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🥚 Breakfast for dinner. 2/16/20
John and I always have breakfast for dinner on Sunday. On our healthy-eating diet plan our weigh-in day is Monday. So we want to keep it light on Sunday night. John made a couple of sunny-side up eggs and toast … Continue reading
🦃 Lentil soup with turkey sausage. 2/15/20
I’m back from our little road trip to Portland, OR and so happy to return in my kitchen. While away I tried to eat some things that I don’t make at home. I had pho twice and even found a … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Legumes, Poultry, Vegetables
Tagged lentils, turkey sausage
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🍤 Shrimp, rice, and broccoli with oyster sauce. 2/7/20
Friday was my last cooked meal for the week. On Saturday we are going out to dinner to celebrate our son’s birthday and on Sunday is our usual, “breakfast for dinner.” Next week John and I are going on a … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, rice, Shellfish, Vegetables
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🐓 Chicken cacciatore. 2/6/20
Chicken cacciatore means chicken “hunter style.” The chicken is usually braised with onions, herbs, tomatoes, and bell peppers. The other day I bought a rotisserie chicken at Costco so the chicken part was already cooked and we just heated it up in … Continue reading
🥬 Red lentils with rice and salad. 2/5/20
Red lentils are quick to prepare and delicious to eat! After sautéing onions, garlic, and ginger you add spices and stock. Then you add the picked over and rinsed lentils. Bring the pot to a boil and in 15 minutes … Continue reading
Posted in Afghan, Easy, Legumes, Mediterranean, rice, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged lentils, rice
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🥬 Pinto bean and vegetable stew over rice. 2/3/20
First, I missed posting our Sunday dinner because I was busy getting another blog I have up to date. Sunday’s dinner is our usual BFD or breakfast for dinner. It is the one night of the week where I don’t … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, leftovers, Legumes, rice, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged beans
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🐓 Chicken Monday on a Saturday night. 2/1/20
Even when the children were small, Monday dinners were known as chicken Monday. As my daughter grew up I let her choose what spices would go on the chicken. One time we had “Chicken with 17 Spices.” Now she doesn’t … Continue reading
🍤 Shrimp, rice, and a new vegetable. 1/29/30
For some reason I had convinced myself that I did not like bok choy. So I never eat it. I was searching for a vegetable to go with our shrimp and rice dinner and could not face broccoli again! I … Continue reading
Posted in American, Chinese, Easy, pescatarian, rice, Shellfish, Vegetables, WW points
Tagged shrimp
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🥬 Instant Pot split chickpea stew. 1/28/20
This is such an easy and delicious vegan dinner. A cup of split chickpeas, that I found at the WalMart grocery store amongst the Indian foods, are soaked for 30 minutes. While this is going on I sauteed some cumin … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Indian, Instant Pot, Legumes, Recipes, rice, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, WW points
Tagged chickpeas
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🥬 Vegan/vegetarian tacos. 1/27/20
It was Taco Monday at our house! Lots of toppings—-onions, pepitas, salsa, cilantro, crema, lime, guacamole spread, and a cabbage-y mix—-make our pinto bean tacos tasty and interesting. (Note: for a vegan version omit crema.) The rice was enhanced with … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Legumes, Mexican, rice, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, WW points
Tagged Tacos
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