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Category Archives: Salad
Asian tofu salad bowl. 9/2/22
We are in the midst of a very hot spell which is forecast to last for a week! Since we are expecting many triple digit days and we are supposed to be conserving electricity, John and I will be trying … Continue reading
Posted in Asian, Easy, Hot weather meals, Legumes, Methods, rice, Salad, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
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Tossed green salad with herbs and chicken. 8/28/22
If this looks a lot like Saturday’s dinner it is because I had leftover shredded chicken and chow mein noodles. But it is not totally the same. The base of this salad is spinach, arugula, Romaine, mint, and basil. I … Continue reading
Posted in Asian, Easy, Healthy tips, Hot weather meals, Kitchen tips, leftovers, Methods, Poultry, Salad, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Crunchy Vietnamese chicken salad 8/27/22
I made this salad for the first time last night. The original recipe is from Food and Wine but I added a few more vegetables and replaced the peanuts with almonds and the fried shallots with chow mein noodles. Using … Continue reading
Posted in Asian, Hot weather meals, Poultry, Recipes, Salad, Vegetables, Vietnamese
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Salmon bowl. 8/22/22
We have been making some sort of bowl almost every week. The last one featured tofu but this week our daughter asked for salmon. After a short brine John cooks the salmon on a low flame starting from a cold … Continue reading
Posted in Asian, Easy, Fish, Hot weather meals, Legumes, pescatarian, rice, Salad, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Simply salad. 8/21/22
Sunday dinner is supposed to be eggs plus. But I just was not feeling the eggs tonight. So first I thought I would make a salad with some chicken and chickpeas but shredding the chicken seemed like too much work. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Hot weather meals, Salad, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
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(Chicken) Niçoise salad. 8/19/22
Early in the morning while it was still cool I blanched green beans, boiled potatoes until tender, and hard-boiled a couple of eggs. The rest of dinner was just assembly. I had some rotisserie chicken that I shredded and quite … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Eggs, French, Hot weather meals, Methods, Poultry, Salad, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Cannellini beans with tuna. 8/16/22
It is hard to know exactly what the temperature is going to be where we live. The San Francisco Bay Area is made up of many micro climates. It can be 105F 35 miles inland where we live and under … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Hot weather meals, Legumes, pescatarian, Salad, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Surf and turf bowl. 8/8/22
We used Sunday night’s leftovers from our all-appetizer family dinner to create our surf and turf bowls. We had leftover bbq ribs meat for our turf and shrimp cocktail shrimp for the surf. Sliced up cucumbers from our veggie platter … Continue reading
No-cook vegan tofu sesame bowl. 8/6/22
This is the ultimate hot summer night dish! I have been making these bowls primarily with salmon and shrimp but decided I wanted a vegan version. The family voted three thumbs up for this marinated extra-firm tofu bowl with cucumbers, … Continue reading
Posted in Asian, Easy, Hot weather meals, Legumes, Methods, rice, Salad, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
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Herb-y salad with shrimp and nuoc cham 8/2/22
This herb-y salad is super easy, super tasty, and just what you need on a hot summer night. The salad part is a combo of an arugula/spinach mix (but you could use any greens), cabbage, cucumber, red bell pepper, mint, … Continue reading
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