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Category Archives: Pasta
🥬 Chickpea, fennel, and mustard greens with ditalini. 2/20/19
Our regular chickpea stew got some new ingredients for tonight’s supper. Instead of celery, I used fennel. In place of collard greens or kale, I used spicier mustard greens. It is the same comforting dish with a slightly altered taste.
Posted in American, Easy, Kitchen tips, Legumes, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged chickpeas, fennel, mustard greens
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🥬 Back to eating healthy. 11/30/19
I am back from cruising around Southeast Asia. We had an incredible time seeing the beautiful people and places of this region. During our two weeks we took two cooking classes, one in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and the … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Kitchen tips, Legumes, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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Diet disaster! 11/11/19
NOTE: I will not be cooking for the next couple of weeks but will post when I come across some food related item of interest. We had a plan. It was a good plan. It involved poaching shrimp, cooking up … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, WW points
Tagged Linguine, tomato sauce
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🥬 Spaghetti with olives and capers in tomato sauce. 11/4/19
Here is another vegetarian/vegan (if you leave off the parmesan cheese) dinner entree. I think we have a total of four vegetarian, two pescatarian, and one omnivore (chicken) dinner this week. Tonight’s dinner is a real pantry type dinner where … Continue reading
Off the rails! 10/29/19
I have been doing pretty well on my weight loss journey. I lost 11 lbs. in the first 5 weeks. But then, dunh, dunh, dunhhhh, my sister came to visit. I tend to be quite the pushover when it comes … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Desserts, Dining out, Italian, Pasta, Poultry, Vegetables
Tagged diet
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Linguine with green tomato sauce. 10/14/19
Note: For a vegan dish omit parmesan cheese This dinner featured a pasta sauce that I made in August from some fully ripe green tomatoes. Our daughter had two Aunt Ruby’s German Green tomato plants at her plot in the … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, WW points
Tagged pasta
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All-week Soup 10/12/19
Back at the beginning of the week I made what I called a last salute to summer-fresh vegetables with garbanzo beans and soup pasta. We had quite a bit leftover so during the week John ate it for lunch a … Continue reading
🐟 Penne with tuna and snow peas. 9/28/19
Thursday’s dinner was another “pantry” dinner. Some pasta, a can of tuna, olive oil, an herb, and a vegetable. Although I used fresh snow peas and tarragon, it could just as easily have been made with frozen peas and dried … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Fish, Italian, Pasta, pescatarian, Vegetables, WW points
Tagged pasta, tuna
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🥬 Pasta and chickpea soup. 9/21/19
Autumn is coming even though here in Northern California it is supposed to be near to 100F in the coming week. So I am thinking warm, cozy soups. I have lots of warm weather dishes that I am so eager … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Legumes, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged chickpeas, soup
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🥩 Linguine with meat sauce and salad. 9/19/19
In deference to my diet I made less pasta and filled half my bowl with salad. I made the spaghetti sauce in July and I do not know the exact amounts of the ingredients so I could not assign a … Continue reading
Posted in Beef, Easy, Italian, Kitchen tips, Pasta, Recipes, Vegetables
Tagged Llnguine, meat sauce
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