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Category Archives: Kitchen tips
Hamburgers and tabbouleh. 4/19/18
Some American food with a Mediterrean side made for a tasty dinner. John seasoned the burgers with salt and pepper and also added a little baking soda to help the meat stay juicy. Although they were a little more medium … Continue reading
Posted in Beef, Grains, Grilling, Healthy tips, Kitchen tips, Vegetables
Tagged Grilling, hamburgers, tabbouleh
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Fancy dinner night. 4/18/18
What’s the occasion? No occasion! Sometimes it is just nice to treat yourself to an out of the ordinary dinner. Tonight’s dinner was fried scallops and tartar sauce with steamed new potatoes and broccoli salad. It was really good! In … Continue reading
Healthy start to the week. 4/15/18
Now that we are here in Utah and we have taken care of the unpacking and the installation of our patriotic goose guard, it’s time to make a menu and shopping list. I like to make a menu for a … Continue reading
Posted in Healthy tips, Kitchen tips, Legumes, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged chickpeas, ditalini, Lacinato kale, Vegan, Vegetables, vegetarian
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Turf then surf. 4/8 and 4/9/18
On Sunday we turfed with a ribeye cap steak which we first cooked in the immersion circulator to a delicious 125F degrees. Then John put it on the grill along with a microwaved baked potato cut in half to get … Continue reading
Posted in Beef, Fish, Grilling, Kitchen tips, Vegetables
Tagged broccoli, cauliflower, chimichurri, grilled potato, Onions, Pacific cod, parsley, Steak, zucchini
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Spaghetti rigate X 2. 4/6 and 4/7/18
We bought some Barilla spaghetti rigate the other day and thought we would return to Italy for the evening meal. Rigate means striated and the spaghetti has grooves on it that run the length of each strand. It helps the … Continue reading
Posted in Beef, Kitchen tips, leftovers, Pasta, Vegetables
Tagged pasta, Salad, Spaghetti, spaghetti rigate
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Instant Pot dried beans. 4/3/18
While discussing what to make for dinner the other morning we came up with a soup idea for the 6 oz. of lamb we still had from Sunday. We decided on lamb with cannellini beans and ditalini. However we had … Continue reading
Posted in Kitchen tips, Lamb, leftovers, Vegetables
Tagged cannellini beans, ditalini, Instant Pot, Lamb, soup
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Instant Pot beef shanks. 2/24/18
On Saturday we decided we would make a stew out of a couple of beef shanks we had and then save the stew until Sunday to eat. That did not happen. We ate it right away. First we browned the shanks … Continue reading
Posted in Beef, Kitchen tips, Vegetables
Tagged Beef shanks, carrots, mushrooms, Onions, potatoes, stew
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Menu mix-up! 2/7,8,9/18
I had a menu plan. I posted it in my kitchen and online. Problem is when I got to Wednesday I did not feel like eating fish so I had spaghetti which I always feel like eating. Then Thursday rolled … Continue reading
Posted in Beef, Grilling, Kitchen tips, leftovers, Pasta, Poultry, Vegetables
Tagged broccoli, chicken, coleslaw, meat sauce, Potato salad, Spaghetti, Steak
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Instant Pot beef stew. 2/3/2018
My mother always made beef stew in a pressure cooker so I have never been afraid of them even though I ended up cooking in one until it was dry and all the food was burnt up inside. I have … Continue reading
Posted in Beef, Kitchen tips, Vegetables
Tagged American food, beef chuck, beef stew, carrots, Celery, mushrooms, new potatoes, tomatoes
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Shrimp in a saffron Pernod sauce. 1/30/18
Until recently we have eaten lunch at the Kenwood Restaurant when we were wine tasting in the Sonoma Valley. The food was good but the clientele seemed to be getting older and older – not really a sustainable business plan. … Continue reading
Posted in Kitchen tips, pescatarian, rice, Shellfish, Vegetables
Tagged collard greens, corn, Pernod, rice, saffron, shrimp
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