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Category Archives: Holidays
Autumn Soup and Homemade Challah. 10/11/24
On Friday we had our postponed Rosh Hashanah celebration because it was too hot for baking and cooking on the actual date. Sarah and I got up early and she got the challah started and I started peeling and chopping … Continue reading
Posted in American, Baking, Holidays, Recipes, soup, Special occasion, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged bread, soup
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Hot Dogs and Corn for Labor Day. 9/2/24
We spent part of our Labor Day watching the U.S. Open (tennis) and having a dinner of hot dogs and corn on the cob. John is quite the tennis fan and plays 3 to 4 times per week. I no … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Holidays, rice, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged corn, hot dogs
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Grilling on the Fourth of July (and the 5th too!) 7/4/24 and 7/5/24
Our son came over for our Fourth of July celebration. The rest of his family was at a reunion of his wife’s clan. So as I am wont to do I made too much food for just the four of … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Grilling, Holidays, Hot weather meals, Vegetables
Tagged hamburgers, watermelon
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Father’s Day faux cookout. 6/16/24
I started out thinking that for Father’s Day we would grill some meat and corn plus serve a salad for John, our daughter, our son, who is also a dad, and his kids. But then I started thinking about all … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Holidays, Hot weather meals, Legumes, Pork, Salad, Vegetables
Tagged Pork, ribs
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Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. May 26, 27, 28, 2024
On Sunday we decided to get some takeout Chinese food but it was not to be. Our favorite restaurant had decided to use this weekend to renovate their kitchen! What to do? We opted for pizza. Make a phone call … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Fish, Grilling, Holidays, Legumes, Salad, Southwest U.S., Vegetables
Tagged hamburgers, Pizza, Tacos
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Passover Seder, April 22, 2024
On Monday, April 22, 2024 we celebrated the first night of Passover. Our Seder plate included lettuce, parsley, charoses (apples, walnuts, wine), horseradish, an egg, and a lamb bone. We went through the blessings, read the story about the flight … Continue reading
Posted in American, Desserts, Grilling, Holidays, Lamb, soup, Vegetables
Tagged Lamb
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Thanksgiving three days early. 11/20/23
I will bet that this does not look like your Thanksgiving plate! But with the exception of mashed potatoes all these foods were available in some form to the Pilgrims. According to Wikipedia, Atlantic scallops were being gathered from the … Continue reading
Posted in American, Holidays, pescatarian, Shellfish, Special occasion, Vacation cuisine, Vegetables
Tagged scallops
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Matzoh ball soup. 4/8/23
On Saturday we had our Passover celebration. Not the right day but it was when we could all get together. John and I spent a lot of time making our festive dinner and making our table look inviting to our … Continue reading
Posted in American, Grilling, Holidays, Lamb, soup, Special occasion, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged Lamb
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Classic chicken dinner. 2/14/23
Since we are going out for a fancy Valentine‘s Day dinner on 2/15, I made an actual ❤️-day dinner that is like an uncomplicated warm hug! While John heated up some rotisserie chicken in packet chicken gravy, I boiled up … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Holidays, Methods, Poultry, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged chicken
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Christmas Eve and Christmas, 2022
I hope everyone had wonderful holidays with great food and good times with family and friends. In the excitement of the holidays and all the good things to eat I forgot to take any pictures. So I can merely give … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Desserts, Holidays, Shellfish, Special occasion, Vegetables
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