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Category Archives: American
Kenwood Shrimp. 1/16/25
This is one of my favorite recipes given to me by the chef at the now defunct Kenwood Grill. For many years we enjoyed going to this restaurant when we were visiting Sonoma County Wine Country. Even though they have … Continue reading
Posted in American, French, pescatarian, Recipes, rice, Shellfish, Special occasion, Vegetables
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Sarah’s Burrito Bowls. 1/15/25
Tonight we are enjoying a dinner made by our daughter. Basically it is a bowl which contains the insides of a burrito. Our bowls contain chicken, corn, black beans, cheese, cabbage, onions, rice, chiles, cilantro, and salsa. I stuck some … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Legumes, Mexican, Poultry, rice, Southwest U.S., Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged beans, cheese, chicken, rice
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Grilled steak, sweet potato, cauliflower. 1/13/25
Tonight we are having a grill and sheet pan meal. John grilled the steak to perfection and put the sweet potatoes that I had microwaved on the grill to give them some char. I pumped the oven up to 550F, … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Grilling, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Beef, cauliflower, sweet potato
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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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