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Category Archives: Healthy tips
Vegan pasta puttanesca with mushrooms and kale. 7/20/21
I have various tricks for making my pasta seem like more than it is. What I would really like is to eat half a pound of pasta at a time but I know that is not in the cards if … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Healthy tips, Italian, Kitchen tips, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged pasta
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Chicken bowl. 7/16/21
Because we had such a fabulous dinner on Thursday, I decided to make myself a saner dinner on Friday. I am using chicken breast meat from the Costco rotisserie chicken, Power Greens Earthbound Farms greens, and some cut up cherry … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Healthy tips, Kitchen tips, Poultry, Salad, Vegetables
Tagged chicken breast
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Deconstructed fish tacos. 7/13/21
For Taco Tuesday I decided to skip the tortillas and put my taco innards on a plate. The thing with tacos is once you have taken your first bite they are hard to put down so you just keep eating … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Healthy tips, Mexican, pescatarian, rice, Southwest U.S., Vegetables
Tagged mahi mahi, Tacos
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Raw and sautéed veg topped with soft scrambled eggs. 7/11/21
It’s Sunday so it must be BFD (Breakfast For Dinner)! While John was busy making his usual omelet, I was chopping up and sautéing my BFD veg. I cooked the mushrooms and onions first and then added everything else. I … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Eggs, Healthy tips, Kitchen tips, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged Eggs
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Hot weather assembling. 7/10/21
When it is too hot to cook the best thing to do is to have an assembled dinner. Since it was around 104F yesterday, we decided on a Southwest chicken salad. We set up the ingredients on the kitchen island … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Healthy tips, Kitchen tips, Legumes, Poultry, Salad, Southwest U.S., Vegetables
Tagged chicken
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Red lentil sundae. 7/9/21
I know it is hardly the sundae you were looking for but this is a delicious vegetarian (or vegan minus the yogurt) dish that is super healthy, tasty, and pretty to look at. I first had this red lentil stew … Continue reading
Posted in Afghan, Easy, Healthy tips, Kitchen tips, Legumes, Recipes, rice, stew, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged lentils
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Light clam chowder. 7/8/21
We were supposed to be preparing shrimp tonight but we opted to change the menu to a favorite of ours, clam chowder. I have taken a traditional recipe for New England clam chowder and lightened it up so that it … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Healthy tips, pescatarian, Shellfish, soup, Uncategorized, Vegetables
Tagged clam
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Pan seared Pacific cod with rice and Vietnamese salsa. 7/7/21
Originally John was going to pan sear the cod and I was going to make some sort of vegetation. I don’t know, maybe I was planning on doing a sheet pan veg but I made that veg yesterday and our … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Fish, Healthy tips, Kitchen tips, pescatarian, Recipes, rice, Vegetables
Tagged cod, Fish
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Whole grain spaghetti with pesto, salad 7/5/21
Tonight we started with a salad since we were having pesto rather than vegetables in our pasta. The salad had a mix of greens, mushrooms, scallions, and cherry tomatoes. I make a very low fat salad dressing using two of … Continue reading
Posted in Healthy tips, Italian, Kitchen tips, Pasta, Salad, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged pesto, Spaghetti
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Grilling on the Fourth. 7/4/21
Happy Fourth of July! We took advantage of a beautiful day here in Northern California grilling our dinner and eating al fresco. Because we like to eat volume so we used our one roll to support two different burgers. This … Continue reading
Posted in American, Grilling, Healthy tips, Legumes, Recipes, Salad, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged Bean burger, Portobello mushroom, tabbouleh
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