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Category Archives: American
Buffalo chicken wings. 1/7/25
We were supposed to be having our classic chicken dinner tonight but we started watching a cooking program where the contestants were making chicken wings. I knew we had a couple of wings from the chicken we bought today and … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Poultry, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged chicken, Vegetables
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Abbreviated week. November 24-27, 2024
I am taking a little break from posting my daily dinners. My regular postings should continue mid-December. November 24, 2024. Meatloaf, sweet potato, Brussels sprouts I used my mother’s recipe for meatloaf. It consists of a pound of ground beef, … Continue reading
Penne and meatballs. 11/23/24
Basically this dinner was all short cuts. I used Rao’s tomato basil sauce and Rosina’s frozen meatballs. Usually I dump the cooked pasta into the sauce but since I had a lot of sauce and a lot of meatballs I … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Italian, Pasta, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged meatballs, pasta
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Salmon with mustard sauce. 11/22/24
John cooked the salmon in a 400F oven for about 8 minutes since the pieces we had were fairly thin. I almost did not have enough time to get the rice reheated and the broccoli cooked! I had made the … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Methods, Recipes, rice, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged broccoli, rice, salmon
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Shrimp with polenta and broccoli. 11/17/24
Except for stirring the polenta and washing up the three pots and pans this is a pretty easy dinner to make and delightful to eat. We make the polenta with a 6:1 ratio. John has made a shrimp stock tonight … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Grains, Methods, pescatarian, Shellfish, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged broccoli, polenta, shrimp
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New England Clam Chowder. 11/14/24
When we were first married John and I lived in Massachusetts. Since we never ate any sort of seafood in my house growing up (New Jersey) the first clam chowder I ever had was New England clam chowder. I wasn’t … Continue reading
Posted in American, pescatarian, Recipes, Shellfish, soup, Vegetables
Tagged chowder, clams, potatoes
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Tilapia, rice, and carrots in leche de tigre sauce. 11/13/24
Last week we made leche de tigre not as a marinade for ceviche but as a sauce to put over our fish. We had a bunch of it left and I thought I could improve on it and use it … Continue reading
Posted in American, Fish, Methods, South American, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Rotisserie chicken dinner. 11/12/24
This is such an easy dinner! Sarah took the chicken apart. One breast was sliced up and heated in chicken gravy. The other breast was shredded and frozen. The legs and thighs are for soups and lunches. The bones are … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Methods, Poultry, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged broccoli, chicken, mashed potatoes
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Sheet pan vegetables and sausage. 11/11/24
Prepping the vegetables is the most time-consuming part of this dinner. I made two traysful. On one tray was a head of cabbage divided into eighths, an onion also sliced into eighths, and a small piece of fennel divided in … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Methods, Pork, Sheet pan, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Pork, Sausage, Sheet pan
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Grilled boneless ribeye steak with leftovers. 11/7/24
John and I bought this steak on Wednesday and planned to have it with the leftovers from Jonathan’s fancy scallop dinner. We needed something quick and easy to do since the guys were gone most of the day Thursday playing … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, leftovers, Vacation cuisine, Vegetables
Tagged Beef, Steak
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