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Category Archives: American
🥚 Eggs. 11/3/19
When you are tired and cannot think of anything to fix for dinner, think of eggs! Seriously, eggs do not have to be only for breakfast. John made himself an omelet and I made some scrambled eggs. I like to … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Eggs, Healthy tips, Kitchen tips, Vegetarian, WW points
Tagged Eggs
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🦃 Lentil soup with turkey kielbasa. 11/2/19
According to my menu for the week, we are supposed to be eating tuna sandwiches tonight. However we went to the Habit Grill for lunch and two tuna meals seems like one too many. Special hint about dieting and eating … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Healthy tips, Legumes, Poultry, Vegetables, WW points
Tagged lentils, soup
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🥬 Grilled portobello mushroom and coleslaw 11/1/19
A long time ago I used to work for Weight Watchers, now known as WW. It was up to me to explain how the system worked and inspire people to try to keep on the plan from week to week. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Grilling, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, WW points
Tagged Portobello mushroom
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🍤 Shrimp to the rescue! 10/30/19
I once went on a cross country road trip with John during what we called “the long diet.” The one food item that was on almost every menu were grilled shrimp. Eat them in a taco, have them on a … Continue reading
Off the rails! 10/29/19
I have been doing pretty well on my weight loss journey. I lost 11 lbs. in the first 5 weeks. But then, dunh, dunh, dunhhhh, my sister came to visit. I tend to be quite the pushover when it comes … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Desserts, Dining out, Italian, Pasta, Poultry, Vegetables
Tagged diet
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A grilling favorite. 10/21/19
We really love having these portobello mushrooms cooked on the grill. It is now our favorite hamburger substitute meal.
Fishawarma. 10/19/19
This combination of Chilean sea bass with the spices of the Roasted Chicken Shawarma that I made about 10 days ago turned out delicious! John marinated the fish briefly in olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper, cumin, paprika, turmeric, cinnamon and red … Continue reading
Chicken chili. 10/18/19
This week instead of making up a menu and assigning a different meal to each day, I merely made a menu with seven different meals. This way I had an idea of what I needed to shop for but the … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, leftovers, Legumes, Mexican, Poultry, Vegetables
Tagged beans, Chili
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Easy sandwich and a side dinner. 10/13/19
We have been having a lot of easy dinners lately. Probably I just need a breather from all the cooking. However, even though this was just a sandwich and a side I did make both the tuna salad and the … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Grilling, pescatarian, Vegetables, WW points
Tagged sandwich, tuna
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All-week Soup 10/12/19
Back at the beginning of the week I made what I called a last salute to summer-fresh vegetables with garbanzo beans and soup pasta. We had quite a bit leftover so during the week John ate it for lunch a … Continue reading
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