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Category Archives: Hot weather meals
Grilled loin lamb chops with sweet potato and asparagus. 7/1/25
We love lamb chops! I know that they are way less popular than beef but they are so tasty especially when John cooks them on the grill.We bought these at Costco for $7.99/lb. So for around $20 we have enough … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Grilling, Hot weather meals, Lamb, Weeknight dinners
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Chicken burrito bowl. 6/30/25
This is a great hot night dinner! The basics for the burrito bowl are on –https://www.budgetbytes.com/poor-mans-burrito-bowls/ This is super simple to make. We added rotisserie chicken and avocado. We spiced up the black beans with Rotel and added tortilla chips. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Hot weather meals, Legumes, Mexican, Poultry, Recipes, rice, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Grilled hamburger with salad. 6/25/25
As much as I dislike making salads, I did spend some time trying to make tonight’s tasty and appealing. Along with Romaine lettuce our salad included banana peppers, tomatoes, cabbage, carrots, onions, and olives. Everyone enjoyed it and there were … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Grilling, Hot weather meals, Salad, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Grilling, hamburgers, Salad
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Sesame salmon bowl. 6/6/25
This bowl of green and orange goodness is easy to make especially if you like to chop vegetables up (like I do!) John, of course, cooked the salmon because he is our protein master and I cut up all the … Continue reading
Posted in Asian, Easy, Fish, Hot weather meals, Legumes, pescatarian, Recipes, rice, Salad, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged cabbage, cucumber, edamame, salmon
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Hot night dinner. 5/21/2025
Originally it was supposed to reach 90F for the first hot day of the season. Actually I think it was only 86F but I had planned this hot night dinner and was thus commanded by the menu hanging in my … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Grains, Hot weather meals, Legumes, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Recipes, Salad, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged feta, hummus, tabbouleh
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Shrimp tacos. 5/20/25
Tuesday was definitely Taco Tuesday at our house! Sarah and I went out for lunch and had street tacos and then, according to my menu plan, John and I made shrimp tacos for dinner. John does such a great job … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Hot weather meals, Mexican, pescatarian, Shellfish, Southwest U.S., Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Grilled hamburgers and salad 5/6/25
As a harbinger to summer John cooked hamburgers on the grill. Mmmm, the aroma of the burgers wafting through the screen dooor was sublime! I made a chopped salad with buffalo ranch dressing. It was all delicious!
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Grilling, Hot weather meals, Vegetarian
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Hummus, pita, tabbouleh, and red cabbage 4/21/25
Clockwise- hummus, pita, tabbouleh, and red cabbage Except for the tabbouleh this was kind of an open packages and arrange on plate kind of dinner. The hummus was Sabra garlic, the pita was Toufayan whole wheat, and the red cabbage … Continue reading
Posted in Grains, Hot weather meals, Legumes, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged hummus, red cabbage, tabbouleh
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Summer meal in February. 2/25/25
I was looking around through my past meals for a vegan/vegetarian meal that we had not eaten for a while. Since pita, hummus, and sides are usually something I make in the summer I knew it would be different from … Continue reading
Posted in Grains, Hot weather meals, Legumes, Mediterranean, Recipes, Salad, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged hummus, roasted golden beets, tabbouleh
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Classic Chicken. 10/9/24
John sliced up one of the breasts from our Costco chicken and heated it up slowly in chicken gravy. I reheated some rice made earlier in the day and sautéed asparagus and mushrooms. Easy dinner.
Posted in American, Easy, Hot weather meals, Poultry, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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