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Category Archives: Asian
Chinese take-out 8/26 and 8/27/25
Sometimes things do not go quite as I expect. It has gotten hot again and no one wants the oven on to cook chicken enchiladas. We buy enough Chinese take-out for tonight and tomorrow when John is having his eye … Continue reading
Posted in Asian, Beef, Easy, Hot weather meals, Pork, rice, take-out, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Beef, Pork, take-out
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Sesame shrimp bowl 8/10/25
Next in our dinners that don’t heat up the kitchen too much is sesame (BLANK) bowl. Sunday night’s bowl featured shrimp but we also make it with salmon and tofu. In the bottom of our bowls we put pre-made rice … Continue reading
Posted in Asian, Hot weather meals, Legumes, pescatarian, Recipes, rice, Salad, Shellfish, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged avocado, cabbage, cucumber, edamame, shrimp
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Banh mi take-out. 8/8/25
Friday was a conserve-energy day which means that between 4pm and 9pm you are supposed to turn off the A/C and other electricity. PG&E made this easy for us since we had a power outage twice during that period. So … Continue reading
Posted in Asian, Hot weather meals, take-out, Vegetables, Vietnamese, Weeknight dinners
Tagged banh mi, take-out
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Shrimp, vegetables, and beans over rice with nuoc cham 8/2/25
After a non-cooking Friday night due to an event we attended we were supposed to have shrimp tacos on Saturday. As often happens towards the end of the week I was not feeling like what had seemed a good idea … Continue reading
Posted in Asian, Easy, Legumes, Mexican, pescatarian, rice, Vegetables, Vietnamese
Tagged beans, rice, shrimp
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Chile-garlic salmon, rice, cauliflower. 7/30/25
The salmon we made was adapted from a NY Times Cooking recipe which included a mango/cucumber/avocado salad. The recipe below is for the fish and the salad. I did not make the salad so I cannot vouch for how it … Continue reading
Posted in American, Asian, Fish, Recipes, rice, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged cauliflower, salmon
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Seared tuna, rice, broccoli, nuoc cham. 6/14/25
For dinner on Saturday we had very affordable but delicious pieces of tuna. The frozen 10 oz. pieces were on sale for $3.99! John marinated them in soy sauce, ginger and garlic powders, and Old Bay. After a short marination … Continue reading
Posted in Asian, Easy, Fish, pescatarian, Recipes, rice, Vegetables, Vietnamese
Tagged broccoli, rice, tuna
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Afghani dal with rice and kale. 6/9/25
We were supposed to be having chicken tonight but there were no rotisserie chickens available at Costco when Sarah stopped to pick one up. So we looked at our menu and decided we had all the ingredients for Afghani dal … Continue reading
Posted in Afghan, Asian, Easy, Legumes, Recipes, stew, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged kale, lentils, rice
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Sesame salmon bowl. 6/6/25
This bowl of green and orange goodness is easy to make especially if you like to chop vegetables up (like I do!) John, of course, cooked the salmon because he is our protein master and I cut up all the … Continue reading
Posted in Asian, Easy, Fish, Hot weather meals, Legumes, pescatarian, Recipes, rice, Salad, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged cabbage, cucumber, edamame, salmon
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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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Chicken lo mein. 5/14/25
This was supposed to be a stir-fry with noodles and a bunch of different vegetables. Unfortunately I overcooked the vegetables and it ended up being more like a chicken stew with noodles, vegetables, and a soy based sauce. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Asian, Chinese, Pasta, Poultry, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged chicken, pasta, Vegetables
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