Category Archives: Vegetables

Shrimp in Pernod sauce. 7/30/09

Posted on August 1, 2019 by Beebamom

Eek! I am falling behind! My sister is here to visit and I am so busy that I cannot find time to write. So, just quickly, I will report that on Tuesday we had this delicious dish. It has a … Continue reading →

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Vegetarian/Vegan Duo. 7/29/19

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Beebamom

For Meatless Monday we made a delicious vegetarian or vegan pairing of Mediterranean salad and Afghani red lentils. NOTE: for vegan fare omit yogurt and feta cheese. The Mediterranean salad consists of cucumber, tomatoes, onion, avocado, olives, and pepperoncini dressed … Continue reading →

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Texas caviar is the star tonight. 7/28/19

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Beebamom

We had Texas caviar in two ways tonight. First as an appetizer before dinner with tortilla chips and then as the vegetable with our dinner. Since it was hot we just bought a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store and … Continue reading →

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Semi-fresh spaghetti sauce. 7/27/19

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Beebamom

I used my last container of frozen spaghetti sauce for our dinner on Saturday night. Knowing that we would be facing a tomato glut by this point in the summer, I filled each container only half full so that my … Continue reading →

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Gazpacho starter. 7/26/19

Posted on July 27, 2019 by Beebamom

Earlier this week when we had gazpacho we did not finish all of it. So I put it in the refrigerator where it became the starter, much like the sourdough starter we also have in our refrigerator, of a new … Continue reading →

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While the A/C was broken. 7/25/19

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Beebamom

We have been shuttering ourselves in the house while the air conditioning has been broken. We get up early and open the house up while it’s cool and then we are hermits for the rest of the day – no … Continue reading →

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Caprese salad and more. 7/23/19

Posted on July 24, 2019 by Beebamom

On Tuesday we used our bountiful tomatoes for Caprese salad. The salad is simply slices of tomato and mozzarella, a sprinkling of basil, and olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Oh, and don’t forget the salt! My salad looks like the … Continue reading →

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Best of the season tomato gazpacho. 7/23/19

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Beebamom

We are swimming in tomatoes here.  Three of us against about 5 pounds of tomatoes a day. Every day I get the same plea, “Mom, eat the tomatoes!” So two things that use up tomatoes are gazpacho and spaghetti sauce. … Continue reading →

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Lunar take-out. 7/20/19

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Beebamom

Happy Moon Day! I remember sitting on a roof balcony of a fraternity at MIT with my then boyfriend when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. It was amazing! Later I learned that my now husband, John, worked on the … Continue reading →

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More favorite food. 7/19/19

Posted on July 20, 2019 by Beebamom

Yesterday when I was talking about America’s favorite foods I mentioned “any kind of pasta.” So that is what we ate on Friday. We had the ends of two boxes of pasta, one whole grain spaghetti and one spaghetti rigate … Continue reading →

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