Category Archives: Vegetarian

Tired veggies soup. 4/20/20

This is a super simple delicious vegan soup you can make out of bits and pieces of vegetables in your refrigerator. Ingredients: Half of an onion, roughly chopped Clove of garlic, smashed 1 medium to large waxy potato, chopped Half … Continue reading

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Red lentils, brown rice, and zucchini. 4/17/20

Following up on last night’s vegetarian/vegan dinner, here is another main course that can be totally vegan or vegetarian depending on your enhancements. I used light butter with canola oil to round out the flavors but you could use olive … Continue reading

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Whole grain penne with asparagus. 4/16/20

We had penne with asparagus for dinner on Thursday and, boy, was it good! Here is a tip to make preparation super easy. While your salted pasta water is coming up to a boil, snap the ends off the asparagus … Continue reading

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🥬 Portobello burger with slaw and bean salad. 4/13/20

John marinated and then grilled a couple of portobello mushrooms for our dinner. I made my light cole slaw using non-fat Greek yogurt, light mayo, yellow mustard, cider vinegar, celery seed, and salt. In addition I made a cannellini bean, … Continue reading

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🥬 Breakfast for dinner. 4/12/20

It is Sunday so it must be breakfast for dinner! In addition to a salad I made myself kind of an omelet taco. I sautéed up some onions and mushrooms, added a crumbled veg patty, and then put the eggs … Continue reading

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🥬 Penne puttanesca 4/7/20

Puttanesca sauce saved in the freezer from around three weeks ago made for an easy vegan dinner paired with whole grain penne and a tossed salad.

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🥬 Open-faced omelet. 4/5/20

On Sunday for our Breakfast for Dinner meal I tried to change things up a bit. Instead of my usual scrambled eggs and veggie breakfast patty, I tried an omelet that was supposed to look like a pancake with a … Continue reading

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🥬 Agnolini en brodo. 3/30/20

For some unknown reason I did not get around to writing a post yesterday. It is not like I don’t have a ton of time given that we are locked down. Ah, I remember! Yesterday we cleaned and disinfected the … Continue reading

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🥬 Vegetarian Original Joe’s Special 3/29/20

Original Joe’s is a restaurant founded in 1937 in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco by a Croatian immigrant. This Bay Area institution, still open today, serves mostly Italian-American fare with the idea of delivering the diner good, affordable food. One … Continue reading

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🥬 Vegetable stir-fry. 3/28/20

We decided to get back on our diet track with a vegetable stir-fry. I have been making this type of stir-fry for lunch recently so I merely had to cut up more vegetables to make it an entree for both … Continue reading

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