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Category Archives: American
Grilled lamb chops and potatoes, glazed carrots. 5/11/23
If we are going to eat red meat there are only two ways I like it, as hamburgers (or it’s cousin meat loaf) and lamb chops. I tend to think of lamb chops as a special occasion meal but it … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Grilling, Methods, Recipes, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Lamb
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Seared shrimp with polenta and broccoli. 5/8/23
John and I really love this dinner and we probably make it twice a month if not more. The shrimp cooks in about five minutes so you just have to prepare the polenta with a 20 minute lead time. We … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Kitchen tips, Methods, pescatarian, Shellfish, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged shrimp
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Grilling with the family. 5/7/23
Our son’s wife is on a trip with her folks so we had him and his two teens over for lunch. Two favorites were on the menu – Zaydeburgers and Beeba mac ‘n cheese. We also had salad, chips, and … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Grilling, Lunch, Salad, Vegetables
Tagged hamburgers
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Roasted salmon with mustard sauce, rice, and Brussels sprouts. 5/4/23
John roasted the salmon at 400F for 9 minutes. Since I was doing everything else we had to carefully plan what time he needed to start the fish. Earlier in the day I made the mustard sauce so that was … Continue reading
Posted in American, Fish, Kitchen tips, Methods, pescatarian, rice, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged brussels sprouts, salmon
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Chicken piccata with mashed potatoes and broccoli. 5/1/23
Here is another use for rotisserie chicken. On Monday, our traditional chicken day, we made a piccata sauce for one of the breasts from our rotisserie chicken. Since we were merely reheating our chicken, we used the powder from a … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Kitchen tips, Methods, Poultry, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Grilling burgers. 4/29/23
The weather took a quite warm turn this week so my simmering Dutch oven of meat sauce for my boiling pot of spaghetti got turned into burgers on the grill with salad and chips. As usual John did a perfect … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Grilling, Hot weather meals, Salad, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged hamburgers
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Baked tilapia with mustard sauce, mixed rice, and broccoli. 4/27/23
Easy dinner tonight. John baked the tilapia in a 400F oven while I microwaved a container of already prepared rice for 90 seconds and steamed some broccoli. I am very impressed with this microwave rice. It is a combination of … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Methods, pescatarian, rice, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged tilapia
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Scallops, potatoes, and broccoli 4/25/23
Our dinner tonight made a weeknight feel like a special occasion! I steamed the potatoes and when they were ready John seared the scallops and I sautéed the broccoli. I made a thin tartar sauce which I enjoyed with the … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, pescatarian, Shellfish, Special occasion, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged scallops
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Chicken enchiladas with salad
This is another dinner from the Costco rotisserie chicken that I bought on Friday. So far from one $4.99 chicken I have made a roast chicken dinner with gravy and sides, 2 quarts of chicken stock, these enchiladas with shredded … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, leftovers, Legumes, Mexican, Poultry, Salad, Southwest U.S., Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged chicken, tortillas
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Scrambled egg salad. 4/23/23
Sunday is almost always make-your-own-egg dinner. John always makes a ham, scallion, mushroom, and cheese omelette. I make something different each week. This week I made a salad of lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, mushrooms, scallions, and croutons then topped it with … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Eggs, Salad, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Eggs, Salad
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