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Category Archives: Easy
Farro grain bowl with vegetables. 2/12/22
Farro is a delicious nutty flavored grain that not many people know about. It can take the place of rice in many dishes. I make mine in the oven but you can also cook on your stove top as well. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Grains, Kitchen tips, Methods, Sheet pan, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged Eggplant, farro
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Steelhead trout sesame bowl. 2/11/22
If you are thinking that the steelhead trout looks a lot like yesterday’s salmon, you would be right because we had Trout Niçoise yesterday and I misnamed it. Anyway, because we bought a large piece of this trout at Costco … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Fish, Japanese, Kitchen tips, pescatarian, rice, Salad, Vegetables
Tagged trout
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Salmon Salade Niçoise. 2/10/22
What do I love about this dish most? It’s the decision-making of what to eat next. Do I make a circuit around the plate again and again until everything is eaten? Do I eat the thing I like best entirely … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Eggs, Fish, French, Kitchen tips, Mediterranean, pescatarian, Salad, Uncategorized, Vegetables
Tagged salmon
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Fusilli with tuna, kale, and mushrooms. 2/8/22
Our pasta dinner for this week was very satisfying with the addition of canned tuna. I put the tuna in just at the last minute and left it quite chunky. The furikake that I sprinkled over the top is ebi … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Fish, Italian, Kitchen tips, Pasta, pescatarian, Vegetables
Tagged pasta, tuna
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Gingery red lentils with kale and rice. 2/7/22
What a yummy lentil dish this is! The coral colored “red” lentils turn yellow during cooking and are spiced with fresh ginger, onions, garlic, turmeric, cumin, and cayenne. To keep this dish vegetarian/vegan use water or vegetable stock to cook … Continue reading
Posted in Afghan, Easy, Legumes, Recipes, rice, stew, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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Three ways I stretch a pasta serving. 2/6/22
Last week I made a tasty meat sauce that was actually more mushrooms than meat and served it for three dinners and one lunch. Of course that was a lot of pasta to eat so I used some tricks to … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Healthy tips, Italian, leftovers, Pasta, Vegetables
Tagged pasta, Salad
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Shrimp sesame bowl 1/27/22
Tonight I served sautéed shrimp with cabbage, avocado, and cucumber over rice with a ginger, soy, white vinegar, and vegetable oil sauce. The dish was topped with a sprinkle of furikake which gave it a nice crunch.
Fusilli with broccolini and mushrooms. 1/26/22
Fusilli with broccolini and mushrooms is a vegan (without parmesan) or vegetarian delight. Using Carba Nada pasta means that the carbs and calories are lower which means that I can have more pasta with less guilt! While the pasta is … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Healthy tips, Italian, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged pasta
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Seared scallops, new potatoes, and collards and corn. 1/25/22
This is our fancy dinner for this week. Scallops are my number one favorite protein. It is still hard for me to understand how something so sweet and delicious can be low in calories! John cooks them in a little … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Kitchen tips, pescatarian, Shellfish, Vegetables
Tagged scallops
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Chicken salsa verde with spicy slaw. 1/24/22
Using rotisserie chicken breast meat made this dinner super easy and quick! We warmed the chicken in some salsa verde. I made my spicy slaw which consists of medium tomato salsa, light mayo, and prepackaged shredded cabbage. John made rice … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Healthy tips, Mexican, Poultry, rice, Southwest U.S., Vegetables
Tagged chicken
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