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Classic chicken dinner. 6/24/24
It was actually much hotter than 92F on Monday. I think it hit 100F again. Ugh, summer, my least favorite season of the year. This is the second dinner from our rotisserie chicken and we have also had one lunch … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Hot weather meals, Poultry, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged chicken
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Vietnamese Rice Noodle Salad with Chicken. 6/23/24
Since it was 100F today we decided on a no-cook dinner. John had picked up a rotisserie chicken from Costco earlier in the day and our daughter very kindly offered to de-bone it and shred one of the breasts. I … Continue reading
Posted in Asian, Easy, Hot weather meals, Methods, Poultry, Salad, Vegetables, Vietnamese
Tagged chicken, rice noodles
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Shrimp in a Saffron Pernod Sauce. 6/21/24
This is one of our favorite dishes to make. It is so delicious! We decided to double the amount of vegetables from 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup and the tomatoes from 1/2 cup to 1 cup. Unfortunately we did not … Continue reading
Posted in American, pescatarian, Recipes, Shellfish, Special occasion, Vegetables
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Hot dog, sauerkraut, and salad. 6/20/24
I was going to rave about our all-American dinner celebrating the first day of summer until I realized that our dinner idea was imported to the U.S. like much of our cuisine. First of all a hot dog, also known … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Hot weather meals, Salad, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged hot dogs
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Chili? 6/19/24
Why can we not make chili that tastes like chili!? The problem this time was that we used the trimmings from our Father’s Day ribs and the BBQ sauce remnants on our Qbits (John’s name for the leftovers) made the … Continue reading
Posted in American, Legumes, Pork, Southwest U.S., Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged beans, Chili, Pork ribs
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Grilled NY Strip Steak. 6/18/24
Yummy meal tonight. We took advantage of a sale on these steaks for 6.97/lb. at Safeway. They came in a pack of four so it was kind of a gamble. This first steak which was about 1 lb. was a … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Grilling, Methods, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Beef, Grilling, Steak
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Vegan Chickpea Stew. 6/17/24
This is one of our go-to vegan dishes. It is packed full of a variety of vegetables and is filling due to a can of chickpeas and a half cup of soup-sized pasta. The vegetable broth is enhanced by adding … Continue reading
Posted in American, Legumes, Pasta, stew, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged chickpeas, pasta
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Father’s Day faux cookout. 6/16/24
I started out thinking that for Father’s Day we would grill some meat and corn plus serve a salad for John, our daughter, our son, who is also a dad, and his kids. But then I started thinking about all … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Holidays, Hot weather meals, Legumes, Pork, Salad, Vegetables
Tagged Pork, ribs
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