Category Archives: Weeknight dinners

Buffalo chicken wings with tabbouleh and beets. 2/26/25

Posted on February 27, 2025 by Beebamom

Sometimes I do not feel like making and eating what I planned. In these cases it’s good to have back-up supplies. I had buffalo chicken wings in the freezer which appealed to me and left over tabbouleh and roasted golden … Continue reading →

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Summer meal in February. 2/25/25

Posted on February 26, 2025 by Beebamom

I was looking around through my past meals for a vegan/vegetarian meal that we had not eaten for a while. Since pita, hummus, and sides are usually something I make in the summer I knew it would be different from … Continue reading →

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Chicken enchiladas. 2/24/25

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Beebamom

While we were away Sarah bought a Costco rotisserie chicken and put the two breasts in the freezer. With one of them I made the chicken enchiladas and a chicken with rice vegetable soup. The other one I am saving … Continue reading →

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Chicken Lo Mein. 2/5/25

Posted on February 6, 2025 by Beebamom

We tried a new recipe for dinner and enjoyed it. I bought a bag of fresh chopped vegetables from Trader Joe’s which contained snow peas, Napa cabbage, broccoli, and bok choy. I added chopped carrots and bean sprouts. We adapted … Continue reading →

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Scallops, new potatoes, and broccoli. 2/4/25

Posted on February 5, 2025 by Beebamom

Scallops are one of my favorite things to eat. We used to get large ocean scallops from Costco but they have not been for sale for over six months. So we decided to try these smaller scallops also from Costco. … Continue reading →

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Fusilli with mushrooms and asparagus. 2/3/25

Posted on February 4, 2025 by Beebamom

I probably could eat pasta almost every day of the week. I like it with meat sauces, meatballs, sausage, and all kinds of vegetables. Tonight’s pasta dish was made with fusilli cooked to al dente and then incorporated into a … Continue reading →

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Classic Chicken dinner. 2/1/25

Posted on February 2, 2025 by Beebamom

I know you are probably tired of classic chicken dinner appearing almost every week. So am I. We changed it a little this week with rice instead of mashed potatoes but our second dinner with a rotisserie chicken needs an … Continue reading →

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Mediterranean Bowl. 1/30/25

Posted on February 2, 2025 by Beebamom

Tonight Sarah made us a Mediterranean bowl. Loaded on top of rice were chickpeas, slivered red onions, hummus, tomatoes, cucumber, parsley, olives, and feta cheese. We gave it a drizzle of olive oil and it was ready to eat. It … Continue reading →

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Chicken soft tacos with spicy beans. 1/28/25

Posted on January 29, 2025 by Beebamom

Instead of our usual chicken enchiladas we decided to go with chicken tacos this week. I shredded up a chicken breast from our Costco chicken and fashioned a make-your-own taco bar. John toasted tortillas and we filled our tacos with … Continue reading →

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Grilled hamburgers and salad. 1/27/25

Posted on January 28, 2025 by Beebamom

It’s chilly out but not too cold to grill hamburgers! We had a summer dinner at the end of January. John did a great job grilling our burgers to medium rare. I made a fresh salad to go along side. … Continue reading →

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