Category Archives: Salad

Turkey sausage, sauerkraut, salad. 4/23/26

Actually the family dinner tonight was regular hotdogs with buns but I decided on a lower calorie dish. I enjoyed my simple dinner and did not feel like I was missing out.

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Stuffed pepper and salad. 4/21/26

It has been cool and rainy these past few days and a good time for baking some stuffed peppers. Depending on the geometry of the peppers I either stuff them whole and upright or sliced in half and lying down. … Continue reading

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Grilled hamburger and salad. 4/6/26

It is always enjoyable to eat one of John’s perfectly grilled hamburgers with my favorite fixings, mayo, ketchup, and onion! I helped out by making a salad. It feels like summer is almost here!

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Tilapia with rice and salad. 3/31/26

We were supposed to have fish tacos for dinner tonight but I had shrimp tacos for lunch so we pivoted to a plain dinner of roasted fish, rice, and salad. It wasn’t fancy but it was easy and a good … Continue reading

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Birthday Lunch. 3/26/26

We had a birthday lunch for Sarah at Zeni’s, an Ethiopian restaurant in San Jose. We ordered a veggie platter with extras of crispy lamb and a chicken dish. It was all delicious! For dinner we just had cereal since … Continue reading

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Chicken burrito bowl. 3/16/26

In this bowl (hiding beneath the lettuce) are all the ingredients you might find in a chicken burrito. There is rice, chicken, corn, black beans, salsa, cilantro, and green onions. The chips take the place of a tortilla and the … Continue reading

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Convenience food. 3/12/26

We did not feel like going through the mess of a complicated dinner so we opted for air-frying fish fillets and making a packaged salad. It was easy and we enjoyed it.

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Grilled hamburgers with salad and chips. 3/9/26

John as always is our master chef of grilling. The hamburgers were done perfectly and enjoyed by all. Sarah contributed the Takis potato chips which were the worst chips ever! They were totally saltless and tasteless. We threw them out. … Continue reading

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Crispy fish fillet sandwiches and a salad. 3/7/26

The other day we were at Costco when I noticed that they carried Gorton’s crispy fish fillets. Having spent part of our lives living in Massachusetts we were familiar with the Gorton fisherman and remembered plenty of meals when the … Continue reading

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Grilled hamburger and salad. 2/20/26

John did a superlative cook on the burgers and I made the salad. Great all-American dinner! 👍

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