Category Archives: Vegetables

Roast cod with parsley sauce and chickpea purée. 5/31/18

This dinner has a lot of moving parts. There is a parsley sauce, a chickpea purée, the cod itself, and we added a vegetable, Brussels sprouts. The recipe suggests that you make the  parsley sauce in the blender and chickpea … Continue reading

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Chicken dinner in Red Rock Country. 5/30/18

We made it to southern Utah and it only took about 11 hours and 15 minutes. Wow, what a long time to be in the car! It’s hot here but everything looks great. If you have never been to this … Continue reading

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A Persian treat from the desert. 5/29/18

Yesterday on our trip through the Mojave Desert on our way to Utah we had to stop somewhere for lunch. There are a few small towns which have the usual array of fast food. It is fast but is it … Continue reading

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Eat down, fried rice. 5/27/18

We are leaving for Utah this week and need to make dishes which will use up some of our produce. I suppose I could make a soup or pasta but we have  quite a bit of rice in the refrigerator. … Continue reading

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Turn a leftover into a new dish! 5/26/18

Whoa, I have been derelict in my blogging duties and have sat around for a couple of days not posting my meals and pictures. No excuse. I just did not do it even though John and I cooked some excellent … Continue reading

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Fancy wine night. 5/24/18

Every so often we have a fancy wine night. Over the years we have collected a small stash of “better” wines which we normally save for special occasions. Other times we just open a bottle as a special treat to … Continue reading

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Saffron Pernod Shrimp. 5/23/18

Having finished up our leftovers of this dish last night our daughter declared that it was like eating in a restaurant! That is high praise indeed since she rarely eats any of our food. Saffron shrimp with Pernod sauce has … Continue reading

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New! Vegan! Lentil salad with roasted potatoes. 5/21/18

I am always on the lookout for a new recipe to incorporate into my vegan/vegetarian Tuesdays. This recipe came into my mailbox via the Washington Post but I see there are lots of similar recipes online. I was hoping for … Continue reading

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3-Cup Chicken with Garlic Sesame Broccoli. 5/21/18

I got the garlic and sesame broccoli recipe from NYTimes Cooking. Reviews were saying it was like broccoli “crack”. I’ve never had crack but I have had broccoli many different ways and certainly “death by broccoli” (an insane casserole) and … Continue reading

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Gobi Mongolian Grill. 5/19/18

It does not look like this is going to be a cooking weekend. In addition to our traditional Chinese takeout on Sunday night, our son came over for a visit on Saturday and we went out to lunch. We tried … Continue reading

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