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Category Archives: Vegetables
Thai green curry with zoodles and chicken. 6/28/21
What can I say positive about this dish? It is colorful but does not really taste like curry and using light coconut milk even bumped up with coconut extract gives it a thin non-coconutty flavor. I really wanted it to … Continue reading
This week’s BFD. 6/27/21
As you know Sunday is Breakfast For Dinner (BFD) day at our house. This is partly to give us a break from all the heavier duty cooking during the week and mostly because our weekly weigh-in is on Monday morning. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Breakfast For Dinner (BFD), Easy, Eggs, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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Chana dal with rice mix and greens. 6/25/21
Dal is a term originating in India for dried split pulses such as lentils, peas and beans that do not require soaking before cooking. Chana refers to a certain chickpea that is smaller than the typical chickpea. So Chana dal … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Indian, Instant Pot, Kitchen tips, rice, stew, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged chickpeas
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Pan-seared salmon with sheet pan vegetables. 6/24/21
I love roasting vegetables in the oven. Here is a snap of my vegetables oiled and salted and ready to go into the oven at 425F for about 25-30 minutes. As a time saver, I got packages of cut up … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Kitchen tips, pescatarian, Sheet pan, Vegetables
Tagged salmon
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Penne with asparagus and mushrooms and an unusual first course. 6/23/21
Almost every night we have popcorn hour. Popcorn hour used to be cocktail time but in our pursuit of better, healthier eating we have forsaken the drinks part of the ritual. On Wednesday, though, we passed up the popcorn for … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Healthy tips, Italian, Kitchen tips, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged artichoke, pasta
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Kale and white bean stew. 6/22/21
The original recipe for kale and white bean stew is from Food and Wine magazine. I was going to make it vegetarian/vegan but after conferring with John we decided it was going to need some sausage. We opted for 4 … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Legumes, Poultry, stew, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged cannellini beans
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Easy chicken Marsala with green beans and rutabaga. 6/21/21
I am so glad that it is finally cool enough in the evening to make one of our menu dinners! This is chicken Marsala is super simple. Rather than make a cream sauce, we use a packet of McCormick’s chicken … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Instant Pot, Italian, Kitchen tips, Poultry, Vegetables
Tagged chicken
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Father’s Day celebration. 6/19/21
We had a family cookout on Saturday in honor of our two dads, John and our son. The grandkids were excited to have “Zayde burgers” and we had some tasty salads and a banana cake (made by me!) with vanilla … Continue reading
Posted in American, Baking, Beef, Desserts, Grilling, Holidays, Southwest U.S., Vegetables
Tagged hamburgers
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Southwest salad. 6/18/21
It is still quite hot here, maybe not quite as hot as yesterday, but still a salad kind of dinner day. This spicy chicken salad is one of our go-tos when the weather demands a no-cook dinner. I buy pulled … Continue reading
Seared tuna and salad with nuoc cham 6/17/21
Our town hit 108F according to the gauge on our car. I suggested to John that maybe our planned dinner, White Beans and Kale Stew, was probably not the best choice. Since we were visiting Costco we picked up some … Continue reading
