Category Archives: Weeknight dinners

Grilled lamb chops, new potatoes, broccoli. 9/25/25

Posted on September 26, 2025 by Beebamom

Lamb is our favorite meat to grill. The grilling, along with lamb’s slight gaminess, is a great pairing. We buy these loin lamb chops at Costco. They come from New Zealand and are reasonably priced. John does a great job … Continue reading →

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Two, too hot days. 9/21/25 and 9/22/25

Posted on September 24, 2025 by Beebamom

Ah, it is Autumn and the leaves are changing color and the temperature hovers around 100F. I have explained in the past how September is really hot in Northern California. On Tuesday we experienced the hottest day of the year … Continue reading →

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Grilled NY strip steak. 9/17/25

Posted on September 19, 2025 by Beebamom

John grilled the steak, I made the potato, and Sarah assembled the salad. Fast, easy, delicious dinner for a hot night.

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Chicken ramen noodle salad – 9/16/25

Posted on September 19, 2025 by Beebamom

Sarah made her dinner a couple of days early since she was making a salad and it is very hot here this Tuesday. She found a recipe for a ramen noodle salad which reminded her of the days when I … Continue reading →

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Chili using Muir Glen Chili starter. 9/11/25

Posted on September 12, 2025 by Beebamom

Sarah made this delicious chili using Muir Glen Chili Starter (medium spicy), browned ground beef, undrained black beans, and a little salt. That’s it and it was probably the best chili that we have had in a long time. Here’s … Continue reading →

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Spaghetti with homemade pesto. 9/10/25

Posted on September 11, 2025 by Beebamom

Sarah’s community garden friend gave her bunches of basil . Rather than let it spoil I decided to make pesto. I used this recipe from loveandlemons.com. https://www.loveandlemons.com/pesto-recipe/It is simple and the pesto turns out great. I would suggest, however, that … Continue reading →

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Hamburgers and salad. 9/8/25

Posted on September 10, 2025 by Beebamom

As I look through the spring and summer months grilled hamburgers and salads pop up almost every week. With John grilling the burgers and me making a salad, it is quick, easy, and delicious!

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Chicken burrito bowl. 9/4/25

Posted on September 5, 2025 by Beebamom

Thursday is Sarah’s night to make dinner. Instead of pasta she set up a buffet of ingredients so that we could each make our own bowl. Mine consisted of rice, black beans, cheese, chicken, cabbage, salsa, peppers, cilantro, avocado, sour … Continue reading →

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Warm lentil and sausage salad. 8/3/25

Posted on September 4, 2025 by Beebamom

As often happens I bought an ingredient for a dish I was making and then had leftovers of the ingredient. In this case it was fennel. I set about looking for recipes that included fennel and found one that was … Continue reading →

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Chicken and herb salad with nuoc cham. 9/2/25

Posted on September 3, 2025 by Beebamom

This was the first time making this recipe so I sort of followed the ingredients but also used comments made by others and my knowledge of what our family likes. It is a NYTimes Cooking recipe that you can find … Continue reading →

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