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Category Archives: American
Tilapia with polenta and cheese-y veg. 11/28/23
We really enjoy serving fish or shellfish over a loose polenta. John proportions his polenta 6 parts water to 1 part polenta. In this case it was 3 cups of water and 1/2 cup polenta. It simmers for 20 minutes … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Kitchen tips, Methods, pescatarian, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Fish, polenta, tilapia
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Scrambled egg and hash. 11/26/23
For my Breakfast for Dinner (BFD) this Sunday I decided on a simple scrambled egg and put most of my effort into making a hash. I started by frying one small dice potato and added onion and broccoli after the … Continue reading
Posted in American, Breakfast For Dinner (BFD), Easy, Eggs, Kitchen tips, Methods, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
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Grilled burger, tots, fennel salad. 11/24/23
This is our last night in Utah so we are in eat-down mode. We are using the rest of the fennel, thyme, and lemon to make a salad, and the leftover mashed potato to make a few potato puffs. John … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Grilling, leftovers, Vacation cuisine, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged ground beef
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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
Tagged Chilean sea bass
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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
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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