Author Archives: Beebamom

Early Thanksgiving. October 12, 2024

John and I are not going to be home on Thanksgiving so our son, Jon, offered to host Thanksgiving on Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. In order to represent the entire North American continent (and to make the grandkids happy) we had … Continue reading

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Autumn Soup and Homemade Challah. 10/11/24

On Friday we had our postponed Rosh Hashanah celebration because it was too hot for baking and cooking on the actual date. Sarah and I got up early and she got the challah started and I started peeling and chopping … Continue reading

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Weekly Menu. October 14-20, 2024

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Pizza delivered to our door. 10/10/24

Today no one felt like cooking so we had pizza delivered. It’s not super great pizza but it’s fine. The Italian sausage is very tasty.

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Classic Chicken. 10/9/24

John sliced up one of the breasts from our Costco chicken and heated it up slowly in chicken gravy. I reheated some rice made earlier in the day and sautéed asparagus and mushrooms. Easy dinner.

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Stuffed Peppers. 10/7 and 10/8/24

On Monday morning I got up early to beat the heat and made stuffed peppers. Since I only had 8 ounces of beef I extended my stuffing with chopped onions, bell pepper, and mushrooms along with leftover rice from our … Continue reading

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Egg and Black Bean Nachos. 10/7/24

This is my favorite Sunday egg dinner. It is so easy to make and hits what I like about food – crunchy and salty elements. I lay down a layer of tortilla chips, maybe 10 or 12. Next I mix … Continue reading

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Weekly Menu. October 7-13, 2024

After a horrible week of temperatures over 100F and very little cooking I am going to post a menu for this week in the hopes that we will actually be able to use the stove and oven. Since we missed … Continue reading

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Shrimp Fajitas. 10/5/24

This is my first time making shrimp fajitas and they turned out really well. I cooked the peppers and onions first with half of the spice blend and then John cooked the shrimp with the other half. Then we mixed … Continue reading

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Grilled Flank Steak. 10/4/24

I have not been writing my blog this week due to not really cooking. It has been so hot, over 100F!, all week. We have been eating take-out and leftovers from lunches out all week. Last night we waited until … Continue reading

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