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Category Archives: Easy
Grilled steak, grilled potato, and broccoli. 3/1/25
This is such a simple meal to make. John does the grilling and I take care of the potato and broccoli. Before the potato can go on the grill I microwave it until it is almost cooked through. The grilling … Continue reading
Shells with sausage and mushroom tomato sauce. 2/27/25
Thursday is officially Sarah’s night to cook. She defrosted the second half of the sauce she made last week and served it over medium pasta shells. It was delicious and we all indulged in an extra ounce of pasta.
Buffalo chicken wings with tabbouleh and beets. 2/26/25
Sometimes I do not feel like making and eating what I planned. In these cases it’s good to have back-up supplies. I had buffalo chicken wings in the freezer which appealed to me and left over tabbouleh and roasted golden … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Grains, Leftovers For Dinner, Poultry, Salad, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged chicken wings, Golden beets, tabbouleh
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Chicken Lo Mein. 2/5/25
We tried a new recipe for dinner and enjoyed it. I bought a bag of fresh chopped vegetables from Trader Joe’s which contained snow peas, Napa cabbage, broccoli, and bok choy. I added chopped carrots and bean sprouts. We adapted … Continue reading
Posted in American, Asian, Chinese, Easy, Poultry, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged chicken, Chinese, pasta, Stir-fry
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Scallops, new potatoes, and broccoli. 2/4/25
Scallops are one of my favorite things to eat. We used to get large ocean scallops from Costco but they have not been for sale for over six months. So we decided to try these smaller scallops also from Costco. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, pescatarian, Shellfish, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged broccoli, potatoes, scallops
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Fusilli with mushrooms and asparagus. 2/3/25
I probably could eat pasta almost every day of the week. I like it with meat sauces, meatballs, sausage, and all kinds of vegetables. Tonight’s pasta dish was made with fusilli cooked to al dente and then incorporated into a … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Italian, Methods, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged asparagus, pasta
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Classic Chicken dinner. 2/1/25
I know you are probably tired of classic chicken dinner appearing almost every week. So am I. We changed it a little this week with rice instead of mashed potatoes but our second dinner with a rotisserie chicken needs an … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Methods, Poultry, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged brussels sprouts, chicken, rice
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Mediterranean Bowl. 1/30/25
Tonight Sarah made us a Mediterranean bowl. Loaded on top of rice were chickpeas, slivered red onions, hummus, tomatoes, cucumber, parsley, olives, and feta cheese. We gave it a drizzle of olive oil and it was ready to eat. It … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Legumes, Mediterranean, rice, Salad, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged chickpeas, hummus
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Chicken soft tacos with spicy beans. 1/28/25
Instead of our usual chicken enchiladas we decided to go with chicken tacos this week. I shredded up a chicken breast from our Costco chicken and fashioned a make-your-own taco bar. John toasted tortillas and we filled our tacos with … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Legumes, Methods, Mexican, Poultry, Southwest U.S., Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged black beans, chicken, taco
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Grilled hamburgers and salad. 1/27/25
It’s chilly out but not too cold to grill hamburgers! We had a summer dinner at the end of January. John did a great job grilling our burgers to medium rare. I made a fresh salad to go along side. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Grilling, Salad, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged hamburgers
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