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Category Archives: American
Chicken chili. 6/3/25
We have not made chicken chili in a long time. In fact the last time was in September of 2023. I was looking for something to make with a shredded rotisserie chicken breast and it popped into my mind. I … Continue reading
Posted in American, Legumes, Mexican, Poultry, Southwest U.S., stew, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged beans, chicken, Chili
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Seared tuna, rice, snow peas. 6/2/25
Our tuna dinner was very economical and delicious! I bought two seven ounce frozen tuna pieces on sale for $5.99 each. So the three of us ended up having almost 5 ounces of tuna each for $4 a person. Try … Continue reading
Posted in American, Asian, Easy, Fish, leftovers, Methods, pescatarian, rice, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged rice, snow peas, tuna
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Vegetable lamb soup. 6/1/25
I made this soup as plain vegetable soup yesterday for lunch. It was the combination of chicken stock and a bag of Trader Joe’s fresh cut up vegetables which includes broccoli, Napa cabbage, and bok choy. It also contains snow … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Lamb, leftovers, Methods, soup, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Lamb, soup, Vegetables
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Grilled lamb, new potatoes, broccoli. 5/31/25
When we bought this boneless leg of lamb a couple of weeks ago John cut it into three pieces. We ate the first piece on the day we bought it and froze the other two. We decided to thaw and … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Grilling, Lamb, Methods, Vegetables
Tagged broccoli, Lamb, new potatoes
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Classic comfort chicken dinner. 5/29/25
We stopped by Costco on the way home from doing errands and picked up a rotisserie chicken. Sarah took the chicken apart and I decided we would scrap the Afghani dal plan and make one of our comfort meals instead. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Poultry, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged asparagus, chicken, Mashed potatos
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Linguine with onions and cabbage. 5/28/25
This was another delicious pasta dish by Sarah. She sauteed the onions and garlic in olive oil and then added the cooked linguine to the vegetables along with some pasta water. A dusting of feta cheese went on top. It … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Italian, Methods, Pasta, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged cabbage, pasta
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Memorial Day grilling. 5/26/2025
We had a small family grill night for Memorial Day. John cooked the hamburgers expertly and also put some char on the corn. I made up a salad and we shared part of a bag of chips.
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Grilling, Holidays, Salad, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged corn, hamburgers, Salad
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Salmon with mustard parsley sauce. 5/24/2025
Today we are getting those good omega-3 fatty acids from the salmon! Plus the broccoli provides 140% of our daily vitamin C. Hopefully these two super foods will offset the white rice which does not bring much to the good … Continue reading
Shrimp tacos. 5/20/25
Tuesday was definitely Taco Tuesday at our house! Sarah and I went out for lunch and had street tacos and then, according to my menu plan, John and I made shrimp tacos for dinner. John does such a great job … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Hot weather meals, Mexican, pescatarian, Shellfish, Southwest U.S., Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged shrimp, Tacos
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Grilled boneless leg of lamb. 5/19/25
I bought a small boneless leg of lamb that was $6.00 off at Costco so it ended up at $5.00/lb. John cut the lamb into three pieces which will make three meals for us. He then pounded the lamb into … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Grilling, Lamb, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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