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Category Archives: Vegetables
🐟 Restaurant quality dinner at home. 2/18/20
Tonight we prepare a dinner as good as any you might get in a restaurant and one that you would have to probably pay $30 a person for. But with $17 for the fish and $3 for the vegetables, we … Continue reading
🥬 Vegetable soup with beans. 2/17/20
We are supposed to have fish tonight. We went to Whole Foods today to buy it (on sale) so it would be as fresh as possible. Then I am reaching into the refrigerator and notice that the light inside is … Continue reading
🦃 Lentil soup with turkey sausage. 2/15/20
I’m back from our little road trip to Portland, OR and so happy to return in my kitchen. While away I tried to eat some things that I don’t make at home. I had pho twice and even found a … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Legumes, Poultry, Vegetables
Tagged lentils, turkey sausage
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🍤 Shrimp, rice, and broccoli with oyster sauce. 2/7/20
Friday was my last cooked meal for the week. On Saturday we are going out to dinner to celebrate our son’s birthday and on Sunday is our usual, “breakfast for dinner.” Next week John and I are going on a … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, rice, Shellfish, Vegetables
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🐓 Chicken cacciatore. 2/6/20
Chicken cacciatore means chicken “hunter style.” The chicken is usually braised with onions, herbs, tomatoes, and bell peppers. The other day I bought a rotisserie chicken at Costco so the chicken part was already cooked and we just heated it up in … Continue reading
🥬 Red lentils with rice and salad. 2/5/20
Red lentils are quick to prepare and delicious to eat! After sautéing onions, garlic, and ginger you add spices and stock. Then you add the picked over and rinsed lentils. Bring the pot to a boil and in 15 minutes … Continue reading
Posted in Afghan, Easy, Legumes, Mediterranean, rice, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged lentils, rice
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🐟 Insulated fish with collards and corn. 2/4/20
What is that thing that looks like an ice cream sandwich doing on a plate with collard greens you might ask! The ice cream sandwich is a piece of Chilean sea bass sandwiched between coatings of mushroom duxelles. And it … Continue reading
🥬 Pinto bean and vegetable stew over rice. 2/3/20
First, I missed posting our Sunday dinner because I was busy getting another blog I have up to date. Sunday’s dinner is our usual BFD or breakfast for dinner. It is the one night of the week where I don’t … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, leftovers, Legumes, rice, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged beans
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🐓 Chicken Monday on a Saturday night. 2/1/20
Even when the children were small, Monday dinners were known as chicken Monday. As my daughter grew up I let her choose what spices would go on the chicken. One time we had “Chicken with 17 Spices.” Now she doesn’t … Continue reading
⚓️ Seared scallops. 1/31/20
Scallops are my favorite protein. We get the scallops at Costco where they are reasonably priced, flash frozen, and packed with no chemicals. John defrosts them ten at a time and sears them in our cast iron frying pan. I … Continue reading
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