Category Archives: pescatarian

Roasted salmon with tarragon sauce, succotash/maque choux, and steamed new potatoes. 10/23/23

This was a pretty fancy dinner for a Monday night! This is our first time trying Atlantic farm raised salmon and we liked it a lot. John seasoned the fish and cooked it in a 400F oven for 12 minutes. … Continue reading

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Light shrimp scampi with rice and broccoli. 10/20/23

We have not made this in quite a while and we were pleasantly surprised at how good and easy it was. Since we are not strictly on our diet regimen we added 2 teaspoons of butter to the sauce at … Continue reading

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Chilean sea bass, new potatoes, asparagus. 10/16/23

John and I have decided to make Mondays “Fish of the Week” day and purchase whatever fish is on sale at Whole Foods. Luckily for us Chilean sea bass was on sale this week. The fellow behind the fish counter … Continue reading

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Tilapia with mustard sauce, baked potato, broccoli. 10/12/23

Another easy fish dish, it is amazing how quickly you can cook fish. The tilapia took 8 minutes in a 400F. After microwaving the potato until done, we popped it in the oven to pick up some browning. The fish … Continue reading

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Grilled swordfish, potatoes, broccoli

This was John’s first try at grilling swordfish and it came out perfectly! Whole Foods was having a sale so we thought we would give it a try. It only took about 4 minutes per side so this was a … Continue reading

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Chilean sea bass, new potatoes, broccoli. 10/3/23

This Tuesday seemed like a special occasion since we were dining on Chilean sea bass. Such a delicious fish! We have two more pieces left in the freezer before this fish will be relegated to “on sale” or actual special … Continue reading

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Kung Pao Shrimp. 9/27/3

We saw Jet Tila make Kung pao shrimp on his show on Food Network, Ready, Jet, Cook! He made it sound pretty simple and it is! The most important thing is to have all your ingredients ready to cook because … Continue reading

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New England clam chowder. 9/23/23

I am so happy to be making soups and stews again! The weather here in Northern California has been in the 70s during the day and in the 50s at night. Currently at about 5:30 PM it is in the … Continue reading

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Tilapia with mustard sauce, new potatoes, salad. 9/22/23

We ate our dinner tonight like it was two separate course. First came the salad course which featured an Asiago dressing and tomatoes from our daughter’s garden plot. We were supposed to be making Singapore shrimp but after our big, … Continue reading

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Seared scallops with Brussels sprouts and potatoes. 9/14/23

This is sort of the dinner that John requested for his birthday. He actually asked for asparagus but all the ones in the store were those very thin pencil-ly type. So I substituted Brussels sprouts. (As an aside I looked … Continue reading

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