Author Archives: Beebamom

Fishawarma. 10/19/19

Posted on October 20, 2019 by Beebamom

This combination of Chilean sea bass with the spices of the Roasted Chicken Shawarma that I made about 10 days ago turned out delicious! John marinated the fish briefly in olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper, cumin, paprika, turmeric, cinnamon and red … Continue reading →

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Chicken chili. 10/18/19

Posted on October 19, 2019 by Beebamom

This week instead of making up a menu and assigning a different meal to each day, I merely made a menu with seven different meals. This way I had an idea of what I needed to shop for but the … Continue reading →

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Shrimp biryani. 10/17/19

Posted on October 18, 2019 by Beebamom

The recipe I followed for this was supposed to be totally an Instant Pot meal. But when we tried it all in the Instant Pot the shrimp was totally overcooked. So we made this dish in two pots – the … Continue reading →

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Red lentils with ginger. 10/16/19

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Beebamom

So easy, so quick, so healthy, so delicious! Fresh ginger, onions, and garlic. Turmeric, cumin, cayenne. Sauté in a little oil. Add stock and red lentils. Cook 15 minutes. Top with yogurt and sumac. Yum! Note: For vegan dish omit … Continue reading →

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Linguine with green tomato sauce. 10/14/19

Posted on October 15, 2019 by Beebamom

Note: For a vegan dish omit parmesan cheese This dinner featured a pasta sauce that I made in August from some fully ripe green tomatoes. Our daughter had two Aunt Ruby’s German Green tomato plants at her plot in the … Continue reading →

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Easy sandwich and a side dinner. 10/13/19

Posted on October 14, 2019 by Beebamom

We have been having a lot of easy dinners lately. Probably I just need a breather from all the cooking. However, even though this was just a sandwich and a side I did make both the tuna salad and the … Continue reading →

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All-week Soup 10/12/19

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Beebamom

Back at the beginning of the week I made what I called a last salute to summer-fresh vegetables with garbanzo beans and soup pasta. We had quite a bit leftover so during the week John ate it for lunch a … Continue reading →

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Chicken shawarma? 10/11/19

Posted on October 12, 2019 by Beebamom

I got this recipe for oven roasted chicken shawarma from the NYTimes Cooking site. If you have a subscription you can look it up. The chicken is marinated for an hour or so in olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper, cumin, paprika, … Continue reading →

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Mushroom burgers. 10/10/19

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Beebamom

Some good grilling from John tonight. After marinating the portobello mushrooms in some of our lo-cal dressing, salt, pepper and olive oil spray, he put them on the grill for about eight minutes on each side. I made broccoli salad … Continue reading →

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Dinner ideas. 10/9/19

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Beebamom

Here are a couple of dinner ideas from the past week. The first picture is of chicken chili. I used my version (lower in fat) of the Neelys from Food Network’s recipe. One thing that I discovered is that using … Continue reading →

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