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Grilled portobello with 2-bean vegetable salad 5/13/22
If you are trying to eat more plant-based meals, grilling a portobello mushroom instead of a meat burger is a great substitution. John marinated the mushrooms in no fat Italian salad dressing and balsamic vinegar and sprinkled on some garlic … Continue reading
Posted in American, Grilling, Healthy tips, Legumes, Salad, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged beans, Mushroms
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Shrimp with broccoli and zucchini over polenta 5/12/22
Shrimp with vegetables over polenta is our version of shrimp and grits. John uses Bob’s Red Mill polenta and makes it in a ratio of six parts water to one part polenta. One half cup of polenta turns into quite … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Grains, Healthy tips, Methods, pescatarian, Shellfish, Vegetables
Tagged polenta, shrimp
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Fusilli with mushrooms and kale 5/11/22
It’s pasta Wednesday! It’s also vegan Wednesday! I try to keep my Wednesdays vegan along with one or two other vegan or vegetarian days a week. This week along with with this pasta dinner, Friday (Afghani dal), Saturday (grilled porto … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Healthy tips, Italian, Methods, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged fusilli, kale, mushrooms
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Roasted talapia with sheet pan sprouts and squash 5/10/22
Tonight’s easy, delicious, quick, and healthy dinner is all a matter of timing. Method: Turn the oven on to 425F convect During the preheat season the fish in a baking dish with olive oil, Old Bay, salt, garlic powder, and … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Methods, pescatarian, Sheet pan, Vegetables
Tagged Talapia
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Chicken with quadruple vegetables 5/9/22
Rotisserie chicken and McCormack’s chicken gravy took care of the protein portion of our dinner. Unfortunately the white rice we were planning on having had languished in the refrigerator too long so it got pitched. I had been planning on … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Healthy tips, Methods, Poultry, Vegetables
Tagged asparagus, broccoli, chicken
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Mother’s Day Specials 5/8/22
My kids made me some special treats for Mother’s Day! Since I have to go back on my diet on Monday, I really enjoyed these over the weekend!! First, my daughter made this delicious Swedish tea ring. Usually it has … Continue reading
Posted in American, Baking, Eggs, Holidays, Special occasion
Tagged Coffeecake, strata
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Penne with broccoli and mushrooms 5/7/22
Saturday night’s quick and easy dinner was whole wheat penne with lots of mushrooms and broccoli. Cooked the mushrooms first with some onion, garlic, pepper flakes, salt, and oregano. I added the broccoli shortly before the penne was al dente. … Continue reading
Grilled hamburgers and tabbouleh 5/6/22
Does anybody else do this? You know you have to go back to dieting on Monday so you eat everything that you would not normally eat in the days leading up to D-Day. So yes, I am human and we … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Grains, Kitchen tips, Recipes, Salad, Vegetables
Tagged bulgur wheat, ground beef
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Chicken enchiladas and spicy black beans 5/5/22
In celebration of Cinco de Mayo we made chicken enchiladas and spicy black beans. Our method is pretty simple. Buy a jar of salsa verde, corn tortillas, feta cheese, and rotisserie chicken. Shred the chicken. Put a layer of salsa … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Methods, Mexican, Poultry, Southwest U.S., Vegetables
Tagged beans, chicken, tortillas
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Matzoh ball soup 5/4/22
We still are finishing up leftovers from Sunday. This soup was made from a packaged mix but we diluted it a little more since it is very salty and added extra vegetables and some chicken pieces.
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