Category Archives: Vegetables

Vegan chickpeas with veg and pasta. 8/21/20

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Beebamom

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 →

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Pan-seared salmon. 8/20/20

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Beebamom

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 →

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Vegan Asian-inspired cold pasta with crunchy vegetables. 8/19/20

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Beebamom

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 →

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Stir fried shrimp with veg and rice. 8/18/20

Posted on August 18, 2020 by Beebamom

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 →

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Avocado toast and dinner salad. 8/17/20

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Beebamom

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 →

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Breakfast for Dinner. 8/16/20

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Beebamom

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 →

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Grilled portobello burgers with Thai salad. 8/15/20

Posted on August 15, 2020 by Beebamom

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 →

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Broth-y clam chowder with toast. 8/14/20

Posted on August 14, 2020 by Beebamom

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 →

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Leftovers. 8/13/20

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Beebamom

Tonight we got around to fixing dinner late and decided to just eat up what was left in the refrigerator. The rice, Chana dal, and tabbouleh made a nice combination and we did not have to heat up the kitchen … Continue reading →

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Cool Mediterranean plate for hot nights. 8/12/20

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Beebamom

Our Mediterranean dinner tonight was a combination of store bought and homemade components. I made the tabbouleh but just assembled the rest. This is a Lebanese style tabbouleh with the emphasis on parsley rather than the bulgur. Using a food … Continue reading →

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