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Category Archives: Kitchen tips
Hot weather assembling. 7/10/21
When it is too hot to cook the best thing to do is to have an assembled dinner. Since it was around 104F yesterday, we decided on a Southwest chicken salad. We set up the ingredients on the kitchen island … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Healthy tips, Kitchen tips, Legumes, Poultry, Salad, Southwest U.S., Vegetables
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Red lentil sundae. 7/9/21
I know it is hardly the sundae you were looking for but this is a delicious vegetarian (or vegan minus the yogurt) dish that is super healthy, tasty, and pretty to look at. I first had this red lentil stew … Continue reading
Posted in Afghan, Easy, Healthy tips, Kitchen tips, Legumes, Recipes, rice, stew, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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Pan seared Pacific cod with rice and Vietnamese salsa. 7/7/21
Originally John was going to pan sear the cod and I was going to make some sort of vegetation. I don’t know, maybe I was planning on doing a sheet pan veg but I made that veg yesterday and our … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Fish, Healthy tips, Kitchen tips, pescatarian, Recipes, rice, Vegetables
Tagged cod, Fish
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Chicken piccata with sheet pan veg 7/6/21
We were too busy to go to the grocery store today so I ended up with a sheet pan of vegetables which did not really go with chicken piccata. But since they still tasted really good, the dinner was a … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Kitchen tips, Poultry, Sheet pan, Vegetables
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Whole grain spaghetti with pesto, salad 7/5/21
Tonight we started with a salad since we were having pesto rather than vegetables in our pasta. The salad had a mix of greens, mushrooms, scallions, and cherry tomatoes. I make a very low fat salad dressing using two of … Continue reading
Posted in Healthy tips, Italian, Kitchen tips, Pasta, Salad, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged pesto, Spaghetti
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Healthy shrimp scampi with broccoli and rice 7/2/21
John and I were wondering tonight, why don’t we make this more often? Good question because it is healthy and delicious. I am definitely going to make sure that it appears on the menu at least once a month from … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Healthy tips, Italian, Kitchen tips, pescatarian, Recipes, rice, Shellfish, Uncategorized, Vegetables
Tagged shrimp
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Seared scallops, collards, and corn 7/1/21
The only negative thing I can say about this dinner is that there were not enough scallops!! We have been getting frozen scallops at Costco in the counter with the fish for ages but the past two times that we … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Healthy tips, Kitchen tips, pescatarian, Shellfish, Vegetables
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Penne and chickpeas with greens and mozzarella. 6/30/21
Since I do not eat much cheese, this recipe is a real treat for me. Of course, if you are eating strictly vegan you should omit the mozzarella pearls (a product by Bel Gioso that I found at WalMart.) The … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Healthy tips, Italian, Kitchen tips, Legumes, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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Sesame salmon bowl. 6/29/21
This is a new recipe for us and it comes from the NYTimes cooking site which is behind a paywall and configured so it cannot be copied. If you have a subscription I highly recommend trying this dish. It is … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Fish, Healthy tips, Japanese, Kitchen tips, pescatarian, rice, Vegetables
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Thai green curry with zoodles and chicken. 6/28/21
What can I say positive about this dish? It is colorful but does not really taste like curry and using light coconut milk even bumped up with coconut extract gives it a thin non-coconutty flavor. I really wanted it to … Continue reading
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