Category Archives: Beef

Hot dogs etc. 5/8/25

Instead of making shrimp tonight we opted for an easier hot dog dinner. We don’t eat hot dogs very often so it made these especially tasty. Along with Nathan’s all-beef dogs I enhanced sauerkraut from a can and also black … Continue reading

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Grilled hamburgers and salad 5/6/25

As a harbinger to summer John cooked hamburgers on the grill. Mmmm, the aroma of the burgers wafting through the screen dooor was sublime! I made a chopped salad with buffalo ranch dressing. It was all delicious!

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Beef pho. 5/1/25

We are all over the world this week with our menu—Italy, Morocco, Vietnam, and Spain and India coming up to finish off the week. After all our exciting culinary adventures this week maybe next week will feature steak and potatoes, … Continue reading

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Spaghetti and meatballs 4/28/25

I made the sauce for our dinner out of large can of tomato purée, an 14 ounce can of diced tomatoes, onions, garlic, oregano, and olive oil. The meatballs came from a bag of frozen meatballs. I garnished my plate … Continue reading

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Stuffed peppers again. 4/23/25

The problem with making ten stuffed pepper halves is that they wipe out your dinner plans for the next few days. So here is what we ate on our leftover night. I took one of the halves and topped it … Continue reading

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Stuffed peppers. 4/22/25

While perusing the shelf full of various overpriced orange, yellow, and red bell peppers I noticed a bag of colorful peppers on the shelf above. These actual looked healthier than the expensive ones on the shelf below. Usually I make … Continue reading

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Grilled hamburger and salad. 4/9/25

John cooked the burgers and I made the salad. Great dinner in less than a half hour!

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Grilled steak, potatoes, and asparagus. 4/5/25

John cooked the steak on the grill perfectly. He also put a little char on the potatoes I had microwaved earlier. The asparagus cooked in a little water and butter. This was an easy dinner full of flavor.

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Corned beef and cabbage. 3/17/25

We enjoyed St. Patrick’s Day with this traditional dish. The recipe we used is this one from NYTimes Cooking with the exception of omitting the glaze in Step Four.

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Penne with meat sauce. 3/11/25

We were supposed to be having chicken enchiladas for dinner tonight. Sarah and I were tasked with picking a rotisserie chicken from Costco. But when we got there the chicken cupboard was bare and so we had to come up … Continue reading

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