Category Archives: Kitchen tips

Shrimp with rice, chard, and corn 6/29/18

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Beebamom

This is the same shrimp with saffron and Pernod that we made a few weeks ago. The recipe is here. https://dininglite.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=3781&action=edit We like the shrimp cooked this way and the sauce is great with rice and vegetables. Our sauce last … Continue reading →

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Menu for the week +

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Beebamom

Here’s the menu for the next three days and then the new week starting on Monday. Remember the goal is 2 poultry, 2 pescatarian, 2 vegetarian, and 1 red meat plus lots of vegetables!  

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Wrapping up the week. 6/28/18

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Beebamom

Last night we just ate a variety of leftovers so I thought I would just talk about how the past week went today. My goal was to prepare two poultry meals, two seafood/fish meals, two vegetarian meals, and one red … Continue reading →

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New dish! Afghani lentils. 6/27/18

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Beebamom

(This is a vegetarian dish when made with vegetable stock. For vegans omit cheese and yogurt or use substitutes.) We had such a delicious lunch at the Khyber Pass Afghani Restaurant that I wanted to try to recreate it at … Continue reading →

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Meat night. 6/25/18

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Beebamom

As I mentioned earlier in the week, one night a week is now dedicated to red meat and the other six are either poultry, vegetarian, or pescatarian.  I think John was really looking forward to this night! John grilled up … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Farro with cannellini beans and Lacinato kale. 6/22/18

Posted on June 23, 2018 by Beebamom

Here is a recipe that can be omnivorous, vegetarian, or vegan. It’s a mishmash of ideas from a few other recipes including Mark Bittman’s Tuscan Farro Soup form The NY Times Cooking site. I used my Instant Pot to make … Continue reading →

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New! Vietnamese shaking beef. 6/7/18

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Beebamom

I get all sorts of cooking email in my inbox. The other day I got a recipe from Milk Street for Vietnamese Shaking Beef. Since I am a fan of all sorts of southeast Asian cooking and John was interested … Continue reading →

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Colorful dinner with new technique. 6/6/18

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Beebamom

The other day we were watching a segment of America’s Test Kitchen and they had a technique for getting salmon cooked perfectly. First you brine the fish for 15 minutes. Then you start the cooking with the fish skin side … Continue reading →

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Jumbo scallops. 6/5/18

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Beebamom

The fishmonger at Harmon’s had promised us that there would be fresh scallops in on Tuesday. These scallops turned out to be beautiful and enormous! On our menu we had planned on fried scallops, steamed new potatoes, and collards and … Continue reading →

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Vegetarian Pad Thai. 6/4/18

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Beebamom

This pad Thai was semi-successful. I used dried tofu in place of the shrimp in the original recipe. That was a mistake. The tofu was so compacted that it did not absorb any of the sauce. Otherwise it was pretty … Continue reading →

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