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Category Archives: Vegetables
Escaping the fire and smoke. 8/25/20
You may have noticed that I did not publish a weekly menu or any updates for a few days. We have been dealing with the fires and smoke in Northern California. Over the weekend our air had fallen into the … Continue reading
Pinto bean tacos with spicy tomato rice (vegan). 8/22/20
Our taco meal was surprisingly filling and satisfying. The canned pinto beans were cooked with onion, garlic, Serrano chile, and cumin. The beans went into stovetop toasted corn tortillas and then garnished with salsa, cabbage, and cilantro. One of our … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Legumes, Mexican, rice, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged beans, Tacos
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Vegan chickpeas with veg and pasta. 8/21/20
Each time we make this dinner it is a little different from the last time. This time we added a can of tomatoes with chiles which gave it a nice zing. Sometimes we add fennel instead of celery, this time … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Italian, Legumes, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged chickpeas
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Pan-seared salmon. 8/20/20
This was a quick cooking dinner. There was, of course, some prep time for making the sauce, seasoning the fish, cutting up the veg, and steaming the rice. John took care of the rice in the morning so all we … Continue reading
Vegan Asian-inspired cold pasta with crunchy vegetables. 8/19/20
I was looking through recipes trying to find another hot weather dish when I came upon Mark Bittman’s Cold Sesame Noodles with Crunchy Vegetables in NY Times Cooking. Of course the recipe had me making a fancy sauce, using a … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Pasta, Recipes, Thai, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged Linguine, peanuts
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Stir fried shrimp with veg and rice. 8/18/20
I love what we call a GBOF, a giant bowl of food. Each of us who become overweight, get there in different ways. For some it is desserts and others too much snacking. Or maybe it’s fried foods and butter … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese, Healthy tips, pescatarian, rice, Shellfish, Vegetables
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Avocado toast and dinner salad. 8/17/20
Here we are keeping it cool on another hot night. We have the threat of rolling blackouts from our electric company so we are doing our part by turning our thermostat to 79F, keeping our blinds closed, not using the … Continue reading
Posted in American, Eggs, Legumes, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged avocado, Eggs, Salad
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Breakfast for Dinner. 8/16/20
As usual we are having breakfast for dinner on Sunday night. John and I go our separate cooking ways with him always making a omelet and me usually making some sort of scrambled eggs. I have been hungry today so … Continue reading
Grilled portobello burgers with Thai salad. 8/15/20
It was 106F today so there was no cooking in the kitchen. John grilled our mushrooms outside and I seared off some onions and added basil and whole grain mustard to our “burgers” for additional flavor. The salad I made … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Grilling, Thai, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged Portobello mushroom
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Broth-y clam chowder with toast. 8/14/20
This soup is not much of a looker but boy is it good! We should have had leftovers but we could not resist eating the whole thing. The recipe is dead simple and I have included it below. It is … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, pescatarian, Recipes, Shellfish, Vegetables
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