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Category Archives: Vegetables
Tilapia with Mustard Sauce. 10/14/24
I have been trying to get some dinner prep done earlier in the day when I have more energy. Early in the afternoon I made the mustard sauce and cleaned and sliced the Brussels sprouts. Here is the recipe for … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, pescatarian, Recipes, rice, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged brussels sprouts, mustard sauce, rice, tilapia
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Early Thanksgiving. October 12, 2024
John and I are not going to be home on Thanksgiving so our son, Jon, offered to host Thanksgiving on Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. In order to represent the entire North American continent (and to make the grandkids happy) we had … Continue reading
Posted in American, Appetizers, Beef, Desserts, Holidays, Mexican, Poultry, Shellfish, Special occasion, Vegetables
Tagged Tacos
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Autumn Soup and Homemade Challah. 10/11/24
On Friday we had our postponed Rosh Hashanah celebration because it was too hot for baking and cooking on the actual date. Sarah and I got up early and she got the challah started and I started peeling and chopping … Continue reading
Posted in American, Baking, Holidays, Recipes, soup, Special occasion, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged bread, soup
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Classic Chicken. 10/9/24
John sliced up one of the breasts from our Costco chicken and heated it up slowly in chicken gravy. I reheated some rice made earlier in the day and sautéed asparagus and mushrooms. Easy dinner.
Posted in American, Easy, Hot weather meals, Poultry, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged chicken
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Stuffed Peppers. 10/7 and 10/8/24
On Monday morning I got up early to beat the heat and made stuffed peppers. Since I only had 8 ounces of beef I extended my stuffing with chopped onions, bell pepper, and mushrooms along with leftover rice from our … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Methods, rice, Vegetables
Tagged Beef, bell pepper, stuffed peppers
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Egg and Black Bean Nachos. 10/7/24
This is my favorite Sunday egg dinner. It is so easy to make and hits what I like about food – crunchy and salty elements. I lay down a layer of tortilla chips, maybe 10 or 12. Next I mix … Continue reading
Posted in American, Appetizers, Easy, Eggs, Hot weather meals, Legumes, Mexican, Southwest U.S., Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Eggs, nachos
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Shrimp Fajitas. 10/5/24
This is my first time making shrimp fajitas and they turned out really well. I cooked the peppers and onions first with half of the spice blend and then John cooked the shrimp with the other half. Then we mixed … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Mexican, pescatarian, Shellfish, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Fajitas, shrimp
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Grilled Flank Steak. 10/4/24
I have not been writing my blog this week due to not really cooking. It has been so hot, over 100F!, all week. We have been eating take-out and leftovers from lunches out all week. Last night we waited until … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Hot weather meals, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged flank steak, Steak
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Pan-fried gnocchi with mushrooms and kale. 9/30/24
This started out as a sheet pan recipe. https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1022479-sheet-pan-gnocchi-with-mushrooms-and-spinach?smid=ck-recipe-iOS-share However, it is 99F outside and we are trying to keep the house cool so we changed it to a pan-fry cook and also decided to use raw kale instead of … Continue reading
Posted in Italian, Pasta, Recipes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged gnocchi, pasta
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Lamb stuffed baked peppers. 9/29/24
This is a new recipe for us. We saw Sunny Anderson make something similar on The Kitchen and thought we would give it a try. Here is her recipe. https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sunny-anderson/sunnys-easy-rice-and-lamb-stuffed-peppers-16716844.amp I par-cooked the peppers, drained the lamb fat, and added … Continue reading
Posted in American, Lamb, Methods, Middle Eastern, Recipes, rice, Vegetables
Tagged bell pepper, ground lamb, rice
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