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Category Archives: Kitchen tips
Hearty salmon Niçoise with mustard sauce. 1/15/22
Usually a Niçoise salad is made with canned tuna but we had some salmon to use so we decided that changing the seafood would be okay. I read afterwards that there is a lot of culinary controversy about making substitutions, … Continue reading
Chicken enchiladas and salsa slaw. 1/13/22
For Thursday night’s dinner I shredded some rotisserie chicken and rolled it in a corn tortilla along with chopped onion, some shredded cheese, cilantro, and jarred salsa verde. I put 12 of these in a 9×13 dish with some salsa … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Kitchen tips, Mexican, Poultry, Southwest U.S., Vegetables
Tagged chicken, tortillas
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Farro bowl with Brussels sprouts and eggplant. 1/11/22
The dish I made is an adaptation of a NY Times Cooking recipe, Quinoa bowl with crispy Brussels sprouts and eggplant. https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020741-quinoa-bowl-with-crispy-brussels-sprouts-eggplant-and-tahini?smid=ck-recipe-iOS-share. I changed the grain to farro and eliminated the tahini sauce replacing it with a yogurt based sauce. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Grains, Healthy tips, Kitchen tips, Legumes, Methods, Recipes, Sheet pan, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged farro, grain bowl
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Chicken breast with gravy, rutabaga, and broccoli. 1/10/22
This is my super comforting comfort meal. Not that I need comforting but eating it feels like a big hug. Every Monday when the kids were little we always had “chicken Monday” so there are a lot of fond memories … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Instant Pot, Kitchen tips, Poultry, Vegetables
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Toor dal (pigeon peas with tomato and spices). 1/9/22
A while ago John and I went to the Indian grocery and bought big bags of Chana dal and Toor dal. Chana dal is dried split chickpeas and Toor dal is dried pigeon peas. We have had a lot of … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Indian, Instant Pot, Kitchen tips, Legumes, rice, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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Null soup. 1/7/22
Good for lunch, good for dinner, good for snack, null soup! I made a big pot of null soup the other day for times when I am too tired to make something nutritious and might slide into choices I wish … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Healthy tips, Indian, Kitchen tips, leftovers, Methods, soup
Tagged chicken
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Sesame salmon bowls. 1/6/22
Our daughter loves this dinner and asks for it at least once every two weeks. I got the original recipe from NYTimes Cooking but adapted it to makes it way less complicated and time consuming. Our recipe is make some … Continue reading
Curried vegetables with scrambled eggs. 1/2/22
When I was thinking about my BFD (Breakfast For Dinner) dish I decided that an egg or two on a plate with a piece of toast just was not going to do it for me. I need food that will … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast For Dinner (BFD), Easy, Eggs, Kitchen tips, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged Curry, Eggs, kale
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Vegan! Pasta with onions, mushrooms, and broccolini. 12/29/21
For our usual Wednesday night meal we had fusilli with onions, garlic, mushrooms, oregano, and broccolini. We used salted water to cook the pasta and reserved about a cup of the water to make a sauce. While the pasta was … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Italian, Kitchen tips, Methods, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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Vegan! Lentils with kale and roasted vegetables. 2/28/21
Doesn’t that look good!? Our vegan dinner tonight consisted of lentils simmered with garlic and onions with a bay leaf. While the lentils were cooking I made up two sheet pans. One consisted of potatoes and butternut squash which I … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Kitchen tips, Legumes, Sheet pan, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged lentils
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