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Category Archives: Weeknight dinners
Tilapia with mustard sauce, rice, and broccoli. 8/4/23
Pretty straightforward dinner tonight. John cooked the 4.5 ounce portion of tilapia (frozen from Costco) for 3-4 minutes per side in a little olive oil. I sautéed the broccoli in a tablespoon of water and a teaspoon of butter. My … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Kitchen tips, pescatarian, Recipes, rice, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Chicken Chili with Salsa Verde
Here’s a super easy and very tasty chicken chili that John and I invented as we cooked last night. We still had some of our rotisserie chicken from Costco left over so I chopped up a breast and a thigh … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, leftovers, Mexican, Poultry, Recipes, rice, Southwest U.S., stew, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Grilled hamburgers and salad. 8/1/23
Happy August! We are having some beautiful weather this week before it gets dreadfully hot this weekend. It was nice to sit outside while John grilled the burgers and enjoy the evening air redolent with the aroma from the grill. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Hot weather meals, Salad, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Cheese-y polenta with black beans. 7/3/23
John and I made this new recipe for polenta and black beans and it was super yummy! John made his creamy polenta and I was in charge of jazzing up the beans. Between the Serrano chile and the chipotle chili … Continue reading
Posted in Kitchen tips, Legumes, Uncategorized, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
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Salad and eggs. 7/30/23
Sunday is Breakfast For Dinner day which merely means incorporate eggs into your dish. John always, always has a ham, cheese, and mushroom omelet and I have something different every week. Today’s BFD is a southwest salad topped with a … Continue reading
Posted in American, Breakfast For Dinner (BFD), Easy, Eggs, Hot weather meals, Salad, Southwest U.S., Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
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Weekly Menu July 31 – August 6, 2023
In Northern California August and September are the real dog days of summer. Surprisingly the first week of August is bringing us some very pleasant temperatures before it turns beastly hot next weekend. Since we messed up and did not … Continue reading
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Salad with shrimp and avocado. 7/29/23
On Saturday we were supposed to be making cheese-y polenta with saucy beans. However, John defrosted some shrimp thinking our dish was shrimp with polenta and broccoli. So we changed plans and made a packaged salad that I needed to … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Hot weather meals, pescatarian, Salad, Shellfish, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Chicken piccata with broccoli and rice mix 7/27/23
We are using up the remainder of our Costco rotisserie chicken for our chicken piccata. With this dinner we will have made two dinners, two lunches, and more than a quart of chicken stock from one chicken! Since the chicken … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Methods, Poultry, rice, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Gazpacho, salad, and hummus. 7/26/23
Only appliance I needed for this dinner was a blender. For the gazpacho I blended a large can of whole tomatoes, a can of Rotel, half of a cucumber, half an onion, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 tablespoon sherry vinegar, … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Hot weather meals, Mediterranean, Methods, Recipes, Salad, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
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Southwest salad with chicken 7/25/23
Here is another good idea for hot nights, southwest salad with chicken. We bought a Costco rotisserie chicken on Monday. I took it apart with the idea of legs and thighs for John’s lunches, one breast for the salad, the … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Hot weather meals, Kitchen tips, Poultry, Salad, Southwest U.S., Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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