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Category Archives: American
🐟 Insulated fish with collards and corn. 2/4/20
What is that thing that looks like an ice cream sandwich doing on a plate with collard greens you might ask! The ice cream sandwich is a piece of Chilean sea bass sandwiched between coatings of mushroom duxelles. And it … Continue reading
🥬 Pinto bean and vegetable stew over rice. 2/3/20
First, I missed posting our Sunday dinner because I was busy getting another blog I have up to date. Sunday’s dinner is our usual BFD or breakfast for dinner. It is the one night of the week where I don’t … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, leftovers, Legumes, rice, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged beans
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🐓 Chicken Monday on a Saturday night. 2/1/20
Even when the children were small, Monday dinners were known as chicken Monday. As my daughter grew up I let her choose what spices would go on the chicken. One time we had “Chicken with 17 Spices.” Now she doesn’t … Continue reading
⚓️ Seared scallops. 1/31/20
Scallops are my favorite protein. We get the scallops at Costco where they are reasonably priced, flash frozen, and packed with no chemicals. John defrosts them ten at a time and sears them in our cast iron frying pan. I … Continue reading
🐂 Tex-Mex-Grex. 1/30/20
A few weeks ago we bought a flank steak and used half of it grilled. Tonight with the other half we made steak fajitas. This entree was accompanied by a salad. Our daughter came into the kitchen and said, “Why … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Grilling, Mexican, omnivore, Uncategorized, Vegetables
Tagged Fajitas
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🍤 Shrimp, rice, and a new vegetable. 1/29/30
For some reason I had convinced myself that I did not like bok choy. So I never eat it. I was searching for a vegetable to go with our shrimp and rice dinner and could not face broccoli again! I … Continue reading
Posted in American, Chinese, Easy, pescatarian, rice, Shellfish, Vegetables, WW points
Tagged shrimp
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🥬 Vegan/vegetarian tacos. 1/27/20
It was Taco Monday at our house! Lots of toppings—-onions, pepitas, salsa, cilantro, crema, lime, guacamole spread, and a cabbage-y mix—-make our pinto bean tacos tasty and interesting. (Note: for a vegan version omit crema.) The rice was enhanced with … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Legumes, Mexican, rice, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, WW points
Tagged Tacos
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🦃 Turkey meatloaf. 1/25/20
I tried all of my usual tricks to make this turkey loaf better but it is still a far cry from my beef meatloaf. I added abound 12 oz. of sautéed mushrooms, Worcestershire sauce, and even fish sauce to try … Continue reading
🥬 Veg fried rice/mujadara crossover. 1/24/20
Tonight’s dinner was supposed to be vegetarian fried rice with tofu. But the grocery store we went to was out of extra-firm tofu! So I had to figure out a different protein. I considered beans but decided on quick cooking … Continue reading
Posted in American, Chinese, Easy, Eggs, Indian, Legumes, rice, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, WW points
Tagged lentils, rice
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🐓 Chicken dinner. 1/23/20
I am back from my long weekend in San Antonio. While there I ate fish and shrimp tacos, salad with shrimp, shrimp with rice, and two dishes of fish filet with vegetables and rice. It is very hard to eat … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Instant Pot, omnivore, Poultry, Vegetables, WW points
Tagged chicken
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