Category Archives: American

Grilled flank steak. 10/7/20

We do not eat much red meat here but when we do flank steak is often our choice. It is a flavorful piece of meat, low fat, and, as long as you cut it across the grain, it is not … Continue reading

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Instant Pot stuffed cabbage rolls. 10/5/20

Today we made stuffed cabbage rolls which was quite a production. First of all I could not find my mother’s old recipe and emailed by sister to see if she had it but she didn’t get back to me in … Continue reading

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BFD. 10/4/20

Tonight’s Breakfast For Dinner is what I call a scramble omelet, or scramlet. Since I cannot fold my myriad fillings into a composed omelet, I scramble the ingredients leaving the eggs fluffy on top while getting a good sear on … Continue reading

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Vegan/vegetarian chili. 10/2-3/20

Unfortunately this chili looks better than it tastes. I tried a new recipe and the spices turned out gritty. The instructions had me putting them in too late in the cooking. They needed to be added with the oil towards … Continue reading

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Chilean sea bass, glazed carrots, rice. 10/1/20

Wow, was this delicious! John cooked these thick chunks of fish for fourteen minutes in a 400F oven topped with a little olive oil, salt, garlic powder, paprika, and bay leaf. They came out perfectly! To accompany the fish I … Continue reading

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Tuna and white bean gratin. 9/30/20

Another new dinner entree tonight. This is a mixture of canned tuna, white beans, refried beans, garlic, Gruyere, and panko breadcrumbs. The original recipe calls for cream and milk and for purée-ing the beans. We were able to get by … Continue reading

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A hamburger. 9/29/20

On Tuesday night while I was watching the debacle that was the “Presidential” “Debate” I lost my will to cook and threw my diet out the window. John is always a willing co-conspirator in these rare moments. He quickly defrosted … Continue reading

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New dish! Spiced ginger shrimp. 9/28/20

The shrimp we made was spiced with curry powder and ginger in this dish from Melissa Clark. The recipe as written gives you options for the main spice, garam masala, Baharat, five-spice, chili powder, etc. We were in a curry mood. … Continue reading

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Chickpeas with ditalini and greens (vegan). 9/25/20

This stew/soup is a lot like the vegan vegetable soup I had for dinner a few days ago. Instead of kale I used a pre-washed combo of spinach and arugula and rather than potatoes the starch in this dish was … Continue reading

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Costco chicken classic dinner. 9/24/20

This is our second dinner made with the rotisserie chicken we bought at Costco on Tuesday. We warmed the meat up slowly and kept it under a simmer so the meat would not dry out. The root vegetable mash is … Continue reading

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