Category Archives: Beef

🐂 Instant Pot beef stew 4/1/20

Posted on April 2, 2020 by

We are using up meat that has been in the freezer for more than 6 months. I think that these boneless beef short ribs are the last ones. Making a beef stew in the Instant Pot is really easy and … Continue reading →

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🥩 Ribeye steak with mashed rutabagas and spinach. 3/23/20

Posted on March 23, 2020 by

Today is our daughter’s birthday and we were supposed to be celebrating it in Bari, Italy. Instead she is upstairs having a digital Happy Hour with her friends. I am sorry for her and us but what can you do? … Continue reading →

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🐂 Tex-Mex-Grex. 1/30/20

Posted on January 31, 2020 by

A few weeks ago we bought a flank steak and used half of it grilled. Tonight with the other half we made steak fajitas. This entree was accompanied by a salad. Our daughter came into the kitchen and said, “Why … Continue reading →

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🥩 Grilled flank steak. 1/9/20

Posted on January 10, 2020 by

I have to admit that I kind of went off the rails on Wednesday. Cooking, dieting, cooking, dieting, I needed a break. Although I had planned a nice vegetarian meal of bean tacos, they never got made. John was a … Continue reading →

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Off the rails! 10/29/19

Posted on October 30, 2019 by

I have been doing pretty well on my weight loss journey. I lost 11 lbs. in the first 5 weeks. But then, dunh, dunh, dunhhhh, my sister came to visit. I tend to be quite the pushover when it comes … Continue reading →

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Bratwurst and sauerkraut. 10/2/19

Posted on October 3, 2019 by

I just made something easy for dinner tonight. The bratwursts come from Trader Joe’s and are cooked in a little water and oil until the water evaporates and the sausage browns. The roll is a Cobblestone sausage roll. I cut … Continue reading →

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🥩 Linguine with meat sauce and salad. 9/19/19

Posted on September 20, 2019 by

In deference to my diet I made less pasta and filled half my bowl with salad. I made the spaghetti sauce in July and I do not know the exact amounts of the ingredients so I could not assign a … Continue reading →

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