Author Archives: Beebamom

Pasta with broccoli and peanut sauce – 2/1/17

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Beebamom

Wow, we are eating vegetarian two days in a row! Tonight after a beforsie of roasted cauliflower, we continued our meal with an easy pasta with broccoli and peanut sauce. Included in the sauce was about 3/4 cup of pasta … Continue reading →

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New recipe! Curried butternut squash and chickpeas – 1/31/17

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Beebamom

Curried butternut squash and chickpeas is a recipe I found through Food and Wine Magazine. It was pretty good except I would tweak it a bit if I made it again. The recipe called for the curry powder and cayenne … Continue reading →

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Chicken Monday and a new resolve – 1/30/17

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Beebamom

I see it has been a week since I posted. Part of that is due to the fact that we were en route back home and most of it is because I have been eating terribly. On December 1 I … Continue reading →

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Chicken piccata Monday – 1/23/17

Posted on January 24, 2017 by Beebamom

I was talking to my sister today. It’s her birthday! She told me that she had her kids and their wives over for dinner on Saturday as a celebration. Of course as a mom the celebration of her birthday meant … Continue reading →

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Scotch broth – 1/23/17

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Beebamom

Since we are leaving for home later this week it is time for leftover soup. This soup was made with the lamb chop that I didn’t eat on Saturday and about an inch of turkey sausage plus an ancient pack … Continue reading →

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Easy pasta dinner – 1/22/17

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Beebamom

We still had some frozen meatballs from when Jon visited in October so decided to make a very easy dinner of penne, with doctored, jarred spaghetti sauce and meatballs. Very enjoyable!

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An underutilized protein – Lamb. 1/21/17

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Beebamom

We really enjoy the Australian lamb that is available at Costco. The amount of lamb that Americans eat is minuscule compared with beef consumption. John grilled the lamb and also finished the sweet potatoes on the grill. When everything was … Continue reading →

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Don’t pay for extra toppings on your take-out pizza – 1/19/17

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Beebamom

Seriously, who can make better toppings for their pizza than the local pizza place – YOU! Usually the vegetable toppings, especially the vegetable toppings, are sadly undercooked or too sparse. Is their anything worse than crunchy uncooked veg on a … Continue reading →

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Fajitas – 1/18/17

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Beebamom

Fajitas are a Tex-Mex dish and the word “fajitas” means little strips of meat.  In the recipes I looked at most called for skirt steak but what we had was leftover ribeye steak from the “too rare” night. Unfortunately ribeye … Continue reading →

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My First Vegan Day (I think) – 1/17/17

Posted on January 17, 2017 by Beebamom

Today I made a conscious effort to have a total vegan day.  Maybe I have eaten vegan at other times by happenstance. Today I decided to keep my diet plant based. For breakfast I had peanut butter on toast.  For … Continue reading →

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