Category Archives: Easy

Roast Atlantic cod with sheet pan vegetables 11/10/23

We were so pleased that Whole Foods had Atlantic cod on sale this week. We usually only get Pacific cod here on the West Coast and I like the taste of Atlantic cod better. Since we were cooking the cod … Continue reading

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Chilean sea bass, new potatoes, broccoli 11/7/23

On our way over to the rotisserie chickens at Costco we stopped at the fish counter and found a beautiful piece of Chilean sea bass. Instead of having a shrimp dish on Tuesday we decided to move our fresh fish … Continue reading

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Faux hot dog with an inventive pita bun. 11/4/23

On Saturday we were supposed to be preparing an Asian salmon bowl. It is one of our daughter’s favorite things we make. Unfortunately she was not feeling well so we decided to push the bowl to Sunday and find something … Continue reading

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Buffalo chicken wings and salad. 11/2/23

Not having a menu has dinner topsy-turvy this week. Since we did not take a flank steak out of the freezer early enough for dinner our fallback plan was to make some frozen Buffalo chicken wings and have a salad. … Continue reading

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Too much sauce! 11/1/23

I had some tomato sauce left over from last week’s pasta meal. Once I put it in a pan to reheat John and I agreed that it looked like it wasn’t enough for the amount of pasta that he was … Continue reading

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Shrimp with polenta and broccoli. 11/1/23

We have not planned a menu or gone food shopping for this week but we always have shrimp, broccoli, and polenta on hand. Except for all the stirring of the polenta (we take turns!) this is a really easy, quick, … Continue reading

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Sheet pan turkey sausage and vegetables. 10/30/23

Sheet pan cooking is so easy and the clean-up is minimal. I preheated the oven to 425F and cut up, oiled, and salted some potatoes, carrots, onions, zucchini, and cabbage. After 20 minutes I added the turkey sausage for the … Continue reading

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Spaghetti with tomato sauce. 10/24/23

Originally we were supposed to be having chickpea stew for dinner. When we looked for the ditalini we discovered that it had been used. So, what to do? I decided on making a quick tomato sauce and using the pasta … Continue reading

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Grilled hamburgers and salad. 10/21/23

Easy dinner tonight! I started out by making the Taylor Farms Steakhouse Wedge salad and added some Power Greens, diced red onion, and the last of our daughter’s cherry tomatoes from the community garden. This made enough salad so that … Continue reading

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Light shrimp scampi with rice and broccoli. 10/20/23

We have not made this in quite a while and we were pleasantly surprised at how good and easy it was. Since we are not strictly on our diet regimen we added 2 teaspoons of butter to the sauce at … Continue reading

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