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Category Archives: Easy
Grilled steak, sweet potato, cauliflower. 1/13/25
Tonight we are having a grill and sheet pan meal. John grilled the steak to perfection and put the sweet potatoes that I had microwaved on the grill to give them some char. I pumped the oven up to 550F, … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Grilling, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Beef, cauliflower, sweet potato
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Gochujang potato stew. 1/8/25
I will happily eat anything potato. We have only made this once before and I find it hard to believe this dish is not in our monthly rotation. It is quick and easy to make. It has a hardiness and … Continue reading
Posted in Asian, Easy, Recipes, stew, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged beans, gochujang, potatoes
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Buffalo chicken wings. 1/7/25
We were supposed to be having our classic chicken dinner tonight but we started watching a cooking program where the contestants were making chicken wings. I knew we had a couple of wings from the chicken we bought today and … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Poultry, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged chicken, Vegetables
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Tilapia with mustard sauce, rice, and broccoli. 1/6/25
I seem to be having trouble getting back into the routine of taking pictures of my dinners! Trust me, John baked the fish and made the rice. I prepared the mustard sauce and cooked the broccoli. Hopefully I will remember … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Fish, rice, Vegetables
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Abbreviated week. November 24-27, 2024
I am taking a little break from posting my daily dinners. My regular postings should continue mid-December. November 24, 2024. Meatloaf, sweet potato, Brussels sprouts I used my mother’s recipe for meatloaf. It consists of a pound of ground beef, … Continue reading
Penne and meatballs. 11/23/24
Basically this dinner was all short cuts. I used Rao’s tomato basil sauce and Rosina’s frozen meatballs. Usually I dump the cooked pasta into the sauce but since I had a lot of sauce and a lot of meatballs I … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Italian, Pasta, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged meatballs, pasta
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Salmon with mustard sauce. 11/22/24
John cooked the salmon in a 400F oven for about 8 minutes since the pieces we had were fairly thin. I almost did not have enough time to get the rice reheated and the broccoli cooked! I had made the … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Methods, Recipes, rice, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged broccoli, rice, salmon
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Shrimp with polenta and broccoli. 11/17/24
Except for stirring the polenta and washing up the three pots and pans this is a pretty easy dinner to make and delightful to eat. We make the polenta with a 6:1 ratio. John has made a shrimp stock tonight … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Grains, Methods, pescatarian, Shellfish, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged broccoli, polenta, shrimp
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Fettuccine with asparagus and mushrooms. 11/15/24
The easiest way to stretch 3 ounces of pasta into a really satisfying meal is to add a lot of vegetables. Ahead of the pasta getting cooked I sautéed 8 ounces of mushrooms and a big handful of asparagus spears … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Methods, Pasta, Recipes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged asparagus, mushrooms, pasta
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Rotisserie chicken dinner. 11/12/24
This is such an easy dinner! Sarah took the chicken apart. One breast was sliced up and heated in chicken gravy. The other breast was shredded and frozen. The legs and thighs are for soups and lunches. The bones are … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Methods, Poultry, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged broccoli, chicken, mashed potatoes
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