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Category Archives: Easy
Instant Pot beef stew. 12/2/18
I have been craving some beef stew. This is the exact same beef stew my mother used to make when I was a kid. Back then I hated everything but I grew up and realized that the comforting flavors of … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Instant Pot, Kitchen tips, Recipes, Vegetables
Tagged beef stew, Instant Pot
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Last of the tomatoes. 11/29/18
We are down to the last of our tomatoes from this year’s crop. To mark the occasion and as a preview to our upcoming trip to Italy I made a dress-your-own salad with oil and vinegar accompanied by a slice … Continue reading
More leftovers. 11/24/18
On Friday we had Thanksgiving redo. In order to not have the turkey get over cooked in the reheating process or the creamed onions sauce to break, we sealed them in some bags and used the immersion circulator to heat … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Kitchen tips, leftovers, Poultry, Vegetables
Tagged broccoli, leftovers, Thanksgiving, Turkey
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Finally cooked something. 11/17/18
Let’s see, Tuesday pretzels, Wednesday egg, Thursday pizza, Friday leftover pizza, and Saturday, I finally make something. I am still needing comfort food and with John spurring me on, we make beef stew in the Instant Pot. John browns the … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Instant Pot, Vegetables
Tagged Beef, beef stew, carrots, Celery, Onions, potatoes
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A favorite. 11/4/18
Whenever our son comes to visit he always requests his favorite. Surprisingly I do not recall making this for him when he was a kid. This dish is actually just some of his favorite things – meatballs, noodles, gravy, and … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Pasta, Vegetables
Tagged Beef, gravy, green beans, meatballs, noodles
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A gemisch of cuisines. 11/2/18
And by a gemisch I mean leftovers. I take the remnant of our Indian biryani and add some Mexican touches and serve it with the Vietnamese pork we had the other night. Result? Dinner is ready in about 15 minutes … Continue reading
Throwback Thursday. 11/1/18
Since we decide that cooking fish in the house is a bad idea due to the fish smell and having people in to see our up-for-sale house, we are casting around for something else to eat. I look in the … Continue reading
Posted in Beef, Easy, Mexican, Vegetables
Tagged cheddar cheee, cilantro, ground beef, lettuce, Onions, Tacos, tomatoes
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Vegan Instant Pot Chickpea Biryani. 10/30/18
If you own an Instant Pot, Chickpea Biryani is super fast and super easy. What takes the longest is soaking the rice for 20 minutes! My recipe is an adaptation of a NYTimes Cooking dish, Pressure Cooker Shrimp Biryani. I … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Indian, Instant Pot, Legumes, rice, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged basmati rice, chickpeas, curry leaves, Salad, Vegan. Vegetarian
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Kitchen picnic. 10/29/18
Don’t like sitting on a blanket on the ground? Have a kitchen picnic. For our kitchen picnic we have grilled chicken thighs with BBQ sauce. As accompaniments to John’s grilling, I spice up some baked beans and broccoli salad. We … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Grilling, Kitchen tips, Legumes, Poultry, Vegetables
Tagged beans, broccoli, chicken thighs, Grilling
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California burger in Utah 10/28/18
When I was a kid growing up in New Jersey we used to go the Palace Diner occasionally. (New Jersey is the state for diners!) I would order a California burger. It seemed so exciting to be eating a hamburger in … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Grilling, Kitchen tips, Vegetables
Tagged coleslaw, Hamburger, Potato salad
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