Category Archives: Easy

BFD Fried egg, asparagus, rice. 3/14/21

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If you watch food TV competitions the judges are always touting how fabulous and sexy it is to have a runny egg on top of a dish. So I thought I would give it a try. I cannot attest to … Continue reading

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LFD (Leftovers For Dinner) Chana dal. 3/13/21

I love the ease of Saturday’s LFD. We made a double recipe of Chana/Toor dal on Monday so all I had to do was add some broth and the stems from the kale and heat it up. I placed half … Continue reading

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Chilean sea bass, kale and corn, Vichy carrots. 3/11/21

Oven-roasted Chilean sea bass, Vichy carrots, steamed kale and corn Patagonian toothfish or commercially known as Chilean sea bass (a misnomer) is a delicious fatty white fish  that lives near Antarctica. It has been over-fished and poachers continue to make … Continue reading

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Sous vide chicken breast, butternut squash, broccoli. 3/10/21

Sous vide chicken breast, roasted butternut squash, sautéed broccoli John set the temperature for 159F and the immersion circulator did the rest of the work. Once the water is at temperature we cook the meat for at least 1.5 hours. … Continue reading

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Light shrimp scampi with whole grain linguine. 3/9/21

Light shrimp scampi with whole grain linguine Slight change in plans for dinner tonight. We were supposed to be having classic chicken but when we went in the freezer there was no chicken. So we made Friday’s dinner instead. You … Continue reading

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BFD – Vegetarian fried rice with egg. 3/7/21

Vegetarian fried rice with egg Today I prepared my BFD (Breakfast For Dinner) to seem more like a dinner and less like breakfast. First I made kind of an egg pancake and took that out of the pan, rolled it … Continue reading

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Pan-seared salmon, new potatoes, veg melange. 3/6/21

Although Saturdays are usually LFD (Leftovers For Dinner), we did not have any leftovers since we just got back from our vacation. I chose a different route, with the exception of the fish, the vegetables are left over in the … Continue reading

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Back from vacation. Pasta night! 3/5/21

John and I are back from our vacation in colorful southwest Utah. Although we did a lot of exercise, it just could not keep up with our vacation eating. We finished off the last two days with pizza and moo … Continue reading

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All-American taco dinner. 2/28/21

In 2016 we were all threatened, much to our glee, with a taco truck on every corner if we voted for the wrong candidate. Tacos like hamburgers, hot dogs, and pizza have become an American staple served weekly to our children, … Continue reading

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All-American dinner. 2/27/21

We went on a hike yesterday up the Huber Wash in Zion National Park. Although the round-trip is supposedly 4 miles, it was a difficult hike for me since the rock-strewn trail was tortuous for my fragile knee which does … Continue reading

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