Category Archives: rice

Healthy shrimp bowl over rice 4/4/23

Posted on April 5, 2023 by Beebamom

This bowl is filled with delicious goodness. Although you cannot see the rice layer, I made a combination of brown, red, and wild rices mixed with riced cauliflower. Healthy and delicious! My bowl is filled with fiber from edamame, cucumber, … Continue reading →

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Lamb chops with mixed rice and asparagus. 3/31/23

Posted on April 1, 2023 by Beebamom

This is an easy prep and clean-up dinner. John grilled our little lamb chops to a medium/medium rare perfection. I tried for the first time a package of Bibigo brown rice, red rice, and wild rice mix that you micro-wave … Continue reading →

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Afghani dal with rice and kale. 2/20/23

Posted on March 31, 2023 by Beebamom

I am so happy to be eating vegetables again! While we were away the occasional salad and the tomatoes in pizza sauce were the only vegetables we had pretty much. The food this week is comfort food such as the … Continue reading →

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Shrimp bowl. 2/7/23

Posted on February 8, 2023 by Beebamom

We make three types of bowls, salmon, tofu, and shrimp. We all have our favorite. I think I am going to move my favorite up from 2 to 1, shrimp bowl! Here is the base recipe I start from – … Continue reading →

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Instant Pot Chana dal with rice and kale. 2/6/23

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Beebamom

Chana dal is dried split chickpeas. Of all the dals this is my favorite. I found my base recipe at https://pipingpotcurry.com/instant-pot-chana-dal/. Of course we changed it a bit! We use a can of Serrano Rotel for the tomato component. The … Continue reading →

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Salmon, rice, and green beans with a mustard sauce. 2/3/23

Posted on February 4, 2023 by Beebamom

John tried a new technique for cooking the salmon that we saw on America’s Test Kitchen last week. He pre-heated a sheet pan in the oven set to 500F. When the oven reached temperature he took the pan out, sprayed … Continue reading →

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Shrimp tacos, Mexican rice, spicy beans. 1/25/23

Posted on January 26, 2023 by Beebamom

Wednesday’s dinner was more like what we normally eat at home. It was lighter on the fat and the portion size was certainly smaller than the gigantic steaks of yesterday. However, it was just as tasty and filling. John, as … Continue reading →

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Thai basil eggplant with tofu. 1/19/23

Posted on January 20, 2023 by Beebamom

This dish is our attempt to recreate our favorite dish from a local Thai restaurant. It ended up as kind of a Thai-Vietnamese mash-up which was good but a little too salty. We made nuoc cham, a Vietnamese sauce whose … Continue reading →

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Vegan Afghani style lentils with rice and kale 1/3/23

Posted on January 4, 2023 by Beebamom

Quick-cooking red lentils form the base for this dinner entree. It is spiced up with garlic, onion, ginger, cumin seed, turmeric, and cayenne. First you cook up the spices in a little oil, then add the garlic, onion, and ginger … Continue reading →

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Asian tofu bowl. 12/21/22

Posted on December 22, 2022 by Beebamom

This is my favorite bowl of the three we make. And it is probably the easiest. We get very firm tofu that gets marinated in soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger, and garlic powders and then everything else (except for the … Continue reading →

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