Category Archives: Pasta

Vegan linguine with breadcrumbs, tomatoes, olives, and capers. 7/25/18

For tonight’s dinner we decide to do a first and second course. Our first course is cucumber and tomato salad with onion and an Italian dressing. We added some feta which you would omit if you want a totally vegan … Continue reading

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Weekend and menu. 7/21 & 22/18

Not too much cooking this weekend. I took a container of spaghetti sauce that I had made previously out of the freezer to have with whole wheat spaghetti on Saturday. Since it was a little shy of enough I added … Continue reading

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Whole grain spaghetti with herbs and ground beef sauce. 7/11/18

Tuna is on our menu for today but since John is our meat, poultry, and fin man and he is at work today, we are being flexible and swapping out the tuna. John has asked for pasta with meat sauce … Continue reading

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Whole wheat spaghetti with meat sauce. 6/30/18

It has been over three weeks since we had spaghetti with meat sauce for dinner. That is way too long! I was looking around in the freezer and found a container of sauce already made. It was like the spaghetti … Continue reading

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Dining out: Eggplant Parmesan. 6/19/18

Last night we were on the road coming home from Utah. We stopped for the night in Bakersfield, CA, a large-ish agricultural town in Southern California. We had dinner at Macaroni Grill. Our server spent the hour or so we … Continue reading

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Beef overload. 6/14 & 15/18

We have been eating way more beef than usual since the family is visiting. Thursday and Friday were no exception. Thursday we ate at a nice restaurant nearby. The whole event was almost derailed since one of our grandsons has … Continue reading

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Spaghetti!!!!! 6/8/18

Yesterday was not a good day for many reasons. Anthony Bourdain committed suicide, our  so-called president sided with our enemies rather than our allies, our Department of Justice decided not to defend an attack on Obamacare effectively wiping out insurance … Continue reading

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Spaghetti night! 6/1/18

I cannot think of a better way to start off June than with a big bowl of spaghetti. Recently when I have been making my tomato and meat sauce I make enough to freeze two containers. Last night’s dinner was … Continue reading

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Turn a leftover into a new dish! 5/26/18

Whoa, I have been derelict in my blogging duties and have sat around for a couple of days not posting my meals and pictures. No excuse. I just did not do it even though John and I cooked some excellent … Continue reading

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Menu for the week 5/20/18

Since I have been pretty lazy over the weekend with my cooking, the only thing I have to show is my menu for the week. We are planning on two vegetarian meals, two chicken meals, two seafood meals, and one … Continue reading

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