Category Archives: American

Sous vide chicken breast with Instant Pot rutabagas, and broccoli. 12/22/20

I have got a lot of appliances working here today. The great thing about sous vide chicken is that your timeline is much more flexible because your chicken can wait for the rest of the dinner without overcooking. With the … Continue reading

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Salmon with porcini risotto and green beans.

Happy Christmas week! Although things are pretty bleak in California with the virus surging and everyone under stay-at-home orders, John and I are doing our best to keep things merry. We will be delivering presents, watching Christmas movies, listening to … Continue reading

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Lunch and Breakfast for Dinner. December 19-20, 2020

I am catching up from the weekend. We had a Zoom party to go to on Saturday and I ate some junk food and I lost enthusiasm for making something more remarkable for dinner. What I did was to combine … Continue reading

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Lightened up shrimp scampi. 12/18/20

I am definitely getting behind with all the things involved with Christmas, like wrapping presents, planning menus, and buying food. So I am posting Thursday’s dinner which was a lightened up shrimp scampi . I got the recipe off the internet … Continue reading

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Lentils, sausage, carrot, mushroom, and spinach stew. 12/16/20

We have really been into legumes this week with split chickpeas, chickpeas, and now lentils for dinner. Tonight was supposed to be shrimp scampi but we got an invitation to watch a Zoom choral concert earlier in the day and … Continue reading

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BFD, Mushroom and Swiss omelet. 12/13/20

Since John always seems to get such pleasure out of making his Breakfast For Dinner omelets, I thought I would try one tonight. My filling was minced shallots, sliced cremini mushrooms and Swiss cheese. When John makes his he just … Continue reading

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Salmon, rice, Vichy carrots. 12/12/20

This is a very delicious, very healthy, very orange plate of food! Our Saturday leftovers dinner plans ended up with only rice and carrots left over so we decided to make a fresh dinner  by adding a couple of pieces … Continue reading

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Chilean sea bass, rice mix, and broccoli. 12/9/20

It is back to basics today after my birthday celebration. My week has gotten entirely off the menu I had planned so I am just going to make bits and pieces from the plan and push some of the dinners … Continue reading

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Breakfast for Dinner. 12/6/20

I am always trying to think of something new to do with my BFD each week. The result is not always photogenic but is usually tasty. This week I made a sort of open faced omelet. Along with the eggs … Continue reading

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LFD: Everything soup. 12/5/20

Saturday’s LFD (Leftovers For Dinner) started with a base of the soup we had on Thursday. Somehow I forgot to post it. The kale, cabbage, and white bean soup with a little chopped up smoked turkey sausage was delicious. Here … Continue reading

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