Weekly Menu. June 9-15, 2025

Screenshot
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Fish tacos. 6/8/25

Fish taco, mango salsa, spicy black beans with rice

We used tilapia to make our fish tacos but you could use any white fish. The fish cooks quickly in a sauté pan for only about 8 minutes depending on the thickness of your fish. I made a mango and tomato salsa using a drained can of Rotel and enhancing it with cut up mango, cilantro, fresh cherry tomatoes, and onion. To make the black beans and rice spicy I added jalapeño, green onions, and cilantro.

Posted in American, Easy, Fish, Legumes, Mexican, pescatarian, rice, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Sesame salmon bowl. 6/6/25

Sesame salmon bowl

This bowl of green and orange goodness is easy to make especially if you like to chop vegetables up (like I do!) John, of course, cooked the salmon because he is our protein master and I cut up all the veg since I am the vegetable lady. John cooked the salmon in a 400F oven for 4 minutes on the first side and 2 minutes on the other side. The salmon rested while we prepared the rest of our bowls. In first goes a layer of rice, then cabbage, edamame, and cucumbers, then the salmon. The top decoration includes green onions, cilantro, and avocado. Finally drizzle on the soy/sesame oil dressing, a squeeze of lime, and maybe a shake of furikake. I set up the components in a buffet so everyone can make their own bowl. It’s delicious and really good for you too!

All the components are raw except for this salmon and some pre-made rice. Here’s the recipe for the dressing.

Soy vinaigrette 

In a mini-prep food processor or by hand mince

2 cloves garlic

2 green onions

2 inches fresh ginger

Combine in a container with

½ cup minus 2 tablespoons soy sauce

2 tablespoons water

⅓ cup rice wine or white vinegar

Dash of sugar or sweetener

½ teaspoon sesame oil

Dress the salmon bowl first with the soy vinaigrette then add sesame or a neutral oil to the bowl. This way each person can choose the amount of oil they would like to use.

Posted in Asian, Easy, Fish, Hot weather meals, Legumes, pescatarian, Recipes, rice, Salad, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Stuffed peppers. 6/4 & 5/2025

Stuffed pepper and salad

I bought a bag of four very large red and yellow peppers for $3.99. Since these peppers usually sell for $1.50 each or more, I felt pretty good about my purchase. I made some tomato sauce and mixed in one pound of browned ground beef and diced onion plus two cups of cooked brown rice. I cut the pepper in half and filled eight pepper halves with my ground beef mixture. They cooked for 45 minutes in a 350F oven.

The stuffed peppers were very filling plus I made a side salad. One pepper half was plenty for dinner. So we ate them again on Thursday. And we ate them for lunch on Friday! Finally we are down to one pepper half left. I think I will let John have it for lunch on Saturday. I like stuffed peppers but I need to think twice before making so many large ones!

Posted in American, Beef, Italian, leftovers, rice, Salad, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Chicken chili. 6/3/25

Chicken chili

We have not made chicken chili in a long time. In fact the last time was in September of 2023. I was looking for something to make with a shredded rotisserie chicken breast and it popped into my mind. I just needed a break from chicken enchiladas!

We use a recipe by the Neely’s who used to be on Food Network a long time ago. The recipe I have makes too much for just John and me so I made a half recipe. We follow the recipe pretty closely but do add some chipotle powder and salsa verde. The tortilla chips make a nice topping.

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/patrick-and-gina-neely/white-chicken-chili-recipe-1922199

Posted in American, Legumes, Mexican, Poultry, Southwest U.S., stew, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Seared tuna, rice, snow peas. 6/2/25

Seared tuna, rice,snow peas

Our tuna dinner was very economical and delicious! I bought two seven ounce frozen tuna pieces on sale for $5.99 each. So the three of us ended up having almost 5 ounces of tuna each for $4 a person. Try ordering tuna in a restaurant for that price! John crusted the tuna with sesame seeds and cooked the pieces in a hot skillet for 3 minutes per side. It was perfect!

I had cooked brown jasmine rice earlier in the day using the oven method. I mixed it with some white rice leftover from our salmon dinner last week. The snow peas I harvested from the Trader Joe’s fresh stir fry vegetables that I used for several lunch soups. Waste not, want not!

Posted in American, Asian, Easy, Fish, leftovers, Methods, pescatarian, rice, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Vegetable lamb soup. 6/1/25

Vegetable lamb soup

I made this soup as plain vegetable soup yesterday for lunch. It was the combination of chicken stock and a bag of Trader Joe’s fresh cut up vegetables which includes broccoli, Napa cabbage, and bok choy. It also contains snow peas but I separated them out to use with our sesame tuna on Monday. To make the soup more of a dinner entree I cut up a couple of pieces of lamb and potatoes that were leftover from our grill night. Since it made quite a bit I offered a bowl to John who happily slurped it up after eating his usual Sunday omelet.

Posted in American, Easy, Lamb, leftovers, Methods, soup, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Weekly Menu June 2-8, 2025

Screenshot
Posted in Weekly menu | Leave a comment

Grilled lamb, new potatoes, broccoli. 5/31/25

Grilled lamb with new potatoes and broccoli

When we bought this boneless leg of lamb a couple of weeks ago John cut it into three pieces. We ate the first piece on the day we bought it and froze the other two. We decided to thaw and grill the two smaller pieces for the dinner tonight and for sandwiches and soup on Sunday. John did a great job grilling the lamb to medium rare. I microwaved the new potatoes and then cut them in half. I rubbed the cut sides with olive oil and salt and passed them on to John for some time on the grill to get a little char. Although you cannot really see it I added cabbage to the broccoli to stretch our veggies since all three of us were eating this dinner. Broccoli and cabbage are in the same family and the cabbage brought sweetness to the vegetable dish.

Posted in American, Easy, Grilling, Lamb, Methods, Vegetables | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Classic comfort chicken dinner. 5/29/25

Sliced chicken breast with gravy, mashed potatoes, and asparagus

We stopped by Costco on the way home from doing errands and picked up a rotisserie chicken. Sarah took the chicken apart and I decided we would scrap the Afghani dal plan and make one of our comfort meals instead. We heated the chicken breast slices in some chicken gravy. The gravy also went great with mashed potatoes. I quickly sauteed asparagus spears to complete our dinner.

Posted in American, Easy, Poultry, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners | Tagged , , | Leave a comment