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Category Archives: American
Chicken, potatoes, and broccoli 7/6/24
We bought a rotisserie chicken earlier in the week and used one breast shredded for our Asian chicken salad and the wings, thighs, and legs for various lunches. Now we needed to eat the other breast for dinner without significantly … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Hot weather meals, Methods, Poultry, Vegetables
Tagged chicken
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Grilling on the Fourth of July (and the 5th too!) 7/4/24 and 7/5/24
Our son came over for our Fourth of July celebration. The rest of his family was at a reunion of his wife’s clan. So as I am wont to do I made too much food for just the four of … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Grilling, Holidays, Hot weather meals, Vegetables
Tagged hamburgers, watermelon
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Grilled Steak, Broccoli, and Potatoes 6/30/24
Our grilled steak was a little rarer than usual but still tasted great. The broccoli also spent some time on the grill after I had parcooked it in the microwave. Since we were trying not to heat up the kitchen … Continue reading
Buffalo Chicken Wings and Slaw. 6/29/24
Not much to say about this lazy dinner. Frozen chicken wings and a packaged salad. I always take the flats since they are my favorite parts. It works well since John likes the drumettes. Foster Farms Take Out brand has … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Poultry, Salad, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged chicken, chicken wings
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Buffalo Chicken Wings and Salad. 6/29/24
Easy dinner using Foster Farms frozen Buffalo chicken wings and Taylor Farms Mediterranean salad. More economic than going out for a similar dinner or getting take-out. Sometimes the cook needs a breather!
Posted in American, Easy, Poultry, Salad, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged chicken wings
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Lentil Stew with Turkey Sausage. 6/28/24
We have not made this dish in quite a while. It’s not really a summer dinner entree but we had a turkey sausage that needed using so we went ahead. At least we did not need to turn the oven … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Legumes, Methods, Poultry, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged lentils, turkey sausage
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Tilapia with Pesto, Rice, Asparagus. 6/26/24
We have cubes of pesto in the freezer that we made over the last couple of growing seasons. This particular pesto is a basil, almond, garlic, olive oil, parmesan combination. Pesto can be made with basil, parsley, even oregano and … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Methods, pescatarian, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged tilapia
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Grilled Smashburgers and Caesar Salad. 6/25/24
On Tuesday John took our cast iron grill and heated it up on our gas grill. When it was piping hot he took balls of seasoned ground beef and put them on the grill. Then he squished the balls of … Continue reading
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Classic chicken dinner. 6/24/24
It was actually much hotter than 92F on Monday. I think it hit 100F again. Ugh, summer, my least favorite season of the year. This is the second dinner from our rotisserie chicken and we have also had one lunch … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Hot weather meals, Poultry, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged chicken
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Shrimp in a Saffron Pernod Sauce. 6/21/24
This is one of our favorite dishes to make. It is so delicious! We decided to double the amount of vegetables from 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup and the tomatoes from 1/2 cup to 1 cup. Unfortunately we did not … Continue reading
Posted in American, pescatarian, Recipes, Shellfish, Special occasion, Vegetables
Tagged shrimp
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