Category Archives: American

Lamb chops with fennel, leek, potato braise. 3/1/22

These lamb chops are part of the pack we bought at Costco for Valentine’s Day. Once again John did a super job grilling them. I am pretty happy with the vegetable side dish I concocted as well. After thinly slicing … Continue reading →

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BFD (Breakfast For Dinner) 2/27/22

Nothing fancy this Sunday, just a straight-forward breakfast with the addition of a small salad. Alternating bites and combinations keeps the eating experience interesting and knowing that every Sunday is a minimal work in the kitchen day makes me happy. … Continue reading →

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Null soup with chickpeas. 2/26/22

As I have written before null soup is a concoction I make which counts for nothing on my food plan. It is myriad vegetables in either chicken or vegetable stock. I usually add some sort of low calorie protein like … Continue reading →

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Salmon with mustard sauce with sheet pan sprouts and squash. 2/25/22

Surprisingly quick and easy dinner tonight! John did a quick brine and then a 95% cook on one side of the salmon over a low burner followed by a quick flip that only took about 20 minutes of cooking time. … Continue reading →

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Turkey sausage dog with sauerkraut. 2/22/22

Got to admit it, I just did not feel like cooking last night. So we opted for something easy. Toast the bread, cut it like a hotdog roll, microwave the sausage and sauerkraut and we were done. Sometimes you just … Continue reading →

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Mahi mahi tacos and spicy black beans. 2/21/22

Having made a menu for the week the first thing I do is switch it all around because the avocados have ripened! I expected them to be like the last two I bought which took the better part of a … Continue reading →

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Lightened New England clam chowder. 2/19/22

When I first looked at the recipe for New England clam chowder I was taken aback by the amount of fat (olive oil plus grease from guanchiale and canola oil) and three cups of heavy cream for 6 servings. Certainly … Continue reading →

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Chicken piccata with broccoli and butternut squash 2/18/22

Tonight we were going for ease so we used rotisserie chicken and pre-peeled, seeded, and chopped butternut squash. First John made a sauce with lemons, white wine, shallot, chicken stock, mushrooms, and capers. When I was almost finished mashing the … Continue reading →

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Sesame shrimp bowl. 2/17/22

We have had a lot of these sesame bowls lately, some with salmon and some with shrimp. They are a big hit here. We were planning on shrimp scampi but changed the menu because we had a last avocado that … Continue reading →

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Harissa white bean stew with turmeric yogurt. 2/15/22

Although this looks super interesting on my plate, we miscalculated proportions and ended up with an overly spiced bitter dinner. How did this happen? We decided that two cans of beans would be equal to one pound of dried beans … Continue reading →

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