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Category Archives: Vegetables
Salmon with tarragon sauce. 10/12/20
Today I had to be extra careful calorie-wise because John was making me a Negroni Sbagliato for our before-sies. That is a combination of 1.5 oz. Campari, 1.5 oz. sweet vermouth, 3 oz. sparkling wine, 2 olives, and orange peel. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Healthy tips, pescatarian, Recipes, Vegetables
Tagged Negroni, salmon
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Breakfast For Dinner (BFD) 10/11/20
My love affair with soft scrambled eggs goes back to a trip several years ago to Vienne, France. Michelin-starred Chef Henriroux at La Pyramide Hotel likes to come down to the kitchen some mornings and make breakfast. His eggs cook … Continue reading
Introducing Saturday’s LFD. 10/10/20
Saturday’s LFD (Lunch or Leftovers For Dinner) is the companion to Sunday’s BFD (Breakfast For Dinner.) For me, these two dinners are a wind down from a busy cooking week and the perfect solution for these pandemic times when you … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Eggs, leftovers, Legumes, soup, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged Eggs, soup
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Pan-Seared Shrimp with Peanuts, Black Pepper, and Lime 10/9/20
John made shrimp from a recipe in the most recent Cook’s Illustrated magazine. (It is also on their paywall website.) It involved a new cooking technique where the shrimp are briefly salted and then right before cooking they have a … Continue reading
Posted in American, Healthy tips, pescatarian, rice, Shellfish, Vegetables
Tagged shrimp
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Pasta with mushrooms and broccolini. 10/8/20
This is an easy and delicious dinner that can be on your table in 30 minutes. Sauté the mushrooms, onions, and stem ends of the broccolini while the pasta water heats up. Add garlic. Put the pasta in the boiling … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Pasta, Recipes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged broccolini, Orecchiette
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Grilled flank steak. 10/7/20
We do not eat much red meat here but when we do flank steak is often our choice. It is a flavorful piece of meat, low fat, and, as long as you cut it across the grain, it is not … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Grilling, Kitchen tips, omnivore, Vegetables
Tagged flank steak, Steak
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Vegan Chana dal with kale. 10/6/20
Chana dal is an Indian dish using split dried chickpeas cooked in your Instant Pot. Once you have your ingredients prepped the whole dish comes together quickly. Cooking time is 15 minutes under pressure and a 10 minute cool down … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Indian, Instant Pot, Legumes, Recipes, rice, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged Chana dal, chickpeas, dal
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Instant Pot stuffed cabbage rolls. 10/5/20
Today we made stuffed cabbage rolls which was quite a production. First of all I could not find my mother’s old recipe and emailed by sister to see if she had it but she didn’t get back to me in … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Instant Pot, rice, Vegetables
Tagged cabbage, cabbage roll
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BFD. 10/4/20
Tonight’s Breakfast For Dinner is what I call a scramble omelet, or scramlet. Since I cannot fold my myriad fillings into a composed omelet, I scramble the ingredients leaving the eggs fluffy on top while getting a good sear on … Continue reading
Vegan/vegetarian chili. 10/2-3/20
Unfortunately this chili looks better than it tastes. I tried a new recipe and the spices turned out gritty. The instructions had me putting them in too late in the cooking. They needed to be added with the oil towards … Continue reading
Posted in American, Legumes, Mexican, Recipes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged beans, Hili
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