Author Archives: Beebamom

Lentil stew with turkey sausage, carrots, celery, and mushrooms. 2/13/23

We make this stew in stages. First we brown the turkey sausage that comes packaged already cooked through. Take that out of the pan and use the fat to cook the mushrooms. When the mushrooms are almost done add a … Continue reading

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Eggs, veggie patty, English muffin. 2/12/23

I could not think of anything inventive to do with my Breakfast for Dinner this week. I had bought English muffins as a treat this week so I thought I would put a fried egg on each half. I think … Continue reading

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Weekly Menu. February 13-19, 2023

This is going to be a short cooking week. On Wednesday we are having a belated Valentine’s fancy dinner at a restaurant and then on Friday I am off for a long weekend to visit a friend. John says he … Continue reading

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Grilled lamb chops and potato with asparagus. 2/11/23

I think I have hit all the family favorites this week—Chana dal, shrimp bowl, pasta, chicken enchiladas, and finally, grilled lamb chops! While we rarely eat red meat, we will make an exception for lamb chops. Yum! John cooked the … Continue reading

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Tilapia, rice, and broccoli with mustard sauce. 2/10/23

Easy dinner tonight. John roasted the tilapia in a 400F oven for 8 minutes. The rice was left over from the oven baked rice I made on Tuesday. I cut up all the broccoli I had and cooked it in … Continue reading

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Chicken enchiladas and spicy black beans. 2/9/23

There is nothing difficult about this dinner except for the fact that it takes a lot of assembly. John chopped up an onion and made the beans. The beans are simply a drained, rinsed can of black beans and a … Continue reading

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Simply pasta. 2/8/23

Our pasta meal on Wednesday was merely fettuccine and spiralized zucchini (zoodles) with mushrooms, onions, and garlic. The sauce consisted of olive oil and pasta water.

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Shrimp bowl. 2/7/23

We make three types of bowls, salmon, tofu, and shrimp. We all have our favorite. I think I am going to move my favorite up from 2 to 1, shrimp bowl! Here is the base recipe I start from – … Continue reading

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Instant Pot Chana dal with rice and kale. 2/6/23

Chana dal is dried split chickpeas. Of all the dals this is my favorite. I found my base recipe at https://pipingpotcurry.com/instant-pot-chana-dal/. Of course we changed it a bit! We use a can of Serrano Rotel for the tomato component. The … Continue reading

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Not quite a cheese omelet. 2/6/23

If you read this blog you will know that every Sunday John makes himself an omelet. I, on the other hand, have various dishes which incorporate eggs. This Sunday I made not quite a cheese omelet which was actually eggs … Continue reading

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