Category Archives: Weekly menu

This week’s menu covers this week and the New Year’s Eve/Day weekend timespan. We are dealing with quite a few leftovers from the Christmas celebration which will be incorporated into the shrimp tacos and the lentils with roasted vegetables. Our … Continue reading →

My birthday is on Wednesday of this week. Like all birthdays in our household my birthday has a food component. Usually our daughter makes me some sort of wonderful baked good like Swedish tea ring or pretzel rolls. This year … Continue reading →

Since this is a back-to-basics, healthy eating week, I am recycling a number of old favorites. I have pledged to myself not to go down the slippery slope of weight gain.

It is Thanksgiving Week, the crowning food week of all U.S. holidays. It is important to include in your Thanksgiving menu foods that are traditional for your family, maybe something new, and dishes that will appeal to grandkids and granddads!! … Continue reading →

I am a little late getting this out due to torrential rain here in Northern California that knocked our power out for several hours. But it is raining a lot and that is a very good thing out here where … Continue reading →

I am trying a couple of new things this week, lentils diavolo and sesame salmon bowl. John and I have been sticking very close to our healthy eating plan and have each lost part of our vacation weight. I think … Continue reading →

Back from vacation! Some serious weight loss is what will be happening in the next few weeks.

This week’s menu includes a celebratory birthday dinner for John. Because I rarely cook meat, poultry, or seafood proteins, I am afraid he will have to cook the scallops for himself but I’ll do the rest and maybe even wash … Continue reading →