Category Archives: Weeknight dinners

Grilled hamburger with chopped salad. 11/26/22

Posted on November 27, 2022 by Beebamom

John grilled the burgers to perfection and I assembled a pre-packaged salad. No inventiveness in this meal but if I am going to have a red meat dinner, I would always choose a hamburger over a fancy steak.

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Tomato-mushroom fettuccine with zucchini two ways! 11/23/22

Posted on November 24, 2022 by Beebamom

Our vegan pasta dish this week was so delicious and so filling! Using tomatoes, mushrooms, and chunks of zucchini plus stretching my pasta allotment with zoodles gives me a portion size that I really enjoy. The zucchini really did double … Continue reading →

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Chicken enchiladas with spicy black beans. 11/22/22

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Beebamom

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 →

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Salmon bowl. 11/21/22

Posted on November 22, 2022 by Beebamom

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 →

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Traditional chicken dinner. 11/17/22

Posted on November 18, 2022 by Beebamom

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 →

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Seared tuna with rice and bok choy. 11/15/22

Posted on November 16, 2022 by Beebamom

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 →

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Grilled hamburger with chopped salad 11/2/22

Posted on November 3, 2022 by Beebamom

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 →

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Clam chowder. 11/1/22

Posted on November 2, 2022 by Beebamom

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 →

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Roasted tilapia, pesto, and sheet pan veg. 10/29/22

Posted on October 29, 2022 by Beebamom

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 →

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Zoodle-mania. 10/26/22

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Beebamom

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 →

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