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Category Archives: Weeknight dinners
Fettuccine with asparagus and mushrooms. 11/15/24
The easiest way to stretch 3 ounces of pasta into a really satisfying meal is to add a lot of vegetables. Ahead of the pasta getting cooked I sautéed 8 ounces of mushrooms and a big handful of asparagus spears … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Methods, Pasta, Recipes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged asparagus, mushrooms, pasta
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Tilapia, rice, and carrots in leche de tigre sauce. 11/13/24
Last week we made leche de tigre not as a marinade for ceviche but as a sauce to put over our fish. We had a bunch of it left and I thought I could improve on it and use it … Continue reading
Posted in American, Fish, Methods, South American, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Rotisserie chicken dinner. 11/12/24
This is such an easy dinner! Sarah took the chicken apart. One breast was sliced up and heated in chicken gravy. The other breast was shredded and frozen. The legs and thighs are for soups and lunches. The bones are … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Methods, Poultry, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged broccoli, chicken, mashed potatoes
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Sheet pan vegetables and sausage. 11/11/24
Prepping the vegetables is the most time-consuming part of this dinner. I made two traysful. On one tray was a head of cabbage divided into eighths, an onion also sliced into eighths, and a small piece of fennel divided in … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Methods, Pork, Sheet pan, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Pork, Sausage, Sheet pan
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Penne with Jon’s sauce. 10/5/240
The hits keep coming this week with a pasta dinner with Jonathan’s sausage and mushroom tomato sauce. I chopped up onions, garlic, and mushrooms while he got the sauce going. He used some spicy Italian pork sausage links which he … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Pasta, Pork, Vacation cuisine, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged pasta, pork sausage
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First day on vacation, 11/3/24, Grilled Hamburgers
We spent all day Saturday, 11/2/24, driving to St. George, Utah with our son, Jon, for a week full of golf (for Jon), and some tennis, perhaps some hiking, and cooking together. The night we got in we went to … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Grilling, Vacation cuisine, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Grilling, hamburgers
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Sumac Tilapia 10/30/24
Two healthy dinners in a row! John marinates the fish briefly in a citrus, sumac, turmeric, salt, and pepper bath and then roasts it for 12 minutes at 450F. I add chopped up tarragon from Sarah’s garden to the already … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Fish, Middle Eastern, pescatarian, rice, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged tilapia
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Chickpea Stew. 10/28/24
This is a great vegetarian dish, or vegan if you use vegetable broth and leave off the Parmesan cheese. Today I served it with the kale as a base wilting in the hot broth. It is really terrific. You feel … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Legumes, Mediterranean, Pasta, Recipes, stew, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged chickpeas
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Classic Chicken 10/23/24
This is kind of like a mini Thanksgiving on a weekday night. It consists of a sliced rotisserie chicken breast heated gently with the jus from the chicken bolstered with some “chicken gravy” from a packet. Instant mashed potatoes with … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Methods, Poultry, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged chicken
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Grilled Rib Eye Steak 10/22/24
Tonight’s dinner was easy to make but seemed pretty fancy. John grilled the steak and the baked potato. I guess I should say microwaved potato. I cooked the potato through in the microwave and then split it in half, seasoned … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Methods, Sheet pan, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged cauliflower, Steak
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