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Category Archives: American
Thanksgiving three days early. 11/20/23
I will bet that this does not look like your Thanksgiving plate! But with the exception of mashed potatoes all these foods were available in some form to the Pilgrims. According to Wikipedia, Atlantic scallops were being gathered from the … Continue reading
Posted in American, Holidays, pescatarian, Shellfish, Special occasion, Vacation cuisine, Vegetables
Tagged scallops
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Skirt steak tacos. 11/19/23
On Saturday we spent the whole day in the car getting to St. George, Utah. Then the first order of business was to pick up sushi for dinner and buy the fixings for Sunday’s dinner. Our son brought along some … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Mexican, Salad, Vacation cuisine, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Skirt steak
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Sheet pan dinner. 11/16/23
Cooking an all-in-one dinner is a bonus for the cook, the diners, and the clean-up crew. Here is a picture of my sheet pan as it came out of the oven. The cook (me) has merely to chop up the … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Kitchen tips, Methods, Poultry, Sheet pan, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged turkey sausage
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Quaker Oats meatloaf, baked potato, mixed vegetables 11/13/23
I tried a new meatloaf recipe from Quaker Oats replacing the bread crumbs with old fashioned rolled oats or quick oats. It came out quite good except for being a bit crumbly. I have seen other recipes using quick oats … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Methods, Recipes, Vegetables
Tagged ground beef, meatloaf
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Chickpea stew/soup. 11/11/23
Usually we make this recipe using ditalini as the stew pasta. Since I have been cutting out gluten in my diet we needed to find a different starch. I thought about adding potatoes or maybe rice noodles but I had … Continue reading
Posted in American, Legumes, Pasta, Recipes, soup, stew, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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Roast Atlantic cod with sheet pan vegetables 11/10/23
We were so pleased that Whole Foods had Atlantic cod on sale this week. We usually only get Pacific cod here on the West Coast and I like the taste of Atlantic cod better. Since we were cooking the cod … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Methods, pescatarian, Sheet pan, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Atlantic cod
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California burger, microwave fries, salad. 11/9/23
New Jersey is known for its iconic diners. We had one in our small town serving hearty diner-type food. We used to go there after dates or as a family for a low-priced meal. Of course they featured a lot … Continue reading
Chicken breast with gravy, butternut squash, and Brussels sprouts. 11/8/23
This dinner looks and eats like a pared down Thanksgiving dinner. The chicken is one of the sliced up breasts from Monday’s Costco rotisserie chicken. John made up a packet of chicken gravy and added some of the chicken jus … Continue reading
Chilean sea bass, new potatoes, broccoli 11/7/23
On our way over to the rotisserie chickens at Costco we stopped at the fish counter and found a beautiful piece of Chilean sea bass. Instead of having a shrimp dish on Tuesday we decided to move our fresh fish … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Methods, pescatarian, Vegetables
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Faux hot dog with an inventive pita bun. 11/4/23
On Saturday we were supposed to be preparing an Asian salmon bowl. It is one of our daughter’s favorite things we make. Unfortunately she was not feeling well so we decided to push the bowl to Sunday and find something … Continue reading
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