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Category Archives: Kitchen tips
Orecchiette with broccolini and mushrooms. 5/1/21
Happy May! And for me, happy to be home!! What a pleasure to be cooking in my own kitchen where I have everything I need close at hand. John said he felt like pasta so while he heated up the … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Kitchen tips, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged broccolini, mushrooms, pasta
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Afghani dal with lacinato kale. 4/14/21
Afghani style red lentils over lacinato kale with pita For as quick and easy vegan dish it is hard to beat these fast-cooking red lentils. Here is the recipe – Afghani Dal 2 tsp. olive oil 1 finely chopped medium … Continue reading
Posted in Afghan, Easy, Kitchen tips, Legumes, Recipes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged lentils
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Sous vide chicken breast. 4/13/21
Tonight John cooked our chicken breast using our immersion circulator set to 159F. The constant temperature of the circulating water means that you cannot overcook the chicken. He sealed the chicken in a plastic bag with a sprig of thyme. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Instant Pot, Kitchen tips, Poultry, sous vide, Uncategorized, Vegetables
Tagged broccoli, chicken, rutabagas
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Linguine with Mushroom Bolognese. 4/12/21
Monday’s whole grain linguine was topped with a Bolognese which was vegan/vegetarian and sat on a bed of raw Lacinato kale. Mushroom Bolognese is a delicious vegetable based spaghetti sauce. I posted a lengthy discussion and recipe back in February. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Italian, Kitchen tips, Pasta, Recipes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged mushrooms, pasta
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Cabbage, mushroom, and egg frittata BFD. 4/11/21
Tonight’s Breakfast For Dinner (BFD) was actually more like dinner than breakfast. I needed to use a piece of a cabbage and entered “egg cabbage” into Google. What I got among other things was a recipe from the Egg Board … Continue reading
Posted in American, Breakfast For Dinner (BFD), Easy, Eggs, Grains, Kitchen tips, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged cabbage, Eggs, Mushroom
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Grilled harissa chicken with farro and spiced cauliflower (LFD) 4/10/21
The leftover part of our Leftovers For Dinner (LFD) this week consisted of farro that I made extra of on Friday and half of a head of cauliflower. John marinated the boneless, skinless chicken thighs in the harissa (store-bought jar) … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Grilling, Kitchen tips, leftovers, Leftovers For Dinner, North African, Poultry, Uncategorized, Vegetables
Tagged cauliflower, chicken, farro
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Farro vegetable bowl with nuoc cham 4/9/21
After the heft of our dining-out experience on Thursday we decided on much lighter fare for Friday. Baking the farro in a 9 x 9 inch glass baking dish is a simple but delicious way to cook farro. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Oven … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Grains, Kitchen tips, Recipes, Sheet pan, Thai, Vegetables
Tagged farro, Vegetables
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Roasted sea bass with new potatoes and broccoli. 4/6/21
Since yesterday was a salt extravaganza we decided that a less sodium packed meal would be the right choice. We finished up our pack of frozen Chilean bass by having a little extra in the shape of a much thinner … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Healthy tips, Kitchen tips, pescatarian, Vegetables
Tagged Chilean sea bass
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Lentils over kale. 4/2/21
Friday night’s dinner was just what we needed to get us back on our diet track after a prolonged venture into too many dangerous foods. (I’m looking at you wine and matzoh with butter!) In addition to the lentils we … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Healthy tips, Kitchen tips, Legumes, Poultry, stew, Uncategorized, Vegetables
Tagged lentils, turkey sausage
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Scallops and asparagus. 4/1/21
Having scallops for dinner always makes it feel like a special occasion night. Seared scallops and sautéed asparagus in a lemony tartar sauce It takes just minutes to cook these U-10 scallops and John did a great job. They were … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Kitchen tips, pescatarian, Shellfish, Uncategorized, Vegetables
Tagged asparagus, scallops
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