Category Archives: Poultry

Lentil stew with kale and turkey sausage – 2/13/17

For a vegan/vegetarian version of this dish omit the turkey sausage. Here is an easy, fairly quick, and filling stew. Although we prepare it with turkey sausage, it is easily made omitting the sausage for a vegan dish.  First we … Continue reading

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Turkey meatloaf -2/10/17

Boy, do I love meatloaf. But meatloaf is not a friend of trying to eat healthier. So I have been working on a ground turkey version.  We ended up making a large meatloaf using 2 lbs. of lean ground turkey. … Continue reading

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Chicken Tuesday – 2/7/17

I pushed Chicken Monday to Tuesday this week because we needed to eat up the leftover fish stew. (And it was easier to heat up something rather than make a whole new meal!) Once the water comes up to temperature … Continue reading

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Chicken cacciatore with pasta – 2/3/17

Just like yesterday’s meal this is a dish that includes a lot of chopped vegetables. I chopped up onions, fennel, leek, herbs, olives, and tomatoes. The original recipe called for a whole chicken set upon all these vegetables to cook. … Continue reading

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Chicken Monday and a new resolve – 1/30/17

I see it has been a week since I posted. Part of that is due to the fact that we were en route back home and most of it is because I have been eating terribly. On December 1 I … Continue reading

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Chicken piccata Monday – 1/23/17

I was talking to my sister today. It’s her birthday! She told me that she had her kids and their wives over for dinner on Saturday as a celebration. Of course as a mom the celebration of her birthday meant … Continue reading

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Fajitas – 1/18/17

Fajitas are a Tex-Mex dish and the word “fajitas” means little strips of meat.  In the recipes I looked at most called for skirt steak but what we had was leftover ribeye steak from the “too rare” night. Unfortunately ribeye … Continue reading

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Chicken Monday – 1/16/17

Just a regular chicken Monday. Boneless skinless chicken breast, green beans, butternut squash, and a little packet gravy. The breasts were 8 ounces each so we have leftovers but we ate up all the vegetables.

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Tuesday’s GBOF (giant bowl of food) – 1/10/17

Just as Monday is a themed dinner day so is Tuesday. I think Tuesday is my favorite, Giant Bowl of Food day. It consists of copious vegetables, a little bit of protein, low fat, and complex carbohydrates. It is important, … Continue reading

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Chicken Monday (on Monday!) 1/9/17

As promised, I gave myself a night off last night and we had take-out Chinese food (moo shu pork and Mongolian beef, Yum!) Now back to cooking. There is a reason why we have Chicken Monday. It is a way … Continue reading

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