Category Archives: Weeknight dinners

Light shrimp scampi with rice and broccoli. 10/20/23

We have not made this in quite a while and we were pleasantly surprised at how good and easy it was. Since we are not strictly on our diet regimen we added 2 teaspoons of butter to the sauce at … Continue reading

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Chana dal with rice and kale. 10/19/23

Chana dal are dried, split chickpeas that we make in the Instant Pot. The recipe calls for Indian spices, onions, ginger, and garlic. Along with water we add a can of Original Rotel for some extra zing. John also garnishes … Continue reading

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Fusilli with broccoli and mushrooms. 10/17/23

I have been eating gluten-free but my doctor wants me to add gluten products back into my diet so we can test what is going on. So we decided on pasta for tonight. It came out fine but I could … Continue reading

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Lentils with turkey sausage and carrots over spinach. 10/13/23

This combo of lentils, carrots, and turkey sausage is a “comfort food” dish for us. Other ingredients in our dish are onions, celery, garlic, and chicken stock. I like to serve the stew over whatever greens I have around, spinach, … Continue reading

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Tilapia with mustard sauce, baked potato, broccoli. 10/12/23

Another easy fish dish, it is amazing how quickly you can cook fish. The tilapia took 8 minutes in a 400F. After microwaving the potato until done, we popped it in the oven to pick up some browning. The fish … Continue reading

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Chicken enchiladas, beans and corn. 10/11/23

A trip to Costco today equals a rotisserie chicken equals chicken enchiladas. I made mention of chicken tostadas or chicken fajitas but both John and our daughter were voting enchilada. So even though we had chicken enchiladas 10 days ago … Continue reading

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Grilled swordfish, potatoes, broccoli

This was John’s first try at grilling swordfish and it came out perfectly! Whole Foods was having a sale so we thought we would give it a try. It only took about 4 minutes per side so this was a … Continue reading

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Grilled lamb chops, sweet potato, asparagus 10/9/23

This is a pretty quick to make dinner. The whole thing took about 1/2 hour. And that it included heating up the grill for 15 minutes! While John was waiting for the grill to heat up I prepped the asparagus … Continue reading

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Southwestern Bowl. 10/8/23

Tonight I made a new egg dish similar to my scrambled egg nachos. I broke up some tortilla chips into bite-sized pieces for the base.This was followed by scrambled eggs, corn, and beans. I melted two ultra thin slices of … Continue reading

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Buffalo Chicken Wings and Salad. 10/7/23

Now they we have bought a large bag of Foster Farms Take-Out Buffalo chicken wings to keep in the freezer we have a go-to dinner whenever we do not feel like cooking. I think it is probably a good idea … Continue reading

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