Category Archives: Beef

Rib cap prime steak with grilled potato and asparagus – 3/8/17

This was a pretty fancy dinner for a Wednesday night especially since we opened a bottle of Deerfield Ranch 2007 Reserve Cabernet Franc. What was the occasion? It was our grandson’s 11th birthday! Even though he was not here to … Continue reading

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Lazy spaghetti and meatballs – 3/7/17

Yes, this is a go-to dinner when there is not enough time to make something else. I think I need to take the time to make some meatballs and freeze them instead of using these frozen ones from a bag. … Continue reading

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Penne, meatballs, tomato sauce, ho-hum – 2/23/17

Boring. Easy. Quick. That about sums up Thursday’s dinner. The sauce was leftover and frozen from some previous Italian-inspired dinner and the meatballs come frozen in a bag. We cooked the penne.  It is embarrassing to post this but I … Continue reading

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Fajitas and fixins’ – 2/16/17

I am still trying to use up stuff in the refrigerator. We have so many tortillas! They don’t come in a package size for two people who don’t eat tortillas every night!! After tonight we will have fewer. I am … Continue reading

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Bits and pieces – 2/15/17

What can I say? We are leaving on Friday and clearing out the refrigerator and freezer. BTW the asparagus was awesome!

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Angel hair pasta with tomato sauce and meatballs – 2/14/17

I was not feeling well on Valentine’s Day so I just made something easy. Since we did not have a jar of spaghetti sauce, John made a sauce with some onions, garlic, tomato paste and jarred diced tomatoes and tomato … Continue reading

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Hamburger on a bun – 2/4/17

I have to admit it, I do love a hamburger on a bun with some mayo, ketchup and onion. We started tonight’s dinner with a salad and followed it up with this lovely fellow. Tasty! And speaking of tasty, here’s … Continue reading

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Easy pasta dinner – 1/22/17

We still had some frozen meatballs from when Jon visited in October so decided to make a very easy dinner of penne, with doctored, jarred spaghetti sauce and meatballs. Very enjoyable!

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Fajitas – 1/18/17

Fajitas are a Tex-Mex dish and the word “fajitas” means little strips of meat.  In the recipes I looked at most called for skirt steak but what we had was leftover ribeye steak from the “too rare” night. Unfortunately ribeye … Continue reading

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Burger and a salad – 1/15/17

John is the grill man and I am the vegetable lady. Tonight while he was preparing the burgers I was busy making a tasty salad and the cauliflower from the previous post. For my salad I used the mix “Kale … Continue reading

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