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Category Archives: American
Chilean sea bass with salad and zucchini 6/13/22
Today I started my low carb living with a delicious piece of Chilean sea bass with an accompanying salad and sautéed zucchini. We ate the salad as a first course dressed simply with olive oil and red wine vinegar. It … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Healthy tips, Low carb meals, Methods, pescatarian, Salad, Vegetables
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Southwest salad. 6/10/22
It was really hot here yesterday, in the upper 90s. So we scuttled our cooking plans and made a southwest salad. John and I used to buy this salad pre-made from Costco but, as it happens with many things we … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Hot weather meals, Legumes, Poultry, Salad, Southwest U.S., Vegetables
Tagged chicken
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Chilean sea bass, blistered cherry tomatoes, kale and corn 6/7/22
As fabulous as Chilean sea bass is, the vegetables really stole the show for this dinner. John roasted the Chilean sea bass in a 400F oven for 14 minutes. He seasoned it with salt, garlic powder, Old Bay, tarragon (from … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Methods, pescatarian, Vegetables
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Chicken with rice mix and broccoli 6/6/22
At our house we call this either Classic Chicken or Chicken Monday. When the kids were little I tended to make the same sort of dish on certain days of the week. Monday was always chicken. In fact it became … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Grains, Kitchen tips, leftovers, Poultry, rice, Vegetables
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Vegetable stir-fry with polenta and fresh herbs 6/5/22
Since I ate an egg for breakfast I was looking for something different for Sunday night’s dinner. Aha, leftover polenta in the refrigerator! Given that polenta did not seem to lend itself to Asian flavors I decided to make an … Continue reading
Posted in American, Breakfast For Dinner (BFD), Easy, Grains, Italian, leftovers, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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Atlantic cod, polenta, parsley sauce, and zucchini 6/2/22
Every week I get emails with what is on sale at our local grocery stores. This week I saw that fresh Atlantic cod was $12.99/lb. (plus another 10% off for being an Amazon Prime member) at Whole Foods. Having lived … Continue reading
Shrimp tacos 5/30/22
We figured that tacos are about as American as apple pie and a fitting dinner for a patriotic holiday. We were going to grill the shrimp and eat outside but it got very windy so we ended up cooking and … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Healthy tips, Holidays, Kitchen tips, Mexican, pescatarian, Shellfish, Southwest U.S., Vegetables
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Stir-fried vegetables with eggs 5/29/22
My Breakfast For Dinner of stir-fried vegetables and eggs is one that I really enjoy. First I laid down a bed of shredded raw kale and put a veritable garden of stir-fried vegetables mixed with a little rice on top … Continue reading
Posted in American, Breakfast For Dinner (BFD), Chinese, Easy, Eggs, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged Eggs
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Grilled burger and black-eyed pea salad 5/25/22
We do not eat much red meat at our house but when we do I choose ground beef over any other cut. Forget your prime rib or filet mignon and just give me a straight up burger (or meat loaf, … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Grilling, Hot weather meals, Kitchen tips, Legumes, Salad, Vegetables
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Turkey kielbasa with sauerkraut and bean salad 5/24/22
Extremely hot weather here in NorCal means we have had to switch gears for our dinner preparations. Our daughter said to me, ”You’re not making a stew and pasta on Tuesday and Wednesday, are you?! Temperatures for those days border … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Hot weather meals, Kitchen tips, Legumes, Poultry, Recipes, Salad, Vegetables
Tagged sauerkraut, Turkey kielbasa
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