Pizza and salad (twice). 12/9/25

Posted on December 10, 2025 by Beebamom
Half piece of pizza and a small salad

Today we celebrated my birthday twin’s birthday. We are twins in so far as my birthday is 12/8 and his is 12/9 and he is five years older than I. We have been doing some sort of celebration since I was 29 and he was 34. (Except for the years when they moved away to California ☹️ and it took John and me about 12 years to make the move.) We are 77 and 82 now so that is a lot of yearly celebrations.

George is homebound these days so we ordered pizza and I brought a salad to our luncheon party. We had so much left over that John and I decided to ax the planned chicken wings and just go with sharing a piece of pizza and finishing up the salad for dinner. Happy birthday, George!

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Chilean sea bass, new potatoes, asparagus with hollandaise sauce. 12/8/25

Posted on December 9, 2025 by Beebamom
Chilean sea bass, new potatoes, and asparagus with hollandaise sauce

Happy birthday to me! John roasted the fish in a 400F oven for 13 minutes and made the hollandaise sauce (from a Knorr packet) while I steamed the potatoes and sauteed asparagus. I think we should have made a beurre blanc instead of using the Knorr packet or at least squeezed some lemon into the sauce because it was missing an acidic zing. But mostly my birthday dinner was lovely.

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Weekly Menu. December 8-14, 2025

Posted on December 8, 2025 by Beebamom
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Classic chicken dinner. 12/7/25

Posted on December 8, 2025 by Beebamom
Chicken with gravy, mashed potatoes and broccoli

I am back from my trip! John got the ingredients together for a comfort food dinner. I have a bad case of jet lag and we ended up eating this cozy dinner mid-day on Sunday. Since I am typing this up at 3 AM Monday I have not made much progress adjusting to Pacific time yet!

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Hamburgers Monday, Pasta Tuesday. 11/17 &11/18/2025

Posted on November 19, 2025 by Beebamom
Hamburger, potato chips, and salad

John went out between rain coming from an atmospheric river to grill our dinner. I made the salad and it was Sarah’s idea to add the chips.

Pasta aglio e olio with tuna

I saw this recipe from NYTCooking and thought it looked good for a chilly Tuesday night. So we made it. And it was.

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Spaghetti with kale. 11/16/25

Posted on November 17, 2025 by Beebamom
Spaghetti with kale, olive oil, and parmesan cheese

It has been our tradition to have breakfast for dinner on Sundays. While John has been content with his omelet every week I have grown weary of the same-old same-old egg routine. I am branching out in a new direction and will be eating a vegetarian pasta dish! I love pasta and the variations seem endless. Maybe I will even serve it with an egg!

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Weekly Menu. November 17-23, 2025

Posted on November 16, 2025 by Beebamom

Sarah and I are leaving for a cruise together in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday. No doubt that we will have many delicious food experiences during our two weeks on the ship and at many different locations. In the meantime John will be cooking on his own. If I have time and reasonable internet I will try to publish some food experiences along the way and maybe some things that John will make for himself.

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Chicken with gravy, mashed potatoes, and broccoli 11/15/25

Posted on November 16, 2025 by Beebamom
Chicken with gravy, mashed potatoes, and broccoli

This is our chicken comfort meal. I wish I could say it is what I ate in my childhood but my mother would have just thrown a chicken in the pressure cooker and the result would be over-cooked chicken with awful flabby skin, and a thin, watery, chicken broth. I shudder to even think about it.

This is a fine use for a rotisserie chicken breast, some jarred or packet chicken gravy, fresh broccoli, and your favorite mashed potatoes. It is chilly and rainy tonight and this is a dinner that warms and fills us up.

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Kung Pao Shrimp. 11/14/25

Posted on November 15, 2025 by Beebamom
Kung Pao Shrimp with rice

Our Kung Pao shrimp turned out great! We followed a recipe by Jet Tila which you can find here-https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/kung-pao-shrimp-7112947 The cooking goes really quickly so it is important to have your mise en place ready when you begin cooking. Although there were just the three of us eating we made the entire sauce part of the recipe but only used 18 of the 21-25 shrimp. I would not have wanted less sauce. I think next time we are going to try the recipe with tofu.

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Pasta with sausage and kale. 11/13/25

Posted on November 14, 2025 by Beebamom
Pasta with sausage and kale

This is one of my favorite meals that Sarah makes. She uses spicy Italian sausage with various shapes of pasta and usually kale. It is so good! Yum!

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