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Eleventh anniversary of my blog! And eggplant parmesan pasta. 10/13/22
Wow, I have been recording my dinners almost every day for 11 years! I started out just putting in pictures of my dinner plate but have evolved to making comments and tips on how to make the dinners I eat … Continue reading
Posted in Healthy tips, Italian, Methods, Pasta, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Eggplant, pasta
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Fun low-cal lunch. 10/13/22
My daughter had some extra zucchini from her plot at the community garden. After she finished making a delicious zucchini cake (which I should have taken a picture of before we ate it), I used the rest to make chicken … Continue reading
Creamy polenta with black beans, avocado, and radish. 10/12/22
When John makes polenta he starts with 1/2 cup polenta and just under 3 cups of salted water, two bay leaves, and two cloves of garlic. He cooks it, stirring, for 15 minutes. After discarding the bay leaves he stirs … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Grains, Kitchen tips, Legumes, Methods, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged black beans, polenta
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Roasted tilapia, sheet pan veg, and mustard sauce. 10/11/22
The trickiest thing about making this dinner was to get everything finished cooking at the same time. I pre-heated my oven to 425F convect. I knew the carrots and cabbage would take about 30 minutes and the green beans about … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Kitchen tips, Methods, pescatarian, Sheet pan, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Shrimp bowl and a word of caution about frozen shellfish. 10/10/22
This is our typical Monday dinner, some kind of protein with accompaniments over either rice or riced cauliflower with a sprinkling of jalapeños, scallions, cilantro, and furikake. The standard accompaniments are cucumbers, avocado, edamame and cabbage. Our daughter has been … Continue reading
Posted in Asian, Kitchen tips, Legumes, pescatarian, rice, Shellfish, Vegetables
Tagged shrimp
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Sunday Breakfast for Dinner. 10/9/22
This week’s Breakfast for Dinner was exactly that, two eggs soft scrambled, veggie breakfast patty, and toast. Sometimes I just need a simple prep dinner.
Chicken Marsala, mashed potatoes, asparagus. 10/8/22
I made mashed potatoes specifically to eat with the Marsala sauce. Unfortunately the Marsala sauce turned out way too sweet and booze-y but the mashed potatoes alone were quite delicious. Usually when we make this we use a shortcut and … Continue reading
Singapore shrimp, rice, snow peas. 10/6/22
This is the first time John and I have made this dinner. I have included the recipe below. We used 12 ounces of shrimp and cut the rest of the recipe in half. The full recipe must be for at … Continue reading
Vegan pasta with tomato-mushroom sauce, zucchini 10/5/22
Two weeks ago I made extra spaghetti sauce and froze it. Tonight all I needed to do was thaw the container of sauce and sauté a few more mushrooms to add to it. I decided to keep the zucchini as … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged pasta, zucchini
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