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Category Archives: Vegetables
Curried chicken and rice. 6/26/18
This is a curry-type dish that John likes to make. He toasts the spices in butter, adds onions, garlic, and ginger and then the rice and liquid so they cook together. The pre-cooked chicken, carrots and raisins get added later. … Continue reading
Posted in Grains, Poultry, rice, Vegetables
Tagged carrots, chicken, Curry, rice raisins
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Meat night. 6/25/18
As I mentioned earlier in the week, one night a week is now dedicated to red meat and the other six are either poultry, vegetarian, or pescatarian. I think John was really looking forward to this night! John grilled up … Continue reading
Posted in American, Grilling, Kitchen tips, Lamb, Vegetables
Tagged cauliflower, green beans, lamb chops
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Dining Out: Khyber Pass Afghani Restaurant. 6/24/18
According to my menu we were supposed to be having lamb chops last night. However, our son called and asked if he could drop by and the four of us ended up going out to lunch at the Khyber Pass … Continue reading
Posted in Dining out, Healthy tips, Lamb, Legumes, rice, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged Afghani, basmati rice, dal, Dining out, flat bread, hummus, lentils, vegetarian
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Shrimp tacos, Mexican slaw, and beans. 6/23/18
What a good dinner tonight! Even though we did not use the grill to cook the shrimp and tortillas tonight because it was blazing hot out, everything was super good. We really enjoyed my concoction, Mexican slaw. I added the … Continue reading
Posted in Legumes, pescatarian, Shellfish, Vegetables
Tagged black beans, cole slaw, Mexican, shrimp tacos, Tacos
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Recipe: Farro with cannellini beans and Lacinato kale. 6/22/18
Here is a recipe that can be omnivorous, vegetarian, or vegan. It’s a mishmash of ideas from a few other recipes including Mark Bittman’s Tuscan Farro Soup form The NY Times Cooking site. I used my Instant Pot to make … Continue reading
Posted in Grains, Italian, Kitchen tips, Legumes, Recipes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged cannellini beans, farro, Lacinato kale, Vegan, vegetarian
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Classic chicken dinner. 6/21/18
Following my menu plan for the week, we defrost a chicken breast and set up the immersion circulator to cook the breast to 152F. Now we have plenty of time (around 2 hours) to get the rest of the dinner … Continue reading
Posted in American, Poultry, Vegetables
Tagged broccoli, carrots, chicken breast, rutabagas, sous vide
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Dining out: Eggplant Parmesan. 6/19/18
Last night we were on the road coming home from Utah. We stopped for the night in Bakersfield, CA, a large-ish agricultural town in Southern California. We had dinner at Macaroni Grill. Our server spent the hour or so we … Continue reading
Posted in Dining out, Italian, Pasta, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged angel hair spaghetti, Eggplant, eggplant Parmesan
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Two fancy-ish dinners in a row. 6/16 & 17/18
The last two dinners with our visiting family had some pretty high-end ingredients-dry packed scallops and prime ribeye cap steaks. Since we were serving children as well as our son, we made them in a not haute cuisine way. Tater … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Grilling, pescatarian, Shellfish, Vegetables
Tagged broccoflower, collard greens, corn, scallops, Steak, tater tots
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Beef overload. 6/14 & 15/18
We have been eating way more beef than usual since the family is visiting. Thursday and Friday were no exception. Thursday we ate at a nice restaurant nearby. The whole event was almost derailed since one of our grandsons has … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Dining out, Grilling, Pasta, Vegetables
Tagged baked potato, green beans, meatballs, noodles, Steak
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Pancakes and shrimp. 6/12/18
No doubt you are saying to yourself, is this like chicken and waffles? Interesting concept but this is what I made for the kids and what we adults ate for dinner. Two separate things. I got the pancake recipe from … Continue reading
Posted in pescatarian, rice, Shellfish, Vegetables
Tagged pancakes, Pernod, rice, saffron, shrimp
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