Author Archives: Beebamom

Fettucine with red sauce. 4/24/24

Last week I made some spicy tomato sauce to serve with bucatini. We had some left over sauce so I decided to go the pasta route again on Wednesday. Since there was not enough sauce left for another dinner I … Continue reading →

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Passover Seder, April 22, 2024

On Monday, April 22, 2024 we celebrated the first night of Passover. Our Seder plate included lettuce, parsley, charoses (apples, walnuts, wine), horseradish, an egg, and a lamb bone. We went through the blessings, read the story about the flight … Continue reading →

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Bucatini with spicy tomato sauce. 4/20/24

Bucatini is a thick strand of pasta with a hole in it, sort of like long spaghetti tubes. This bucatini was thicker than I like but we were low on pasta and the strands went well with the sauce. I … Continue reading →

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Grilled hamburgers. 4/19/24

Now that I am home again from the hospital it is so great to eat something with seasoning! The hospital did have a hamburger as a lunch selection but the idea of a really low fat, overcooked hamburger with no … Continue reading →

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Hospital food. 4/18/24

I am back in the hospital trying to shake this bout of pneumonia. There are many unenjoyable things that go on in a hospital—being awaken multiple times during the night to check on vitals, draw blood, and fix the IV … Continue reading →

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Pizza. 4/15/24

It has been a while since I posted anything and that is because the miserable people on the plane coming back from Amsterdam had a wide variety of respiratory ailments that they did not bother to try to keep from … Continue reading →

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Meatloaf with rice and broccoli 4/6/24

Apparently having the flu has made me lose my appetite for anything other than comfort food from my youth. Usually I want vegetable or seafood based dinners but this week I am all about lamb chops and ground beef. Since … Continue reading →

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Chili 4/5/24

We have not had a ground beef chili in years! I pulled a recipe out of my binder which said this one was good from March, 2014! Since I am still under the weather, my contribution to the dinner was … Continue reading →

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Grilled lamb chops with mixed potato mash and broccoli. 4/3/24

I cannot claim much credit for this dinner since I have been sick and not doing much prep or eating. I did peel the potatoes. John did his usual masterful job of grilling the lamb chops and our daughter prepared … Continue reading →

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Vegan Chana dal. 4/2/24

When we first started making Chana dal (dried split chickpea stew) in our Instant Pot we followed the recipe from this website. https://pipingpotcurry.com/instant-pot-chana-dal/ As time went by we changed the recipe so it would be more in sync with our … Continue reading →

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