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Category Archives: Weeknight dinners
Chicken enchiladas with spicy black beans. 11/22/22
This dish is heavily reliant on staples in your pantry and fridge. The enchiladas are corn tortillas filled with shredded rotisserie chicken, some jarred salsa verde, chopped onion, and cheese. The cheese I used here was what we had, feta. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Legumes, Methods, Mexican, Poultry, Southwest U.S., Uncategorized, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Salmon bowl. 11/21/22
This bowl is a family favorite and we make it three different ways, this one with salmon, another with shrimp, and my favorite with tofu. Other than making rice and cooking the salmon, there is no other cooking involved. I … Continue reading
Posted in Asian, Fish, Healthy tips, Legumes, Methods, pescatarian, Recipes, rice, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Traditional chicken dinner. 11/17/22
For years this was the dinner we had on Mondays. In fact our son who is married and has children of his own tells me that on Mondays he always makes chicken. I know he is not making “traditional” chicken, … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Instant Pot, Methods, Poultry, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Seared tuna with rice and bok choy. 11/15/22
After marinating the tuna for an hour in soy sauce, ginger powder, garlic powder, and a few drops of sesame oil John coated the pieces with black and white sesame seeds. Then he seared it for two minutes on each … Continue reading
Posted in Asian, Easy, Fish, Methods, pescatarian, Recipes, rice, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Grilled hamburger with chopped salad 11/2/22
John made some really yummy hamburgers out on the grill in the dark! He says he can tell if they are done by how they feel and the length of time they have been cooking. This is why I leave … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Grilling, Salad, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Clam chowder. 11/1/22
At last we had a rainy day here in Northern California! So we scuttled our plans to have grilled hamburgers and went with a rainy day soup. The clam chowder I make is not the thick type you usually associate … Continue reading
Posted in American, pescatarian, Shellfish, soup, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged clam chowder, clams
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Roasted tilapia, pesto, and sheet pan veg. 10/29/22
This is almost an instant replay of a dinner we had last week. We enjoyed last week’s rendition of this fish dinner plus we had one frozen cube of pesto left so our only change was to add mushrooms to … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Methods, pescatarian, Sheet pan, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Zoodle-mania. 10/26/22
So here is a silly/stupid thing I did. I wanted to make some zoodles to augment our pasta dish. Unfortunately I pulled a cucumber out of the fridge instead of a zucchini! John snitched a few strands out of my … Continue reading
Posted in American, Beef, Italian, Pasta, Salad, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
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Seared tuna, lentils, and broccoli 10/24/22
We were supposed to be making lentils with turkey sausage tonight but we saw a nice piece of tuna at Costco and took the lentils in a different direction. I whizzed up a little onion, garlic, and ginger in my … Continue reading
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Chicken fajitas. 10/21/22
We had a little Mexican party tonight. It started off with chips, guacamole and margaritas. For the main course we made chicken fajitas. We bought a little packet of chicken fajita seasoning mix which gave us instructions on how to … Continue reading
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