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Category Archives: Vegetables
Shrimp scampi with corn and asparagus succotash. 7/7/19
John did a great job cooking the shrimp. It came out rosy pink with that snap as you bite into them and then the slightly toothsome inside. We decided to double the sauce because we were putting the shrimp scampi … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, pescatarian, Shellfish, Vegetables
Tagged asparagus, corn, shrimp
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My favorite spaghetti dish. 7/6/19
Since it is a long weekend I decided to make up a new batch of spaghetti sauce flavored with ground beef. John bought enough ground beef for us to have a hamburger meal plus at least four pasta dishes. Starting … Continue reading
Posted in Beef, Italian, Kitchen tips, Pasta, Recipes, Vegetables
Tagged pasta, spaghetti sauce, tomatoes
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Grilled chicken thighs with watermelon and tomato salad. 7/5/19
According to my menu we are supposed to be having a frittata tonight. John says he does not want to heat up the kitchen by turning on the oven so we need to come up with an alternate plan. The … Continue reading
Comfort food. 7/4/19
Just remembered I forgot to post yesterday’s dinner! I even considered not posting it at all since I feel somewhat guilty for giving into making a comfort food dinner. When we had finished dinner I did not feel comforted only … Continue reading
Chicken Marsala with mashed potatoes and asparagus. 7/3/19
We have a habit of having a glass of wine and an hors d’oeuvre before dinner. It seems a nice civilized routine. Wednesday’s offering was crackers with a smear of butter and a slice of radish. I don’t know that … Continue reading
Seared scallops with snow peas and new potatoes. 7/2/19
Of all the proteins scallops are my favorite. Sweet and succulent they make any dinner feel special. John did a great job cooking them in our cast iron frying pan. He made sure it was really hot before he put … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, pescatarian, Shellfish, Vegetables
Tagged new potatoes, scallops, snow peas
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Eggplant Parmesan. 7/1/19
John and I went to the grocery store to pick up the ingredients for eggplant parmesan but the eggplant was so sad looking that we decided on a frozen entree instead. We like the Michel Angelo’s eggplant parm and it … Continue reading
Chicken thighs, potato salad, cole slaw
In case you are thinking I went to the grocery store and just bought all this stuff, I did not. We made everything from scratch and it really came together pretty fast. John cooked the chicken in the oven and … Continue reading
Posted in American, Kitchen tips, Poultry, Vegetables
Tagged chicken, cole slaw, Potato salad
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Shrimp cocktail and a salad. 6/27/19
Tonight we made another hot weather dinner. Unfortunately it was so chilly out that we had to close the back door! I am definitely not complaining about the weather though. I know pretty soon it will be blazing hot again. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Kitchen tips, pescatarian, Recipes, Shellfish, Vegetables
Tagged Salad, shrimp
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Always in the top ten meals at our house. 6/26/19
What is my favorite thing to make and eat? It might be eggplant parmesan or maybe fried scallops. I really liked the gazpacho and avocado toast I made last week. But for ease of preparation and comfort whole wheat spaghetti … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Italian, Pasta, Vegetables
Tagged pasta, sauce, Spaghetti
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