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Category Archives: Weeknight dinners
Skirt steak tacos. 11/19/23
On Saturday we spent the whole day in the car getting to St. George, Utah. Then the first order of business was to pick up sushi for dinner and buy the fixings for Sunday’s dinner. Our son brought along some … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Mexican, Salad, Vacation cuisine, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Sheet pan dinner. 11/16/23
Cooking an all-in-one dinner is a bonus for the cook, the diners, and the clean-up crew. Here is a picture of my sheet pan as it came out of the oven. The cook (me) has merely to chop up the … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Kitchen tips, Methods, Poultry, Sheet pan, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged turkey sausage
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Kung Pao Shrimp. 11/14/23
This is the third time we have made this shrimp recipe by Jet Tila. https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/kung-pao-shrimp-7112947 The first time was with shrimp and it turned out well. The second time we tried it with pork and it bombed out. So shrimp … Continue reading
Posted in Asian, Chinese, Easy, Kitchen tips, pescatarian, Recipes, rice, Shellfish, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Breakfast for Dinner. 11/12/23
For this Sunday’s BFD John made his usual omelet and I tried something different. At lunch I had a banh mi bowl from Lee’s Sandwiches, a local chain. As the rice component there was a jasmine rice that had some … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Eggs, leftovers, Methods, rice, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Eggs, rice
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Roast Atlantic cod with sheet pan vegetables 11/10/23
We were so pleased that Whole Foods had Atlantic cod on sale this week. We usually only get Pacific cod here on the West Coast and I like the taste of Atlantic cod better. Since we were cooking the cod … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Methods, pescatarian, Sheet pan, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Chicken enchiladas. 11/6/23
John and I go to Costco about every three weeks and whenever we go we buy a Costco rotisserie chicken. A $4.99 chicken turns into at least two dinners, several lunches, and lots of stock. Plus my daughter and I … Continue reading
Posted in Methods, Mexican, Poultry, Southwest U.S., Weeknight dinners
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Buffalo chicken wings and salad. 11/2/23
Not having a menu has dinner topsy-turvy this week. Since we did not take a flank steak out of the freezer early enough for dinner our fallback plan was to make some frozen Buffalo chicken wings and have a salad. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Poultry, Salad, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Too much sauce! 11/1/23
I had some tomato sauce left over from last week’s pasta meal. Once I put it in a pan to reheat John and I agreed that it looked like it wasn’t enough for the amount of pasta that he was … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Italian, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Spaghetti
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Sheet pan turkey sausage and vegetables. 10/30/23
Sheet pan cooking is so easy and the clean-up is minimal. I preheated the oven to 425F and cut up, oiled, and salted some potatoes, carrots, onions, zucchini, and cabbage. After 20 minutes I added the turkey sausage for the … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Poultry, Sheet pan, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Spaghetti with tomato sauce. 10/24/23
Originally we were supposed to be having chickpea stew for dinner. When we looked for the ditalini we discovered that it had been used. So, what to do? I decided on making a quick tomato sauce and using the pasta … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Pasta, Recipes, Uncategorized, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Spaghetti, tomato sauce
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