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Category Archives: American
🦃 Red beans and rice. 1/1/20
Wow, 2020! It sounds like a date from science fiction when we would be driving our cars through the skies, terrible diseases would have been cured, and robots would be making our dinners! But no, John and I are still … Continue reading
⚓️ New Year’s Eve scallops. 12/31/19
Happy NYE and I hope you have celebrated responsibly. Our scallop dinner was a fine way to usher in 2020. John seared some scallops and I made the broccoli, new potatoes, and tartar sauce. John bought a half bottle of … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Holidays, pescatarian, Shellfish, Vegetables, WW points
Tagged scallops
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🐖 Pulled pork chili. 12/30/19
I am behind in getting these meals that we so carefully planned posted. We have been sticking to the menu this week and eating lots of good things. Unusually for us we are eating pork tonight in a pulled pork … Continue reading
🥬 Red lentils and ginger with creamed spinach. 12/26/19
Our house is still awash with baked goodies—rum cake, all sorts of cookies, focaccia, and panettone, but it is time to put the brakes on the endless eating. Oh, I have enjoyed it, the prime rib, the silky mashed potatoes, … Continue reading
Posted in Afghan, American, Easy, Healthy tips, Holidays, Legumes, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged Lentls, spinach
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🍗 Comfort food – Chicken breast, smashed potato, Brussels sprouts. 2/22/19
There is a lot going on in the kitchen today. I am making pulled pork and John is roasting beef bones for gravy and then using them to make stock. Our daughter is working on making a panettone in remembrance … Continue reading
🥬 Chickpea, fennel, and mustard greens with ditalini. 2/20/19
Our regular chickpea stew got some new ingredients for tonight’s supper. Instead of celery, I used fennel. In place of collard greens or kale, I used spicier mustard greens. It is the same comforting dish with a slightly altered taste.
Posted in American, Easy, Kitchen tips, Legumes, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged chickpeas, fennel, mustard greens
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🍗 White chicken chili. 12/17/19
Our take on white chicken chili is based on a recipe from Food Network that you can find here. It is super easy utilizing such time savers as rotisserie chicken and canned cannellini beans. Instead of two cans of the … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Legumes, Mexican, omnivore, Poultry, Recipes, Vegetables
Tagged Chili
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🐟 Seared scallop dinner. 12/13/19
I skipped a post for yesterday since it was our leftover dinner for the week. We had leftover stuffed peppers. But on Friday we had one of my favorite dinners—plump, seared, ocean scallops with new potatoes and snow peas. And … Continue reading
🦃 Peppers stuffed with ground turkey and farro. 12/11/19
Inspired by a blog post by Cooking Without Limits for stuffed peppers, I decided to try making some myself. John was busy installing a new modem and router so I had to come up with a recipe on my own. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Grains, Kitchen tips, omnivore, Poultry, Recipes, Vegetables, WW points
Tagged bell peppers, farro, Turkey
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🦃 or 🥬 Everyday lentil stew. 12/10/19
Our everyday lentil stew is an easy, quick dinner that can be stretched into a soup or served tighter as a hearty stew. You can make it vegan or add some turkey sausage, as we did today, or go whole … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Healthy tips, Kitchen tips, Legumes, omnivore, Poultry, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, WW points
Tagged lentils, turkey sausage
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