Author Archives: Beebamom

Hamburgers and salad. 9/8/25

As I look through the spring and summer months grilled hamburgers and salads pop up almost every week. With John grilling the burgers and me making a salad, it is quick, easy, and delicious!

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Weekly Menu. September 8-14, 2025

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Seared tuna and stir-fry vegetables. 9/6/25

We occasionally buy these frozen pieces of tuna when they are on sale. Two 7-ounce portions at $5 each make a fancy but economical meal for the three of us. John marinates the tuna briefly in soy sauce and presses … Continue reading

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Pizza with Italian sausage. 9/5/25

Sarah was not feeling well tonight so we decided to just order in pizza and save our tuna dinner until tomorrow.

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Chicken burrito bowl. 9/4/25

Thursday is Sarah’s night to make dinner. Instead of pasta she set up a buffet of ingredients so that we could each make our own bowl. Mine consisted of rice, black beans, cheese, chicken, cabbage, salsa, peppers, cilantro, avocado, sour … Continue reading

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Warm lentil and sausage salad. 8/3/25

As often happens I bought an ingredient for a dish I was making and then had leftovers of the ingredient. In this case it was fennel. I set about looking for recipes that included fennel and found one that was … Continue reading

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Chicken and herb salad with nuoc cham. 9/2/25

This was the first time making this recipe so I sort of followed the ingredients but also used comments made by others and my knowledge of what our family likes. It is a NYTimes Cooking recipe that you can find … Continue reading

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Ribs and corn for Labor Day. September 1, 2025

Ha ha, this is what artificial intelligence thinks my dinner would look like. I guess we must be sitting outside at a picnic table after having grilled our ribs. Unfortunately it was 100F and we stayed inside and heated up … Continue reading

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Weekly Menu. September 1-7, 2025

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Quick and easy Gazpacho. 8/30/25

While many people are sighing in relief that the summer is over around Labor Day here in Northern California, if you are not close to the ocean, August and September are the two hottest months. From what I read it’s … Continue reading

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