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Category Archives: American
🍗 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
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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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🥬 Chipotle bean burger and cole slaw. 12/7/19
I needed to make a simple dinner tonight due to headache woes. I have a box of Morningstar Chipotle Bean Burgers from Costco for just such nights. After microwaving the burgers for one minute per side, I put them in … Continue reading
🥬 Root vegetable soup. 12/6/19
On Monday for our belated Thanksgiving dinner we made mashed rutabagas. The rutabaga that we bought was massive, one of those waxed ones that we rarely see here on the west coast. It was delicious but we had a lot … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, leftovers, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged root vegetables, soup
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🦃 Belated Thanksgiving dinner. 12/2/19
We missed Thanksgiving because we were away on our trip. Our son had Thanksgiving at his house with his wife and family and her parents. Our daughter had a Friendsgiving. But John and I felt we should have our own … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Holidays, Instant Pot, Poultry, Vegetables, WW points
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🥬 Back to eating healthy. 11/30/19
I am back from cruising around Southeast Asia. We had an incredible time seeing the beautiful people and places of this region. During our two weeks we took two cooking classes, one in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and the … Continue reading
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