Category Archives: Vegetarian

Last dinner before our trip to Italy – “refrigerator sweep”

John, daughter, and I are off tomorrow for a three week vacation to Italy!! Depending on the Internet service  I will be posting some yummy Italian food over the next few weeks. It should be great fun and pretty delicious. … Continue reading →

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Quick frittata

We were supposed to eat pasta with peanut sauce and broccoli tonight but since we didn’t feel like doing much or eating much we just made our own small dinner. John ate some sort of leftovers that we had in … Continue reading →

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Deconstructed leftovers

Yesterday daughter and I went out to lunch. I ordered a tomato, mozzarella, and arugula sandwich on a baguette. I got an enormous sandwich – nearly a whole baguette’s worth. So I took more than half of it home. Unfortunately … Continue reading →

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Delicious Indian lunch – 3/7/17

How delicious does that look!? Today daughter and I had lunch at a South Indian restaurant. I haven’t been out for a lot of Indian food and was pleasantly surprised at how terrific this dish was. This is thali. It … Continue reading →

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DInner for one – Pasta with mushrooms, kale, and onions – 3/5/17

I see the pasta is a little blurry due to steam rising off of it. I am always in a hurry to eat pasta and did not wait to take the picture until it stopped steaming. Tonight we both ate … Continue reading →

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Delicious vegan dinner – penne and cannellini beans with vegetables – 3/3/17

The real trick to this recipe is to make a sauce using the pasta water. I probably used about one cup. The water has the starchy goodness from the pasta and is further enhanced by the sweet starchiness of the … Continue reading →

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Lentil stew with kale and turkey sausage – 2/13/17

For a vegan/vegetarian version of this dish omit the turkey sausage. Here is an easy, fairly quick, and filling stew. Although we prepare it with turkey sausage, it is easily made omitting the sausage for a vegan dish.  First we … Continue reading →

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Pasta with broccoli and peanut sauce – 2/1/17

Wow, we are eating vegetarian two days in a row! Tonight after a beforsie of roasted cauliflower, we continued our meal with an easy pasta with broccoli and peanut sauce. Included in the sauce was about 3/4 cup of pasta … Continue reading →

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New recipe! Curried butternut squash and chickpeas – 1/31/17

Curried butternut squash and chickpeas is a recipe I found through Food and Wine Magazine. It was pretty good except I would tweak it a bit if I made it again. The recipe called for the curry powder and cayenne … Continue reading →

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Don’t pay for extra toppings on your take-out pizza – 1/19/17

Seriously, who can make better toppings for their pizza than the local pizza place – YOU! Usually the vegetable toppings, especially the vegetable toppings, are sadly undercooked or too sparse. Is their anything worse than crunchy uncooked veg on a … Continue reading →

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