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🐓 Chicken vegetable soup. 1/6/20
Today I am a magician in the kitchen. I made chicken soup with no work at all. I took the remnants of the chickpea stew we has last Thursday and added a half container of chicken stock. Then I dumped … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, leftovers, Legumes, Pasta, Vegetables, WW points
Tagged Chicken soup, soup
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🥬 New recipe! Vegan lentils with roasted root vegetables. 1/5/20
This is my take on a recipe by Melissa Clark of NY Times Cooking. I wanted more vegetables and to make it a little less fussy. It turned out really tasty even with my shortcuts like pre-chopped butternut squash, bottled … Continue reading
Posted in American, Kitchen tips, Legumes, Recipes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, WW points
Tagged lentils, root vegetables
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🦃 Red beans and rice. 1/1/20
Wow, 2020! It sounds like a date from science fiction when we would be driving our cars through the skies, terrible diseases would have been cured, and robots would be making our dinners! But no, John and I are still … Continue reading
⚓️ New Year’s Eve scallops. 12/31/19
Happy NYE and I hope you have celebrated responsibly. Our scallop dinner was a fine way to usher in 2020. John seared some scallops and I made the broccoli, new potatoes, and tartar sauce. John bought a half bottle of … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Holidays, pescatarian, Shellfish, Vegetables, WW points
Tagged scallops
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🥬 New! Coconut red curry with tofu 12/28/19
I wish I could link the NYTimes Cooking site recipes to my blog but they are behind a paywall. So if you are subscribing to the app, you might want to try this recipe with the following caveats! John and … Continue reading
Posted in Kitchen tips, rice, Thai, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, WW points
Tagged Curry, tofu
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🥬 Spicy Thai basil eggplant. 12/16/19
We are still working on getting this to taste like our favorite Thai dish. The problem is, I think, since we are cutting down on oil and sugar that it is probably impossible to get it to taste like a … Continue reading
Posted in Kitchen tips, Thai, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, WW points
Tagged Eggplant, tofu
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🐟 Seared scallop dinner. 12/13/19
I skipped a post for yesterday since it was our leftover dinner for the week. We had leftover stuffed peppers. But on Friday we had one of my favorite dinners—plump, seared, ocean scallops with new potatoes and snow peas. And … Continue reading
🦃 Peppers stuffed with ground turkey and farro. 12/11/19
Inspired by a blog post by Cooking Without Limits for stuffed peppers, I decided to try making some myself. John was busy installing a new modem and router so I had to come up with a recipe on my own. … Continue reading
Posted in American, Grains, Kitchen tips, omnivore, Poultry, Recipes, Vegetables, WW points
Tagged bell peppers, farro, Turkey
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🦃 or 🥬 Everyday lentil stew. 12/10/19
Our everyday lentil stew is an easy, quick dinner that can be stretched into a soup or served tighter as a hearty stew. You can make it vegan or add some turkey sausage, as we did today, or go whole … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Healthy tips, Kitchen tips, Legumes, omnivore, Poultry, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, WW points
Tagged lentils, turkey sausage
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🍗 Chicken Marsala, smashed potatoes, broccoli
Tonight we had an upscale version of our usual chicken, starch, vegetable dinner. The sauce that John made for the chicken had sauteed mushrooms, Marsala wine, chicken stock, and finely diced onions in it. He flamed off the alcohol and … Continue reading
