Category Archives: Salad

Memorial Day grilling. 5/26/2025

We had a small family grill night for Memorial Day. John cooked the hamburgers expertly and also put some char on the corn. I made up a salad and we shared part of a bag of chips.

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Hot night dinner. 5/21/2025

Originally it was supposed to reach 90F for the first hot day of the season. Actually I think it was only 86F but I had planned this hot night dinner and was thus commanded by the menu hanging in my … Continue reading

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Grilled hamburger and salad. 4/9/25

John cooked the burgers and I made the salad. Great dinner in less than a half hour!

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Stuffed red bell peppers and salad. 3/5/25

In order to be economical and efficient I browned a pound of ground beef and made a beefy tomato sauce first. Then I took half of the sauce and packaged it up to be frozen for a pasta meal in … Continue reading

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Buffalo chicken wings with tabbouleh and beets. 2/26/25

Sometimes I do not feel like making and eating what I planned. In these cases it’s good to have back-up supplies. I had buffalo chicken wings in the freezer which appealed to me and left over tabbouleh and roasted golden … Continue reading

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Summer meal in February. 2/25/25

I was looking around through my past meals for a vegan/vegetarian meal that we had not eaten for a while. Since pita, hummus, and sides are usually something I make in the summer I knew it would be different from … Continue reading

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Mediterranean Bowl. 1/30/25

Tonight Sarah made us a Mediterranean bowl. Loaded on top of rice were chickpeas, slivered red onions, hummus, tomatoes, cucumber, parsley, olives, and feta cheese. We gave it a drizzle of olive oil and it was ready to eat. It … Continue reading

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Grilled hamburgers and salad. 1/27/25

It’s chilly out but not too cold to grill hamburgers! We had a summer dinner at the end of January. John did a great job grilling our burgers to medium rare. I made a fresh salad to go along side. … Continue reading

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Grilled Hamburgers. 10/15/24

Hamburgers made out of Kobe ground beef and grilled outside along with a southwestern inspired salad with tomatoes from the garden makes for an excellent late summer/autumn dinner. (Summer lasts a little longer here than in other climes.)

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Hummus, Tabbouleh, Skordalia. 9/24/24

I did not write a post Monday because we called for pizza delivery due to the extreme temperatures. Unfortunately it was even hotter on Tuesday (100F!) Luckily I had planned a no-cook dinner. The hummus was store-bought but I made … Continue reading

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