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Category Archives: Vegetables
Dining at kid-friendly places
Yay! We have started our trip! One of the challenges for me is to find dining selections that now are supposed to be 1) things I like. 2) lower in carbs. 3) lower in calories. This is not an easy … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Dining out, Holidays, Legumes, Poultry, Vegetables
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Salad, collard greens, and steak. 6/10/19
My doctor has told me I need to eat differently. Cut down on the carbs because of rising blood sugar. I am really at a quandary with this because I eat quite a lot of carbs – pasta, beans, polenta, … Continue reading
Fried rice. 6/9/19
On Tuesday John and I along with our son and grandkids are taking an intergenerational roadtrip! We are heading up the North Coast to commune with redwoods, Paul Bunyan, small Victorian towns, and the spectacular coastline. So we are in … Continue reading
Pasta with tuna, snow peas, and parsley. 6/8/19
Today, for my half birthday celebration (what? you don’t celebrate your half birthdays?!) I made campanelle with a lot of snow peas and parsley plus a can of tuna. I sautéed a little onion and garlic and then, when the pasta … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Fish, Italian, Kitchen tips, Pasta, pescatarian, Vegetables
Tagged pasta, snow peas, tuna
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Working with take-out. 6/7/19
Apparently I have thrown my menu out the window. Being short of prep time yesterday, I froze the chicken we were supposed to have and John ran out to the store to pick up something pre-prepared. He chose ribs, potato … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Pork, take-out, Vegetables
Tagged cole slaw, Potato salad, ribs
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New vegan recipe! Chana Dal with brown rice, tabbouleh, and pita
New recipe tonight! Chana dal is a stew made from split chickpeas seasoned with cumin seeds, chili powder, turmeric, and tomatoes. This is a snap to make with your Instant Pot. I found this super easy recipe at Piping Pot … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Grains, Indian, Instant Pot, Legumes, Mediterranean, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged brown rice, Chana dal, tabbouleh
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Sous vide ribeye steak, grilled potato, broccoli and fava beans. 6/4/19
Today’s division of labor was like every other day, John cooks meat and grills and I do vegetable prep and cooking. John gave the steak a 2 hour immersion circulator bath at 130F and then seared the steak on the … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Grilling, sous vide, Vegetables
Tagged baked potato, broccoli, Fava beans, Steak
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Skirt steak fajitas. 5/31/19
John and I went back and forth over whether we would be making tacos (me) or fajitas (John). In the end we decided on fajitas since we have not had them recently. We found a recipe for fajita seasoning (there … Continue reading
Sweet Italian sausage with polenta and salad. 5/30/19
I started out by cutting the onions and bell peppers for tonight’s dinner plus enough for use in the fajitas we are having tomorrow night – two birds with one stone! Next I prepared the vegetables for the salad. I … Continue reading
Posted in Grains, Italian, Kitchen tips, Pork, Vegetables
Tagged polenta, Salad, Sausage
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Instant Pot rice biryani with shrimp. 5/29/19
Before discussing our dinner, here is an update on our daughter’s plot in the community garden. With the exception of a few tiny strawberries this is the first harvest, fava beans! She and I shucked a bagful out of their … Continue reading
Posted in Indian, Instant Pot, Legumes, pescatarian, rice, Shellfish, Vegetables
Tagged basmati rice, Fava beans, shrimp
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