Category Archives: Italian

Linguine with green tomato sauce. 10/14/19

Posted on October 15, 2019 by Beebamom

Note: For a vegan dish omit parmesan cheese This dinner featured a pasta sauce that I made in August from some fully ripe green tomatoes. Our daughter had two Aunt Ruby’s German Green tomato plants at her plot in the … Continue reading →

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🐟 Penne with tuna and snow peas. 9/28/19

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Beebamom

Thursday’s dinner was another “pantry” dinner.  Some pasta, a can of tuna, olive oil, an herb, and a vegetable. Although I used fresh snow peas and tarragon, it could just as easily have been made with frozen peas and dried … Continue reading →

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🥩 Linguine with meat sauce and salad. 9/19/19

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Beebamom

In deference to my diet I made less pasta and filled half my bowl with salad. I made the spaghetti sauce in July and I do not know the exact amounts of the ingredients so I could not assign a … Continue reading →

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A really ugly looking dinner. 8/20/19

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Beebamom

We have a lot of Aunt Ruby’s German Green tomatoes so I made tomato sauce. About two weeks ago I ruined it by putting in red tomato paste turning it into brown sludge. Why not make my own tomato paste … Continue reading →

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Less cooking. 8/16-17/19

Posted on August 18, 2019 by Beebamom

I am running out of steam for doing actual cooking at the end of this week. Maybe it is the hot weather that has gotten to me. On Thursday we were supposed to have chicken on the grill but John … Continue reading →

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Shrimp scampi. 8/13/19

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Beebamom

Tonight’s dinner is easy for me. I have to mince 4 cloves of garlic, heat up some leftover rice, and zap the Stouffer’s spinach soufflé for 10 minutes. John, on the other hand, has to peel and de-vein the shrimp, … Continue reading →

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Green tomato sauce. 8/7/19

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Beebamom

Our daughter is growing a type of tomato called Aunt Ruby’s German Green. Many of these tomatoes are real bruisers and weigh in around a pound each. The flesh is a bright green. We have a lot of them so … Continue reading →

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Semi-fresh spaghetti sauce. 7/27/19

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Beebamom

I used my last container of frozen spaghetti sauce for our dinner on Saturday night. Knowing that we would be facing a tomato glut by this point in the summer, I filled each container only half full so that my … Continue reading →

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While the A/C was broken. 7/25/19

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Beebamom

We have been shuttering ourselves in the house while the air conditioning has been broken. We get up early and open the house up while it’s cool and then we are hermits for the rest of the day – no … Continue reading →

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Vegetarian pizza on the grill. 7/13/19

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Beebamom

I bought some New York pizza dough and mozzarella at Whole Foods today. I am very excited to make pizza Margarita outside on the grill. We have not done this in years! The pizza dough is New York style. My … Continue reading →

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