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Category Archives: Grilling
Grilled chicken thighs with watermelon and tomato salad. 7/5/19
According to my menu we are supposed to be having a frittata tonight. John says he does not want to heat up the kitchen by turning on the oven so we need to come up with an alternate plan. The … Continue reading
Christmas in June cookout! 6/29/19
Since we were off in Italy over Christmas with our adult children, we never had a chance to celebrate with the grandkids. We had this situation arise once before and found that having Christmas around the Summer Solstice was an … Continue reading
Grilling and chilling
Here in Northern California our weather runs in 3 to 4 day cycles. We will have a few days of glorious weather with highs in the upper 70’s and lows in the upper 50’s and then a heating trend where … Continue reading
Salad, collard greens, and steak. 6/10/19
My doctor has told me I need to eat differently. Cut down on the carbs because of rising blood sugar. I am really at a quandary with this because I eat quite a lot of carbs – pasta, beans, polenta, … Continue reading
Sous vide ribeye steak, grilled potato, broccoli and fava beans. 6/4/19
Today’s division of labor was like every other day, John cooks meat and grills and I do vegetable prep and cooking. John gave the steak a 2 hour immersion circulator bath at 130F and then seared the steak on the … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Grilling, sous vide, Vegetables
Tagged baked potato, broccoli, Fava beans, Steak
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Memorial Day grilling. 5/27/1
Memorial Day weekend is usually considered the kickoff to summer. So along with the more somber activities of the holiday such as visiting cemeteries and laying wreaths honoring our war dead, we also have parades and cook-outs. We had a … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Grilling, Holidays, Vegetables
Tagged broccoli salad, ground beef, Potato salad
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Grilled hamburgers. 5/6/19
We have cut down our red meat consumption to about once a week in an effort to eat in a healthier, planet-sustaining manner. Our selection for this week is hamburgers made outside on the grill. John is the grillmaster and … Continue reading
Holiday dinner. 4/27/19
Our belated family Passover dinner was a big success culinarily. It was less of a success family-wise because both grandkids and their mom were sick and could not come. So that was a real letdown. Feel better soon! But since … Continue reading
Posted in American, Desserts, Grilling, Holidays, Lamb, sous vide, Vegetables
Tagged asparagus, Lamb, macaroons, matzoh balls, potatoes, soup
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Spring menu. 4/19/19
If I had remembered to take a picture of our dinner last night it would have looked something like this. The difference is that John sous vide two racks of lamb instead of boneless leg of lamb. He set the … Continue reading
Posted in American, Grilling, Lamb, sous vide, Vegetables
Tagged asparagus, Lamb, mashed potatoes
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Burger and a salad. 3/24/19
As I said we are keeping things pretty simple this week. We start dinner off tonight with a bagged salad that I enhance with various toppings. The weather is lovely today so it is great for grilling. John cooks us … Continue reading
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