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Category Archives: Holidays
Stuffed cabbage. 10/6/25 (and 10/7/25)
Tonight we celebrated Sukkot which is a harvest festival. For some reason, and I am not sure why, we make stuffed cabbage for this dinner. It is a lot of work and I always say that next year I will … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Holidays, Instant Pot, Vegetables
Tagged Beef, cabbage, rice, tomatoes
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Autumn soup and challah. 9/19/25
We did our celebrating of Rosh Hashanah on Friday night because on Monday, the actual date, it is supposed to be in the upper 90s and too hot for baking and making soup. Sarah made a lovely round challah in … Continue reading
Memorial Day grilling. 5/26/2025
We had a small family grill night for Memorial Day. John cooked the hamburgers expertly and also put some char on the corn. I made up a salad and we shared part of a bag of chips.
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Grilling, Holidays, Salad, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged corn, hamburgers, Salad
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Scallops for Mother’s Day. 5/11/25
Scallops for dinner is my favorite. Since it was Mother’s Day I got to pick what I like best. John did a great job searing the scallops and I made the sides. At the base are braised leeks which you … Continue reading
Posted in French, Holidays, pescatarian, Recipes, Shellfish, Special occasion, Vegetables
Tagged asparagus, Beurre blanc, leeks, mashed potatoes, scallops
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Corned beef and cabbage. 3/17/25
We enjoyed St. Patrick’s Day with this traditional dish. The recipe we used is this one from NYTimes Cooking with the exception of omitting the glaze in Step Four.
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Holidays, Recipes, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Corned beef
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Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. 3/12-14/25
Somehow most of my carefully planned menus fell by the wayside this week. First there were no rotisserie chickens, then there was torrential rain, followed by a holiday celebration. Here is what we ended up eating. Now we are back … Continue reading
Posted in American, Chinese, Holidays, Italian, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Happy Lunar New Year! 1/29/25 The Year of the Snake!
Lots of folks here in Northern California are celebrating Lunar New Year. Since we are a family who likes to share in the celebrations of lots of cultures, we decide to make a holiday dinner of Asian treats. We started … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizers, Asian, Beef, Holidays, soup, Vegetables
Tagged pho, pot stickers, soup
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Black and yellow-eyed peas and cornbread 1/20/25
This is very similar to the dinner I made on New Year’s Day. This time I used two types of canned peas (beans) and a package of Jiffy cornbread that rose more than a half inch LOL! Vegetables added were … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Holidays, Legumes, Poultry, stew, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged beans, turkey sausage
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Stuffed Cabbage. 10/16/24
During the pandemic we started celebrating holidays that we hadn’t observed often in the past to break up the monotony. Last night we celebrated Sukkot a Jewish harvest festival and a commemoration of the exodus from Egypt. Although part of … Continue reading
Early Thanksgiving. October 12, 2024
John and I are not going to be home on Thanksgiving so our son, Jon, offered to host Thanksgiving on Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. In order to represent the entire North American continent (and to make the grandkids happy) we had … Continue reading
Posted in American, Appetizers, Beef, Desserts, Holidays, Mexican, Poultry, Shellfish, Special occasion, Vegetables
Tagged Tacos
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