Monthly Archives: March 2020

🥬 Agnolini en brodo. 3/30/20

For some unknown reason I did not get around to writing a post yesterday. It is not like I don’t have a ton of time given that we are locked down. Ah, I remember! Yesterday we cleaned and disinfected the … Continue reading

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😷 Weekly menu, third week of quarantine, 3/29-4/4/20

We are beginning our third week of quarantine here in the Bay Area. Our pantry and refrigerator are well-stocked for making breakfast, lunch, and dinner. So far everyone in our household is cooperating well with each other and the quarantine. … Continue reading

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🥬 Vegetarian Original Joe’s Special 3/29/20

Original Joe’s is a restaurant founded in 1937 in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco by a Croatian immigrant. This Bay Area institution, still open today, serves mostly Italian-American fare with the idea of delivering the diner good, affordable food. One … Continue reading

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🥬 Vegetable stir-fry. 3/28/20

We decided to get back on our diet track with a vegetable stir-fry. I have been making this type of stir-fry for lunch recently so I merely had to cut up more vegetables to make it an entree for both … Continue reading

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😩 How I binge 3/27/20

I post what John and I eat almost every day. I try to make up a weekly menu that is full of easy-to-make, healthy dinners.  On the days when I do not post it is usually because something like last … Continue reading

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🐓 Comfort chicken dinner. 3/26/20

Since this dinner item appears almost weekly I won’t say much about it other than it comforts me – sous vide chicken breast and mashed rutabagas from the Instant Pot with chicken gravy that I make from a McCormack’s packet … Continue reading

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🥬 Goodness in a bowl, chickpea stew. 3/25/20

Vegetarian or vegan, this chickpea stew is the epitome of goodness in a bowl. Healthy and filling but also quick, easy, and economical, it is the perfect shelter-in-place kind of meal. My original recipe came from Melissa Clark of the … Continue reading

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🥬 Not salad for lunch. 3/25/20

I am not a big fan of salad. It is a pain in the neck to construct and then you have to make salad dressing to have it be palatable. I much prefer my salad in its heated version – … Continue reading

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🥩 Ribeye steak with mashed rutabagas and spinach. 3/23/20

Today is our daughter’s birthday and we were supposed to be celebrating it in Bari, Italy. Instead she is upstairs having a digital Happy Hour with her friends. I am sorry for her and us but what can you do? … Continue reading

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🧸 Comfort food weekly menu. 3/22 – 28/20

Since I assume that everyone is sheltering-in-place by now (even though we have already been doing it for a week), I am proposing a week of comfort food.  This week’s dinners are comprised of three vegetarian or vegan dishes, two … Continue reading

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