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Category Archives: Special occasion
Jon’s fancy scallop dinner 11/4/24
After a busy day of hiking and shopping, Jonathan made his fancy scallop dinner. This consists of mashed potatoes, scallops, braised leeks, mushrooms, and asparagus with a beurre blanc sauce. I helped with the chopping of onions, mushrooms, and peeling … Continue reading
Posted in American, French, pescatarian, Shellfish, Special occasion, Vacation cuisine, Vegetables
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Stuffed Cabbage. 10/16/24
During the pandemic we started celebrating holidays that we hadn’t observed often in the past to break up the monotony. Last night we celebrated Sukkot a Jewish harvest festival and a commemoration of the exodus from Egypt. Although part of … Continue reading
Early Thanksgiving. October 12, 2024
John and I are not going to be home on Thanksgiving so our son, Jon, offered to host Thanksgiving on Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. In order to represent the entire North American continent (and to make the grandkids happy) we had … Continue reading
Posted in American, Appetizers, Beef, Desserts, Holidays, Mexican, Poultry, Shellfish, Special occasion, Vegetables
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Autumn Soup and Homemade Challah. 10/11/24
On Friday we had our postponed Rosh Hashanah celebration because it was too hot for baking and cooking on the actual date. Sarah and I got up early and she got the challah started and I started peeling and chopping … Continue reading
Posted in American, Baking, Holidays, Recipes, soup, Special occasion, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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Chilean Sea Bass. 9/19/24
It is amazing that we can make such a delicious dinner so quickly. Since we had some white rice already cooked I merely heated it up in the microwave with a little butter and some minced tarragon. Adding an herb … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Kitchen tips, Methods, pescatarian, rice, Special occasion, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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John’s Birthday Celebration. 9/14-15, 2024
For John’s birthday we went out for dinner at an upscale Mexican restaurant. I had actually put our name on a list at French Laundry but did not really expect to get a reservation. We ended up having a lovely … Continue reading
Posted in Dining out, Mexican, Special occasion
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Shrimp in a Saffron Pernod Sauce. 6/21/24
This is one of our favorite dishes to make. It is so delicious! We decided to double the amount of vegetables from 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup and the tomatoes from 1/2 cup to 1 cup. Unfortunately we did not … Continue reading
Posted in American, pescatarian, Recipes, Shellfish, Special occasion, Vegetables
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Grilled leg of lamb, potatoes, and broccoli. 5/18/24
Several weeks ago we bought a boneless leg of lamb. It was too much for the three of us to eat so John made up a packet of bits and pieces and also a piece that was one large muscle … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Grilling, Lamb, leftovers, Methods, Special occasion, Uncategorized, Vegetables
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Swedish tea ring. 5/12/24
For Mother’s Day our daughter baked me a Swedish tea ring. It is a yeast coffee cake filled with almond paste, almonds, and raisins. It is reminiscent of a coffee cake we used to buy from the bread man when … Continue reading
Lentil stew with turkey sausage. 3/9/24
I am playing a little catch-up from last week this morning. Lentil stew was our Saturday night dinner and on Sunday we were having a family party where we ate tacos and fancy little cakes. Our daughter-in-law’s sister is a … Continue reading
Posted in American, Desserts, Easy, Legumes, Poultry, Special occasion, stew, Vegetables
Tagged turkey sausage
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