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Category Archives: Vegetables
Summer meal in February. 2/25/25
I was looking around through my past meals for a vegan/vegetarian meal that we had not eaten for a while. Since pita, hummus, and sides are usually something I make in the summer I knew it would be different from … Continue reading
Posted in Grains, Hot weather meals, Legumes, Mediterranean, Recipes, Salad, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged hummus, roasted golden beets, tabbouleh
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Chicken enchiladas. 2/24/25
While we were away Sarah bought a Costco rotisserie chicken and put the two breasts in the freezer. With one of them I made the chicken enchiladas and a chicken with rice vegetable soup. The other one I am saving … Continue reading
Posted in American, Methods, Mexican, Poultry, Southwest U.S., Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged black beans, chicken, kale
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Baked feta pasta. 2/6/25
Sorry for the messy bowl picture! As usual when I get a bowl of pasta I want to jump right in so I had already started eating it before I was stopped to take a picture. This is another recipe … Continue reading
Posted in Mediterranean, Pasta, Recipes, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged Cherry tomatoes, feta, pasta
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Chicken Lo Mein. 2/5/25
We tried a new recipe for dinner and enjoyed it. I bought a bag of fresh chopped vegetables from Trader Joe’s which contained snow peas, Napa cabbage, broccoli, and bok choy. I added chopped carrots and bean sprouts. We adapted … Continue reading
Posted in American, Asian, Chinese, Easy, Poultry, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged chicken, Chinese, pasta, Stir-fry
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Scallops, new potatoes, and broccoli. 2/4/25
Scallops are one of my favorite things to eat. We used to get large ocean scallops from Costco but they have not been for sale for over six months. So we decided to try these smaller scallops also from Costco. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, pescatarian, Shellfish, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged broccoli, potatoes, scallops
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Fusilli with mushrooms and asparagus. 2/3/25
I probably could eat pasta almost every day of the week. I like it with meat sauces, meatballs, sausage, and all kinds of vegetables. Tonight’s pasta dish was made with fusilli cooked to al dente and then incorporated into a … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Italian, Methods, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged asparagus, pasta
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Classic Chicken dinner. 2/1/25
I know you are probably tired of classic chicken dinner appearing almost every week. So am I. We changed it a little this week with rice instead of mashed potatoes but our second dinner with a rotisserie chicken needs an … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Methods, Poultry, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged brussels sprouts, chicken, rice
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New England Clam Chowder. 1/31/25
Except for chopping up potatoes, onions, leeks, and celery everything else is pretty much a pantry item. We used canned minced clams, clam juice, the liquid from the clams, and some heavy cream. We made a big pot of it … Continue reading
Mediterranean Bowl. 1/30/25
Tonight Sarah made us a Mediterranean bowl. Loaded on top of rice were chickpeas, slivered red onions, hummus, tomatoes, cucumber, parsley, olives, and feta cheese. We gave it a drizzle of olive oil and it was ready to eat. It … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Legumes, Mediterranean, rice, Salad, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged chickpeas, hummus
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Happy Lunar New Year! 1/29/25 The Year of the Snake!
Lots of folks here in Northern California are celebrating Lunar New Year. Since we are a family who likes to share in the celebrations of lots of cultures, we decide to make a holiday dinner of Asian treats. We started … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizers, Asian, Beef, Holidays, soup, Vegetables
Tagged pho, pot stickers, soup
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