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Category Archives: Vegetables
Purim, when all food is triangular 3/16/22
Our Purim celebration featured a lot of triangular food. The triangular theme represents the hat of Haman, the evil bad guy. Haman was plotting to get all the Jews killed but Queen Esther out-smarted him. So on Purim we celebrate … Continue reading
Posted in Desserts, Easy, Holidays, Vegetables
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Tilapia with sheet pan veg. 3/15/22
We tend to buy frozen fish and shellfish. Costco has some good seafood products at reasonable prices so we always keep salmon, Chilean sea bass, shrimp, scallops, and some sort of white fish in the freezer. For our mild white … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Kitchen tips, pescatarian, Sheet pan, Vegetables
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Chicken dinner. 3/14/22
This homey chicken dinner reminds me of Thanksgiving, but easier. The rotisserie chicken I buy from Costco is not the whole bird but their vacuum packed offering of cooked breast meat. I divide the package in half (about 1 lb. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Instant Pot, Kitchen tips, Poultry, Vegetables
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Sunday simple supper. 3/13/22
It’s Sunday and you have been cooking all week. Give yourself a break! Sunday supper around here is an everyone-make-your-own-eggs dinner. John always makes himself an omelet and I make a variety of egg dinners. This week I am doing … Continue reading
Marinated tofu and vegetable stir-fry 3/13/22
I marinated the tofu in a nuoc cham sauce for about two hours. Nuoc cham is a Vietnamese sauce and is basically fish sauce, sugar, and lime juice. With John manning our large fry pan, I cut the vegetables up … Continue reading
Posted in American, Chinese, Easy, Kitchen tips, Vegetables
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Farro stuffed pepper. 3/11/22
This dish which luckily I made in the morning has a lot of components. First I needed to make the farro. I used an oven method where 1.5 cups of farro cook in a covered dish with 2 1/3 cups … Continue reading
Posted in American, Grains, Methods, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged bell peppers, farro
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Sesame shrimp bowl 3/10/22
Sesame shrimp or salmon bowls are fast becoming the number one choice for dinner at our house. There is really very little cooking involved, make some rice or heat up some leftover rice and quickly cook the shrimp. Everything else … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Japanese, Methods, pescatarian, rice, Shellfish, Vegetables
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Fettuccine arrabiata. 3/9/22
I had frozen a portion of arrabiata sauce from a dinner a couple of weeks ago. It was not enough for our dinner but it was a good base to start from. There were already onions, garlic, and mushrooms in … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Healthy tips, Italian, leftovers, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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Salmon salade Niçoise. 3/8/22
In addition to the salmon we had French green beans that were blanched, a hard boiled egg, kale, olives, and cherry tomatoes. I made a mustard sauce to dress the salad. It is about equal parts, horseradish mustard, whole grain … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Eggs, Fish, French, Methods, pescatarian, Salad, Vegetables
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Rotisserie chicken with gravy and sheet pan sprouts and squash. 3/7/22
I am actually a little embarrassed to post this dinner since I took every shortcut imaginable to prepare it! The chicken comes from a pre-pulled pack of Costco rotisserie chicken. The gravy was made from a packet of McCormack’s powdered … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Kitchen tips, Methods, Poultry, Sheet pan, Vegetables
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