Category Archives: pescatarian

Shrimp tacos with mango salsa and black beans 4/18/25

Posted on April 19, 2025 by Beebamom

Tacos are a fun dinner any night of the week. Sometimes we make beef tacos, sometimes chicken, or fish or shrimp. Tonight’s dinner featured shrimp with a mango/tomato salsa. The yellow honey or Southeast Asian mangoes were on sale for … Continue reading →

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Ocean scallops with mashed potatoes and asparagus. 4/15/25

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Beebamom

Sometimes it’s nice to have a special dinner on just an ordinary weekday. Although scallops are a pricey item there is absolutely no waste. John seared them beautifully and I made mashed potatoes and asparagus as sides. I also made … Continue reading →

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Fish tacos, black beans, and mango salsa. 4/10/25

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Beebamom

Our dinner of fish (tilapia) tacos was enhanced in a couple of ways. For the black beans I started with plain black beans with no flavoring. After they were rinsed I heated them up with a can of Rotel (spicy … Continue reading →

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Whole grain penne with tuna, zucchini, and herbs. 4/8/25

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Beebamom

I had a partially used package of mint that I wanted to use before it went bad. So I googled mint recipes and found this one from NYTimes Cooking. https://recipekeeperonline.com/recipe/gHwiS0Yl2U-azD061aVrTw Recipekeeperonline.com is where I keep all my recipes that I … Continue reading →

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Sicilian Swordfish. 4/4/25

Posted on April 5, 2025 by Beebamom

Individually frozen 6 oz. portions of swordfish were on sale at our local grocery store a few weeks ago. We have had some good swordfish in Italy so we went about looking for an Italian recipe that looked tasty and … Continue reading →

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Shrimp scampi with rice and snow peas. 4/3/25

Posted on April 4, 2025 by Beebamom

We chose rice as the starch to soak up the garlicky sauce of shrimp scampi. Pasta would work well too. I am including the recipe. Be careful with the lemon juice, tasting and adding a little at a time. You … Continue reading →

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Roasted salmon with mustard sauce. 3/15/25

Posted on March 16, 2025 by Beebamom

This is a quick and nutritious dinner. John roasted the salmon in a 400F oven for 11 minutes and it turned out pink and juicy. During this time I steamed the broccoli, reheated some previously made white rice, and made … Continue reading →

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New England clam chowder. 3/7/25

Posted on March 10, 2025 by Beebamom

In the winter we probably have clam chowder every couple of weeks. Since John and I met in college in Massachusetts way back in 1968, New England clam chowder is the style we love. Some chowders that you buy are … Continue reading →

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Light shrimp scampi. 3/4/25

Posted on March 6, 2025 by Beebamom

This quick and easy dinner seems good enough for company. The sauce for the shrimp is bright and tangy due to a little lemon juice, white wine, parsley, and capers. You can find the recipe on the earlier post of … Continue reading →

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Scallops, new potatoes, and broccoli. 2/4/25

Posted on February 5, 2025 by Beebamom

Scallops are one of my favorite things to eat. We used to get large ocean scallops from Costco but they have not been for sale for over six months. So we decided to try these smaller scallops also from Costco. … Continue reading →

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