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Weekly Menu November 3-9, 2025 (and Sunday night’s BFD)

Posted on November 3, 2025 by Beebamom

Last night I had a pretty straight-forward BFD (breakfast for dinner). I often jazz mine up while John is content with endlessly making an omelet. This is two eggs scrambled with a bit of cheese, two tiny sausage patties, and … Continue reading →

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Penne and chopped up meatballs with tomato sauce. 11/1/25

Posted on November 2, 2025 by Beebamom

Since we are still taking it easy with soft food due to John’s oral surgery, I made a simple dinner of penne, chopped up Rosina meatballs, and Rao’s tomato and basil sauce. Not much work eating this and not much … Continue reading →

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Clam chowder. 10/31/25

Posted on November 2, 2025 by Beebamom

Well, boo, here it is Halloween and nobody came to our door. Sarah and John will have to eat the candy I bought. Clam chowder is our spooky dinner for Halloween night.

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Out to lunch. 10/30/25

Posted on October 31, 2025 by Beebamom

Sarah’s friend Mark has been here for a few days. One of the mandatory events for his visit is a lunch at Zeni, an Ethiopian restaurant that we all adore. We ordered their veggie platter served on and with injera. … Continue reading →

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Tilapia with mustard sauce, rice, broccoli. 10/29/25

Posted on October 30, 2025 by Beebamom

Since John is healing from oral surgery we will be eating soft things this week. The broccoli was the only potentially hard food so I cooked it thoroughly and chopped it up with butter and sour cream in my mini … Continue reading →

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Deconstructed hot dog. 10/28/25

Posted on October 30, 2025 by Beebamom

John had oral surgery today so I was on my own while he just ate an omelet. Casting about for something to eat I saw a piece of turkey sausage. But no bun! So I cut up both sausage (hot … Continue reading →

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Shells with sausage and broccolini. 10/27/25

Posted on October 28, 2025 by Beebamom

We are back home after our wonderful trip to Utah with our son. Sarah’s friend Mark is staying with us for a few days and she was so gracious to make dinner for all four of us. Our pasta dinner … Continue reading →

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Grilled steak, tots, and salad. 10/25/25

Posted on October 28, 2025 by Beebamom

We have had a lot of great dinners during our trip. We are celebrating our last night with a delicious ribeye steak that John cooked on the grill. I took care of the tater tots and salad. We are already … Continue reading →

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Piccata redo. 10/24/25

Posted on October 25, 2025 by Beebamom

Well, this worked out much better than our previous try! We found some sliced chicken breast that John floured and pan-fried. We kept the chicken pieces warm in the oven while I rustled up the rest of the dinner. First … Continue reading →

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Shrimp in a Pernod cream sauce with rice. 10/23/25

Posted on October 24, 2025 by Beebamom

My contribution to fancy dishes for dinner was shrimp in a Pernod cream sauce with rice. I made extra sauce, as you can see in the swimming pool of sauce above, because it is so delicious. Although there was a … Continue reading →

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