Category Archives: Weeknight dinners

Grilled steak and potato with salad. 1/31/26

☹️ Disappointing, steak was full of gristle

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Lentils with turkey sausage. 1/30/26

Enjoyable for dinner and there are leftovers for lunch.

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Asian salmon bowl. 1/29/26

👍 Delicious!

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Rao’s eggplant parmesan. 1/28/26

The jury is still out on this frozen entree. It came in a two pack from Costco so we will at least have another chance to evaluate it. We used the microwave method which was 10 minutes at full power … Continue reading

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Grilled loin lamb chop and sweet potato with broccoli 1/27/26

Everyone at our house loves lamb. The Australian loin lamb chops at Costco are not too expensive and are great on the grill. We had a package of five so John and Sarah got two each and I had one, … Continue reading

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Penne with broccoli. 1/24/26

I made this pasta recently and we both liked it so much I made it again. My secret? Bring a pot of salted water to a boil and add the pasta. Put small broccoli florets in a colander and when … Continue reading

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Bagels and lox 1/23/26

Normally for Christmas breakfast we have bagels and lox. However since we were away over Christmas we never got to use the lox we had bought. I figured why not have it for dinner? So we did. We wished each … Continue reading

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Moroccan style chicken and chickpeas 1/22/26

Lots of people like sweet dishes. I am not one of them. If you are like me I would suggest cutting the raisins to a quarter cup ot less in the recipe Moroccan style chicken and chickpeas

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The grilled hamburgers that weren’t. 1/21/26

We were all looking forward to grilled hamburgers. All the rain and chilly temperatures had made grilling outside unfeasible lately. When John went to turn on the grill nothing happened. The propane tank was empty. We had a spare in … Continue reading

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Spaghetti and meatballs. 1/20/26

The meatballs are hidden under all the spaghetti. This dinner was a sub for the fresh ravioli that spent too long in the fridge and got moldy. It was too bad but any (non-moldy) pasta dinner is A-OK with me. … Continue reading

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