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Category Archives: Easy
Fettucine and zoodles with mushrooms and broccolini 1/4/23
Two vegan dinners in a row! It is such a pleasure not to be eating in an unhealthy manner. John was in charge of cooking the pasta and I was in charge of cutting up vegetables, zoodling the zucchini, and … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Italian, Methods, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged healthy lifestyle, zoodles
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Vegan Afghani style lentils with rice and kale 1/3/23
Quick-cooking red lentils form the base for this dinner entree. It is spiced up with garlic, onion, ginger, cumin seed, turmeric, and cayenne. First you cook up the spices in a little oil, then add the garlic, onion, and ginger … Continue reading
Posted in Afghan, Easy, Legumes, Methods, rice, stew, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Lentls
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Chilean sea bass, farro mix, broccoli. 1/2/23
I am starting off the new year with one of the best “diet” dinners in our repertoire, Chilean sea bass with delicious sides. John roasted the sea bass in a 400F oven for 13 minutes. It was flavored with olive … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Grains, pescatarian, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Chilean sea bass
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Polenta with meatballs and tomato sauce, vegetables. 12/30/22
In an effort to make room in the refrigerator we decided to have a leftover dinner rather than the fish we had intended. We will eat the fish tomorrow for lunch. This is an amalgam of the polenta we had … Continue reading
Sheet pan eggplant, sprouts, and tomato over farro. 12/29/22
Getting all the vegetables done at the same time was the most difficult part of this dish. I started the eggplant first and put the sprouts and the tomato in the oven after 15 minutes. Then I cooked it for … Continue reading
Grilled lamb chops, polenta, broccoli. 12/28/22
Delicious meal tonight! John grilled these lamb chops to perfection. Each one is like a little porterhouse steak. We made a special trip to Costco for them. A lot of regular grocery stores don’t carry much lamb but we can … Continue reading
Spaghetti and meatballs. 12/26/22
Shortly before Christmas I made a tomato sauce for the chicken parm we were having for dinner. My idea at the time was that I would make enough sauce for dinner and also for Christmas Eve’s meatballs three ways. Of … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Italian, Leftovers For Dinner, Pasta, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged meatballs, Spaghetti
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Tiny meat loaf with potatoes and broccoli. 12/23/22
For our Christmas Eve party we are making meatballs with three sauces. After I made 70 meatballs I had a little of the meat ball mix left over. What are meatballs anyway? Basically round meat loaf! So I made two … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Sheet pan, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Beef, Meat loaf
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Chicken parm with pasta. 12/22/22
I made some spaghetti sauce for our “meatball bar” on Christmas Eve and used part of it in tonight’s dinner. This is really kind of a shortcut chicken parm as all I did was nestle some rotisserie chicken in part … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Methods, Pasta, Poultry, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged chicken
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Asian tofu bowl. 12/21/22
This is my favorite bowl of the three we make. And it is probably the easiest. We get very firm tofu that gets marinated in soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger, and garlic powders and then everything else (except for the … Continue reading
Posted in Asian, Easy, Legumes, Methods, rice, Salad, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
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