Category Archives: Vegetables

Spaghetti regati and harvest salad – 11/15/16

We are in eat-down mode since we are heading off to the East coast tomorrow. Our daughter has picked her final produce and I used some of it in a salad. We ate this interesting spaghetti regati from Barilla tonight. … Continue reading

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Cabbage rolls and salad – 11/13/16

I cannot believe I did not take a picture of the cabbage rolls John made! We ate them on Sunday and Monday. Using our leftover rice from our Chinese takeout and some ground beef and cabbage that I had bought … Continue reading

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Steak cooked in a non-traditional way – 11/12/16

Costco sells this prime ribeye cap coiled up. It is super delicious. In order to keep it from turning into charred outside and raw inside on the grill, John used the sous vide method. He set the steak jacuzzi on … Continue reading

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Eat it twice! – 11/10/16

We ate this on Tuesday and we are eating most of the rest of it tonight. We added some more kale and some pieces of turkey sausage so it would taste new. We even have enough left over from this … Continue reading

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Chickpea stew with ditalini and kale – 11/9/16

If you like to chop vegetables up then this is the dish for you! I did all the prep work while John was at work and so almost the entire dish was dump and sauté according to length of cooking … Continue reading

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Election Day chicken – 11/8/16

Maybe we should be eating crow given the loss of our preferred candidate. Or humble pie. It was Republican candidate Herbert Hoover who promised “a chicken in every pot” if he was elected in 1928. That didn’t work out so well … Continue reading

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Veál shanks, mashed potatoes, and green beans – 11/5/16

We have had these veal shanks in the freezer for ages and finally decided to cook them. I whizzed up onion, carrot, celery, and garlic in the food processor to use as a flavor base.  After searing the meat John … Continue reading

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Quick pad Thai with shrimp – 11/4/16

I have made this dish 4 or 5 times since I discovered it through an email from Food & Wine. As long as you have the mise en place done, the cooking moves along very quickly. The sauce, instead of … Continue reading

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Rigatoni with White Bolognese – 11/2/16

I have been to Italy over 20 times but I have never been to Bologna. I do not even know what there is to see there!  Maybe next time I shall make sure it is on my visit list.  One … Continue reading

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Chicken Tuesday – 11/1/16

Once again we did not manage to get the chicken on the proper day. Perhaps I will give up on Chicken Monday altogether. Secretly, I would like to make it Meatless Monday but John is unconvinced. Tonight we had the … Continue reading

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