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Category Archives: Easy
Tilapia with mustard sauce. 3/21/26
It’s springtime and definitely the time for asparagus! Tonight’s dinner was quick-cooking tilapia, some mashed potatoes left over from last night, and big, fat asparagus. The mustard sauce goes well with all three!
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, pescatarian, Vegetables
Tagged asparagus, Fish, potatoes
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Chicken dinner. 3/20/26
Tonight was our typical Classic Chicken Dinner. It consisted of rotisserie chicken, chicken gravy, broccoli, and Idahoan mashed potatoes. The only real cooking I did was to steam the broccoli. John really enjoys this easy dinner. We make it often.
Posted in Poultry, Vegetables, American, Easy
Tagged chicken, broccoli, mashed potatoes
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Pizza times two. 3/18 & 3/19/2026
On Wednesday of my no-planning week we decided we wanted pizza. Having dinner delivered hot to our door is always very alluring. John ordered an extra large Italian sausage pizza. The three of us ate half of it (2 slices … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Hot weather meals, Italian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Pizza
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Chicken burrito bowl. 3/16/26
In this bowl (hiding beneath the lettuce) are all the ingredients you might find in a chicken burrito. There is rice, chicken, corn, black beans, salsa, cilantro, and green onions. The chips take the place of a tortilla and the … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Hot weather meals, Legumes, Mexican, Poultry, rice, Salad, Southwest U.S., Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged chicken, rice, Salad
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Tube steak. 3/14/26
John always refers jokingly to hot dogs as tube steaks. We enjoy Nathan’s all-beef “tube steaks” and I served them with a salad and sauerkraut.
Posted in Beef, Easy, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged hot dogs, Salad, sauerkraut
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Grilled steak, potato, and asparagus. 3/13/26
Sometimes you just feel like having a piece of beef. This dinner really hit the spot this week.
Posted in Vegetables, Beef, Grilling, American, Easy, Weeknight dinners
Tagged asparagus, potato, Beef
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Convenience food. 3/12/26
We did not feel like going through the mess of a complicated dinner so we opted for air-frying fish fillets and making a packaged salad. It was easy and we enjoyed it.
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, pescatarian, Salad, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Fish, Salad
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Penne with tomatoes, corn, and basil. 3/11/26
After declaring that it was too hot to be cooking anything last night, Sarah departed the kitchen and left us to our own devices. I decided I wanted a summery pasta meal so we blistered some cherry tomatoes, sauteed corn, … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Italian, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged pasta
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Grilled hamburgers with salad and chips. 3/9/26
John as always is our master chef of grilling. The hamburgers were done perfectly and enjoyed by all. Sarah contributed the Takis potato chips which were the worst chips ever! They were totally saltless and tasteless. We threw them out. … Continue reading
Posted in Vegetables, Beef, Grilling, American, Easy, Salad, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Salad, beef burger
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Crispy fish fillet sandwiches and a salad. 3/7/26
The other day we were at Costco when I noticed that they carried Gorton’s crispy fish fillets. Having spent part of our lives living in Massachusetts we were familiar with the Gorton fisherman and remembered plenty of meals when the … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Healthy tips, pescatarian, Salad, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Fish, Salad
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