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Category Archives: American
Vegan/vegetarian grilling. 7/8/19
It is summer and time for firing up the grill and having delicious burgers. Portobello mushrooms take the place of meat in tonight’s healthy grilled dinner! After marinating the burger-sized portobello caps in oil, vinegar, salt, pepper, and garlic powder … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Grilling, Healthy tips, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged broccoli, burgers, mushrooms
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Shrimp scampi with corn and asparagus succotash. 7/7/19
John did a great job cooking the shrimp. It came out rosy pink with that snap as you bite into them and then the slightly toothsome inside. We decided to double the sauce because we were putting the shrimp scampi … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, pescatarian, Shellfish, Vegetables
Tagged asparagus, corn, shrimp
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Comfort food. 7/4/19
Just remembered I forgot to post yesterday’s dinner! I even considered not posting it at all since I feel somewhat guilty for giving into making a comfort food dinner. When we had finished dinner I did not feel comforted only … Continue reading
Seared scallops with snow peas and new potatoes. 7/2/19
Of all the proteins scallops are my favorite. Sweet and succulent they make any dinner feel special. John did a great job cooking them in our cast iron frying pan. He made sure it was really hot before he put … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, pescatarian, Shellfish, Vegetables
Tagged new potatoes, scallops, snow peas
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Christmas in June cookout! 6/29/19
Since we were off in Italy over Christmas with our adult children, we never had a chance to celebrate with the grandkids. We had this situation arise once before and found that having Christmas around the Summer Solstice was an … Continue reading
Chicken thighs, potato salad, cole slaw
In case you are thinking I went to the grocery store and just bought all this stuff, I did not. We made everything from scratch and it really came together pretty fast. John cooked the chicken in the oven and … Continue reading
Posted in American, Kitchen tips, Poultry, Vegetables
Tagged chicken, cole slaw, Potato salad
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Shrimp cocktail and a salad. 6/27/19
Tonight we made another hot weather dinner. Unfortunately it was so chilly out that we had to close the back door! I am definitely not complaining about the weather though. I know pretty soon it will be blazing hot again. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Kitchen tips, pescatarian, Recipes, Shellfish, Vegetables
Tagged Salad, shrimp
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Always in the top ten meals at our house. 6/26/19
What is my favorite thing to make and eat? It might be eggplant parmesan or maybe fried scallops. I really liked the gazpacho and avocado toast I made last week. But for ease of preparation and comfort whole wheat spaghetti … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Italian, Pasta, Vegetables
Tagged pasta, sauce, Spaghetti
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Southwest salad and a chipotle bean burger. 6/24/19
We eat our dinner in two courses tonight starting with a vibrant summer-y Southwest salad. I charred some corn kernels and macerated them along with a small dice of onion and cumin in lime juice and olive oil. This would … Continue reading
Grilling and chilling
Here in Northern California our weather runs in 3 to 4 day cycles. We will have a few days of glorious weather with highs in the upper 70’s and lows in the upper 50’s and then a heating trend where … Continue reading
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