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Category Archives: Vegetables
Sesame salmon bowl. 3/23/22
We were supposed to go out for a special birthday lunch for our daughter on Wednesday but she has caught a cold (rapid COVID home test was negative) and we have postponed our lunch until next week. As a consolation … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Japanese, Kitchen tips, Legumes, pescatarian, Recipes, rice, Vegetables
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Fettuccine and tomato sauce with mushrooms and kale 3/22/22
We moved up our pasta night due to avocados not being ripe yet for our salmon sesame bowl. I have been keeping the avocados in a paper bag with an apple and I think they should be ready by Thursday. … Continue reading
Chicken and gravy with mixed mash, broccoli and leek. 3/21/22
This was an easy, tasty dinner with the vegetables stealing the show. I had a little left over rutabaga mash from last Monday so I decided to extend it with a potato. Rather than peel the potato, cut it up … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Kitchen tips, leftovers, Methods, Poultry, Sheet pan, Vegetables
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BFD – Breakfast For Dinner. 3/20/22
For this Sunday’s BFD I decided to make an arugula salad and top it with a scrambled egg. I accompanied my bowl with a piece of rye toast with melted ultra thin cheddar. John had his usual omelet and we … Continue reading
Shrimp with polenta and broccoli. 3/19/2
We have had this shrimp dish on and off the menu for weeks now and for some reason have never gotten around to making it. Well, the wait is over and it was really good! It was both light and … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Healthy tips, Italian, Methods, pescatarian, Shellfish, Vegetables
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Fusilli with mushrooms and baby cauliflower. 3/18/22
I saw this package of baby cauliflower at Trader Joe’s while I was looking for broccolini. It sort of had the same form factor as broccolini so I decided to try it in this week’s pasta. I did all the … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Kitchen tips, Methods, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged cauliflower, pasta
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St. Patrick’s Day! 3/17/22
My paternal grandfather was born on St. Patrick’s Day in 1890. Not only would a lot of dinners that I cook seem totally bizarre to him but there is no way my grandmother could have found the ingredients with which … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Healthy tips, Methods, Recipes, Sheet pan, soup, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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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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