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Category Archives: Easy
Hamburger with grilled cauliflower and coleslaw. 6/14/22
A hot day calls for cooking outside. While I made a cool cole slaw indoors, John cooked the burgers and cauliflower on the grill. While John and our daughter had burgers on sesame buns, I had mine without the extra … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Grilling, Hot weather meals, Low carb meals, Vegetables
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Chilean sea bass with salad and zucchini 6/13/22
Today I started my low carb living with a delicious piece of Chilean sea bass with an accompanying salad and sautéed zucchini. We ate the salad as a first course dressed simply with olive oil and red wine vinegar. It … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Healthy tips, Low carb meals, Methods, pescatarian, Salad, Vegetables
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Sushi. 6/11/22
Since it has been so hot here we decided to pitch our previous plan of salmon with roasted cauliflower and keep the kitchen cool by buying take-out sushi. We get sushi from one of our local grocery stores and it … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Fish, Hot weather meals, Japanese, pescatarian, rice, take-out
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Southwest salad. 6/10/22
It was really hot here yesterday, in the upper 90s. So we scuttled our cooking plans and made a southwest salad. John and I used to buy this salad pre-made from Costco but, as it happens with many things we … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Hot weather meals, Legumes, Poultry, Salad, Southwest U.S., Vegetables
Tagged chicken
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Fettuccine with arrabbiata sauce
It’s pasta Wednesday and we are finally getting around to having fettuccine arrabbiata! Arrabbiata sauce is a spicy tomato sauce. To make it spicy I used a can of Rotel, a minced jalapeño, red pepper flakes, and several squirts of … Continue reading
Chilean sea bass, blistered cherry tomatoes, kale and corn 6/7/22
As fabulous as Chilean sea bass is, the vegetables really stole the show for this dinner. John roasted the Chilean sea bass in a 400F oven for 14 minutes. He seasoned it with salt, garlic powder, Old Bay, tarragon (from … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Methods, pescatarian, Vegetables
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Chicken with rice mix and broccoli 6/6/22
At our house we call this either Classic Chicken or Chicken Monday. When the kids were little I tended to make the same sort of dish on certain days of the week. Monday was always chicken. In fact it became … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Grains, Kitchen tips, leftovers, Poultry, rice, Vegetables
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Vegetable stir-fry with polenta and fresh herbs 6/5/22
Since I ate an egg for breakfast I was looking for something different for Sunday night’s dinner. Aha, leftover polenta in the refrigerator! Given that polenta did not seem to lend itself to Asian flavors I decided to make an … Continue reading
Posted in American, Breakfast For Dinner (BFD), Easy, Grains, Italian, leftovers, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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Vegan green vegetables pasta 6/3/22
We used up a bunch of vegetables from our crisper today with a delicious vegan pasta dish. In the time it took to bring our salted water to a boil and cook the pasta I sliced and quickly cooked all … Continue reading
Stir-fried broccoli and chicken over kale and rice 6/1/22
The weather people assured me that the high temperature on Wednesday was supposed to be 73F. With very moderate temperatures for the day I felt that boiling a big pot of water to make fettuccini arrabbiata would not be a … Continue reading
Posted in Asian, Chinese, Easy, Grains, Healthy tips, Hot weather meals, Poultry, rice, Vegetables
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