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Category Archives: Vegetables
Busy person’s chicken dinner. 8/14/18
This is hardly a cooking post but sometimes when you are busy buying a prepared chicken and making a quick side is the best you can do. This turns out to be a very eensy chicken. Look at the size … Continue reading
Posted in Mediterranean, Poultry, take-out, Vegetables
Tagged chicken, cucumbers, feta, tomatoes
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Sweet and salty flank steak over herb and citrus salad. 8/13/18
Tonight’s dinner is similar to last week’s Vietnamese Flank Steak in that it has a fish sauce, lime, and brown sugar marinade. The proportions of this week’s marinade are much better balanced though so the whole dinner is less fishy. … Continue reading
Posted in Beef, Grilling, Vegetables, Vietnamese
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Guilty pleasure. 8/11/18
I guess most peoples’ guilty pleasures involve some sort of fabulous dessert or sky high nachos. My guilty pleasure is fried scallops. But Marymom, you say, why fry scallops when they are so delicious just seared in a pan. To … Continue reading
Posted in pescatarian, Shellfish, Vegetables
Tagged chard, corn, Pescatarian, scallops, tartar sauce
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NEW! Mujaddara with spiced yogurt. 8/10/18
I am always on the lookout for a new vegetarian recipe. Interestingly almost all of my vegetarian repertoire is ethnically inspired. I guess it is not surprising that in the U.S. with vast amounts of grazing land for cattle and … Continue reading
Posted in Kitchen tips, Legumes, Middle Eastern, Recipes, rice, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged brown rice, cucumbers, lentils, Onions, tomatoes
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Shrimp tacos with spicy black beans. 8/9/18
Tasty shrimp tacos are on the menu tonight. The grocery store is lacking our regular salsa so we try a new brand which is too spicy and too thick for our liking. I put a bunch of it in our … Continue reading
Posted in Kitchen tips, Legumes, Shellfish, Vegetables
Tagged black beans, mango, salsa, shrimp, Tacos
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Mediterranean vegan/vegetarian dinner. 8/8/18
Today John is at the office working so dinner is in my hands. No surprise that it is meatless! Dinner tonight consists of Lebanese tabbouleh and chickpeas with olive oil and cracked juniper berries on mixed greens plus a tomato … Continue reading
Posted in Grains, Legumes, Mediterranean, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged chickpeas, cucumbers, feta, juniper berries, tabbouleh, tomatoes
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NEW! Vietnamese flank steak with cucumber salad and rice 8/7/18
I saw this recipe on NYTimes Cooking and thought I would give it a try or, rather, I thought I would encourage John to give it a try. Luckily John does not need a lot of encouragement to try something … Continue reading
Posted in Beef, Grilling, rice, Vegetables, Vietnamese
Tagged cucumbers, fish sauce, flank steak, radishes, rice, Vietnamese
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Grilled chicken and Texas caviar. 8/6/18
I have not made Texas caviar for a while. It always feels a little bit daunting when I imagine all the chopping that must be done. I do love chopping up vegetables but I do not like chopping up tomatoes … Continue reading
Posted in American, Grilling, Kitchen tips, Legumes, Poultry, Recipes, Vegetables
Tagged chicken thighs, Grilling, Texas caviar
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Shrimp with creamy mustard scampi sauce. 8/5/18
Does it sound like my shrimp sauce is conflicted? That is because the last two times we had shrimp I froze the small amounts of sauce I had left over. Tonight they make a combo comeback as creamy mustard scampi … Continue reading
Posted in Kitchen tips, pescatarian, rice, Shellfish, Vegetables
Tagged greens, mustard cream sauce, rice, scampi, shrimp
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Easy vegan lunch. 8/4/18
Here is an easy vegan lunch that everyone can enjoy. All you need is a can of chickpeas, some olive oil, and seasonings. After washing off my chickpeas I roughly mash them adding some olive oil to make it hold … Continue reading
Posted in Healthy tips, Kitchen tips, Legumes, Mediterranean, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged chickpeas, juniper berries, lettuce, Olive oil, Pita, tomatoes
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