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Weekly Menu. March 31 – April 6, 2025

I am back home and ready to start cooking with John again. We have decided on two new recipes this week, Curried Tomatoes and Chickpeas and also Sicilian Swordfish. Should be exciting!

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Burrito bowl. 3/26/25

Sarah likes to make all sorts of “bowls” for her dinners. On Wednesday she made burrito bowls for John and her. A burrito bowl consists of everything you might find in a burrito over rice. In this burrito bowl she … Continue reading

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Sheet pan kielbasa, potatoes, and cabbage. 3/21/25

John made this sheet pan dinner for Sarah and him the other night. I wish I could have been there. it looks so good! Here are John’s notes about the dinner. I do not know how much more cooking John … Continue reading

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Whole-grain orecchiette with sausage and kale. 3/20/25

John is taking over cooking duties this week while I am away. Tonight he makes one of his favorites, orecchiette with sausage and greens. This is a dish we first had in Puglia, the heel of the boot of Italy. … Continue reading

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Two-fer. 3/18 and 3/19/2025

On Tuesday John did most of the chopping for our dinner of chicken lo mein. I was hurriedly packing for a trip to the East Coast to be with my dear friend whose husband had died a few days before. … Continue reading

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Corned beef and cabbage. 3/17/25

We enjoyed St. Patrick’s Day with this traditional dish. The recipe we used is this one from NYTimes Cooking with the exception of omitting the glaze in Step Four.

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Roasted salmon with mustard sauce. 3/15/25

This is a quick and nutritious dinner. John roasted the salmon in a 400F oven for 11 minutes and it turned out pink and juicy. During this time I steamed the broccoli, reheated some previously made white rice, and made … Continue reading

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Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. 3/12-14/25

Somehow most of my carefully planned menus fell by the wayside this week. First there were no rotisserie chickens, then there was torrential rain, followed by a holiday celebration. Here is what we ended up eating. Now we are back … Continue reading

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Penne with meat sauce. 3/11/25

We were supposed to be having chicken enchiladas for dinner tonight. Sarah and I were tasked with picking a rotisserie chicken from Costco. But when we got there the chicken cupboard was bare and so we had to come up … Continue reading

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Grilled lamb chops, new potatoes, and asparagus. 3/10/25

I have always been surprised that a lot of people do not care for lamb. Too gamy is usually the reason. Around our house a lamb dinner is always greeted with an enthusiastic response. We buy lamb loin chops at … Continue reading

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