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Category Archives: American
Classic chicken dinner. 12/7/25
I am back from my trip! John got the ingredients together for a comfort food dinner. I have a bad case of jet lag and we ended up eating this cozy dinner mid-day on Sunday. Since I am typing this … Continue reading
Chicken with gravy, mashed potatoes, and broccoli 11/15/25
This is our chicken comfort meal. I wish I could say it is what I ate in my childhood but my mother would have just thrown a chicken in the pressure cooker and the result would be over-cooked chicken with … Continue reading
Spaghetti and meatballs. 11/11/25
I had a lazy cooking night with Rao’s spaghetti sauce, Barilla spaghetti, and Rosina meatballs. It tasted great and there were no complaints.
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Italian, Pasta, Weeknight dinners
Tagged meatballs, pasta
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Hot dogs etc. 11/10/25
Other than these Nathan’s hot dogs being too skinny and my over-seasoning the beans with chipotle powder, this was an all-American dinner. The hot dogs were advertised as spicy which they were not. They were also “bun length” which made … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged black beans, hot dogs, sauerkraut
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Meatloaf, potatoes, and snow peas. 11/8/25
Now that John has the green light to eat what he wants again he chose meatloaf. I have not made meatloaf in a long time except for dabbling in trying to make it with oatmeal once last year. Saturday’s meatloaf … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Methods, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Beef, mashed potatoes, meatloaf, snow peas
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Salmon with mustard sauce, rice, broccoli. 11/7/25
Usually I am just so-so when it comes to salmon but last night’s was really, really good. We went to Costco and bought a package of six really nice pieces. We would have three for tonight and freeze the other … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, rice, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged broccoli, rice, salmon
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Chickpea stew. 11/5/25
We have been eating a lot of vegetarian dinners lately and this chickpea stew is one of my favorites! Chickpeas with ditalini and kale Ingredients2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil2 carrots, peeled and chopped2 celery stalks, chopped1 zucchini, chopped (optional)1 medium … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Legumes, Pasta, stew, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged chickpeas, pasta
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Autumn soup. 11/3/25
It is definitely Autumn what with our changing to standard time, cool mornings and pleasantly warm afternoons. Given the season and John’s recent oral surgery it is definitely time for Autumn soup! This soup is kind of a lot of … Continue reading
Posted in American, soup, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged Root vegetable soup, root vegetables
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Penne and chopped up meatballs with tomato sauce. 11/1/25
Since we are still taking it easy with soft food due to John’s oral surgery, I made a simple dinner of penne, chopped up Rosina meatballs, and Rao’s tomato and basil sauce. Not much work eating this and not much … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Italian, Pasta
Tagged meatballs, penne, spaghetti sauce
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Clam chowder. 10/31/25
Well, boo, here it is Halloween and nobody came to our door. Sarah and John will have to eat the candy I bought. Clam chowder is our spooky dinner for Halloween night.
Posted in American, pescatarian, Shellfish, soup, Weeknight dinners
Tagged clam chowder
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