Category Archives: Grains

Vegetarian pasta and vegan spicy Thai basil eggplant with tofu. 1/29/18

Having had quite a bit of animal protein last week, I started out this week with a vegetarian and a vegan dish. Actually the pasta was only vegetarian because I added some fish sauce and grated some parmesan cheese on … Continue reading

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Pasta, fajitas, burger, all American!

Notice that I did not use All-American. Why? Because all these foods are mainstream American fare. What a boon to get up each day and decide what type of cuisine you want to eat and then run out to your … Continue reading

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Bits and Pieces – 12/25/17 to 1/14/17

After almost nobody even bothered to look at my pretty rum cake, I decided to make a change.  I am tired of trying to find vegan recipes and I am going to be traveling quite a bit this year and … Continue reading

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Another vega, vege, carne sort of day. 12/23/17

Started off the day with a nice bowl of oatmeal with flaxseed. John has been unhappily noticing that I tend to call it gruel. I am turning over a new leaf and only saying positive things about my daily delicious … Continue reading

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Testing veggie burgers. 12/11/17

Good to be home and eating normally again. John and I went to the grocery store and picked up three different kinds of veggie burger – Morningstar Spicy Bean Burger, Hilary’s World’s Best Veggie Burger, and Trader Joe’s Vegetable Masala … Continue reading

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Birthday Weekend. 12/8-10/17

I had a great time on my birthday weekend. Our destination was Little River, CA on the Pacific Coast. Since we were a party of four it was important that everyone have the choices they liked for their dining experiences. … Continue reading

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Birthday Week! 12/4/17

It is almost my birthday! During birthday week I get to dine on whatever I wish. It includes all sorts of fare. No doubt I will be eating pizza and Chinese food. There is a particular dish of a Thai … Continue reading

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Vegetarian, vegan, vegan. 12/2/17

I revolted from my gruel breakfast and ate an egg instead. It isn’t so much the ugly appearance and slimy texture of my oatmeal regimen that bothers me, it is the everyday sameness. I wish there were something else savory … Continue reading

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Chinese and Mediterrean influenced. 11/30/17

I really like ethnic foods. They have such a flavor punch after eating a bunch of American food (see Thanksgiving.)  For lunch today I finished daughter’s brown rice. There was about a half of a cup left. To complement the … Continue reading

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Two pasta Tuesday. 11/28/17

Since I am always mentioning my breakfast I thought I would take a picture of it today. Ta da! Steel cut oatmeal with flaxseed and blueberries. I am still missing all the other breakfasts I used to have and feel … Continue reading

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