Author Archives: Beebamom

Mexican food on the go. 3/2/19

Our original plan to travel down CA1 has been scratched due to the incessant rain. If you have never taken the coast road from Carmel down to Cambria, it is a gorgeous two lane road perched on a cut in … Continue reading →

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Linguine with meat sauce. 3/1/19

I have some leftover marinara sauce from the eggplant Parmesan on Valentine’s Day and I also have the remainder of the package of ground beef that I bought for the hamburgers last night. So I brown the meat hard with … Continue reading →

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Simply a hamburger and a salad. 2/28/19

This week’s menu has gone all topsy-turvy but we are actually eating what was originally on it, just on different days. I am glad because tonight and tomorrow night are two of my favorites – hamburgers and pasta. So for … Continue reading →

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Curry with protein and carrots. 2/27/19

This curry flavored dish can be made with pork, firm tofu, all vegetables, chickpeas, or as we made it with chicken. While John is at work I do my part – cut up the chicken into bite size pieces, and … Continue reading →

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Bad choice. 2/26/19

Last night was supposed to be vegetarian taco night. I had it all planned-soft tacos with black beans, charred corn, shredded cabbage and cheese, and salsa. Sounds good, doesn’t it? But John said he didn’t feel like eating my plan … Continue reading →

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Vegan/vegetarian soup and sandwich. 2/25/19

This is a no recipe week. We are just eating things that we know how to make. Tonight’s vegan/vegetarian meal is a simple homemade soup and a pita sandwich. Celery soup is a whole head of roughly chopped celery cooked … Continue reading →

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Weekly menu. 2/25/19

As usual we did not eat last week’s menu totally according to plan so we have the vegetarian tacos left over for this week and ended up eating the steak on Sunday. Not bad, though, we cooked almost everything we … Continue reading →

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Ribeye steak, baked potato, asparagus. 2/24/19

John sous vide the steak at 125F and then hit it on the grill for about 3 minutes on each side. We agree this morning that it needed to be a touch more done and he will adjust the water … Continue reading →

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National Margarita Day. 2/22/19

I bet you did not know that Friday was National Margarita Day. Neither did I until I received a helpful email in my inbox. Never to be ones to pass up an important holiday I called upon my personal mixologist … Continue reading →

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Spicy Thai eggplant and tofu with basil. 2/21/19

I think this is the third time we have prepared this Thai dish and each time we are getting a little better at it. The local Thai restaurant that we go to has a really delicious rendition of it. We … Continue reading →

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