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Category Archives: Vegetables
Fettuccine with mushroom/beef sauce. 2/2/22
On Wednesday I made a mushroom and beef sauce to dress our Carba-Nada fettuccine. Usually we just stick with vegetables for a sauce but since our son is with us we gave everyone a treat. To make the sauce first … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Italian, Methods, Pasta, Vacation cuisine, Vegetables
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Vacation nibbling. 2/1/22
We are on a week’s vacation with our son so we are making dinners that he likes. He and I go shopping every day for groceries for that night’s dinner. It is not an efficient way of buying groceries but … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Fish, Japanese, Shellfish, Southwest U.S., Vacation cuisine, Vegetables
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Vegan! Moroccan chickpeas and chard. 1/28/22
This really tasty stew can be found here if you have a subscription to NYTimes Cooking https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017228-moroccan-chickpeas-with-chard?smid=ck-recipe-iOS-share. This lively vegan dish is spiced up with plenty of garlic, ginger, jalapeño, turmeric, and preserved lemon. (I found preserved lemons in a … Continue reading
Posted in Kitchen tips, North African, stew, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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Shrimp sesame bowl 1/27/22
Tonight I served sautéed shrimp with cabbage, avocado, and cucumber over rice with a ginger, soy, white vinegar, and vegetable oil sauce. The dish was topped with a sprinkle of furikake which gave it a nice crunch.
Fusilli with broccolini and mushrooms. 1/26/22
Fusilli with broccolini and mushrooms is a vegan (without parmesan) or vegetarian delight. Using Carba Nada pasta means that the carbs and calories are lower which means that I can have more pasta with less guilt! While the pasta is … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Healthy tips, Italian, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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Seared scallops, new potatoes, and collards and corn. 1/25/22
This is our fancy dinner for this week. Scallops are my number one favorite protein. It is still hard for me to understand how something so sweet and delicious can be low in calories! John cooks them in a little … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Kitchen tips, pescatarian, Shellfish, Vegetables
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Chicken salsa verde with spicy slaw. 1/24/22
Using rotisserie chicken breast meat made this dinner super easy and quick! We warmed the chicken in some salsa verde. I made my spicy slaw which consists of medium tomato salsa, light mayo, and prepackaged shredded cabbage. John made rice … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Healthy tips, Mexican, Poultry, rice, Southwest U.S., Vegetables
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Breaded mahi mahi, sheet pan butternut squash, and steamed broccoli. 1/22/22
John decided to make fresh breadcrumbs since the amount of bread that goes into fresh breadcrumbs is way less than the dried type. He stuck the crumbs on with a mixture of mustard and light mayo. I took the remnants … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Healthy tips, Methods, pescatarian, Sheet pan, Vegetables
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Lentil/turkey sausage stew with carrots. 121/22
I seem to be putting a lot of stuff over kale this week. Certainly many of the things I eat could be put over rice or noodles but kale is good for me. So kale it is. It really bulks … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Healthy tips, Legumes, Methods, Poultry, stew, Vegetables
Tagged lentils, turkey sausage
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Chilean sea bass, new potatoes, broc/cauli mix. 1/20/22
Fancy dinner night for no reason! We buy frozen Chilean sea bass in a bag from Costco and it is an excellent product! John roasts the fish for 15 minutes in a 400F oven. Cooking time depends on the thickness … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Kitchen tips, Methods, pescatarian, Vegetables
Tagged Chilean sea bass, Fish, Sea bass
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