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Category Archives: American
Kenwood shrimp with rice 11/23/23
The eponymous Kenwood shrimp from the now defunct Kenwood Restaurant is my company shrimp preparation. Once you have everything chopped up and all the components assembled it takes less than a half hour to make. Luckily I like to chop … Continue reading
Posted in American, pescatarian, Recipes, rice, Shellfish, Special occasion, Vacation cuisine, Vegetables
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Chilean sea bass, potato puffs, broccoli 11/22/23
And the hits keep coming this Thanksgiving week! So far this vacation week with our son we have made skirt steak tacos, seared scallops, grilled ribeye steak, and now roasted Chilean sea bass. What a yummy week fitting of Thanksgiving … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, pescatarian, Vacation cuisine, Weeknight dinners
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Thanksgiving leftovers. 11/21/23
Since we did not have a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, we did not have traditional leftovers. I know Turkey Day leftovers are great until they aren’t. We finished up our leftovers the day after Thanksgiving after a run to the grocery … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, leftovers, Vacation cuisine, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged ribeye steak
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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
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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
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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
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