey sausage and veggies

We are having one of our comfort dishes tonight, lentils with turkey sausage and vegetables. I have a phone call with my dear friend, Sophie, on Mondays late in the afternoon so I like to plan a dinner that John can do most of the prep while I am on the phone. He does a great job cutting up all the veg, the sausage, and weighing out the lentils. It makes cooking dinner super simple.

It turns out very tasty plus we have quite a bit left over for lunches!

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