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Category Archives: Vegetables
Simply pasta. 2/8/23
Our pasta meal on Wednesday was merely fettuccine and spiralized zucchini (zoodles) with mushrooms, onions, and garlic. The sauce consisted of olive oil and pasta water.
Posted in Easy, Italian, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged mushrooms, pasta
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Shrimp bowl. 2/7/23
We make three types of bowls, salmon, tofu, and shrimp. We all have our favorite. I think I am going to move my favorite up from 2 to 1, shrimp bowl! Here is the base recipe I start from – … Continue reading
Posted in Asian, Easy, pescatarian, Recipes, rice, Shellfish, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Instant Pot Chana dal with rice and kale. 2/6/23
Chana dal is dried split chickpeas. Of all the dals this is my favorite. I found my base recipe at https://pipingpotcurry.com/instant-pot-chana-dal/. Of course we changed it a bit! We use a can of Serrano Rotel for the tomato component. The … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Indian, Instant Pot, Legumes, Recipes, rice, stew, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged chickpeas, dal, kale
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Not quite a cheese omelet. 2/6/23
If you read this blog you will know that every Sunday John makes himself an omelet. I, on the other hand, have various dishes which incorporate eggs. This Sunday I made not quite a cheese omelet which was actually eggs … Continue reading
White chicken chili. 2/4/23
White chicken chili is a recipe I got from the Neely’s of Food Network. You might like to make their chili because it turns out really tasty. We used a Fresno chile instead of a jalapeño, crushed in a handful … Continue reading
Salmon, rice, and green beans with a mustard sauce. 2/3/23
John tried a new technique for cooking the salmon that we saw on America’s Test Kitchen last week. He pre-heated a sheet pan in the oven set to 500F. When the oven reached temperature he took the pan out, sprayed … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Methods, pescatarian, Recipes, rice, Sheet pan, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged salmon
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Fusilli with mushrooms, zucchini, and asparagus. 2/2/23
You could make this pasta dish with any shape you like. I do think it works better with shapes rather than strands. I chopped up all the vegetables ahead of time so the cooking went really quickly. Using a large … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Italian, Methods, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged asparagus, pasta
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Shrimp and broccoli over polenta. 1/30/23
John set up the polenta for me to stir as he got the shrimp ready to be cooked. We buy frozen 21-25 shrimp with tail-on so he removes the tail for ease of eating. As the polenta thickened and I … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Grains, Methods, pescatarian, Shellfish, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged broccoli, polenta, shrimp
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Hamburger on ciabatta, tater tots. 1/27/23
Medium-rare hamburger on a toasted ciabatta bun with lettuce, onion, mayo, and ketchup, yum! I misjudged how long it would take to cook the tater tots so mine had the texture of being microwaved. At least the underdone potatoes kept … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Grilling, Vacation cuisine, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Fancy dinner night. 1/26/23
As a part of our vacation tradition every year our son makes us his “fancy dinner.” John and I are his willing sous chefs. Years ago we had dined at the now defunct Oak City Grill in Menlo Park, CA. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Methods, pescatarian, Shellfish, Special occasion, Vacation cuisine, Vegetables
Tagged scallops
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