I know this is not the healthiest dinner we could eat but sometimes Nathan’s hot dogs with sauerkraut just hits the spot! This tasted so good and we enjoyed it a lot.
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Hot dogs! 6/21/25
Posted in Beef, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged black beans, hot dogs, sauerkraut
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Grilled steak and potatoes with broccoli. 6/20/25
Nothing says first day of summer like steak and potatoes cooked on the grill. It has actually been quite chilly here lately and last night John was buffeted by wind gusts and temperatures in the 50s while he cooked our dinner. I made the broccoli which lately I have rinsed off and then cooked in a little olive oil. The broccoli comes out crisper than steaming it in a bunch of water. The dinner was delish and caps off a week of some of our favorites.
Posted in American, Beef, Easy, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged broccoli, Grilling, potatoes, Steak
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Kenwood shrimp. 6/19/25
The Kenwood was a restaurant that opened in 1987 in a beautiful location amid the vineyards of Sonoma Valley. In 2013 their chef retired but we managed to get the recipe to one of his delicious dishes which we always refer to as Kenwood Shrimp. The recipe was pretty bare bones and in fact did not mention the shrimp in its list of ingredients but we have managed to replicate it fairly well.
Below is the original recipe that they copied for us. You can see we have several notations on it. We normally double the sauce adding 1 cup of tomatoes and 1/2 cup of the other vegetables. We also flame off the Pernod because otherwise it turn out too booze-y. We increase the liquid to 1 cup clam juice or shrimp stock and 1 cup (usually less) of cream. Our Thursday night dinner included six 21-25 shrimp cut in half per person.
Posted in American, pescatarian, rice, Shellfish, Special occasion, Vegetables
Tagged rice, shrimp, Vegetables
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Chilean sea bass, potatoes, asparagus. 6/17/25
Yesterday’s economical meal left room for a splurge tonight. John stopped at Costco and picked up a very nice piece of Chilean sea bass to divide amongst the three of us. Since we were already turning on the oven (425F) we decided to cook all three components in the oven at staggered timings. The potatoes went in first and got a 15 minute head start over the fish and asparagus. The fish and asparagus went in for 12 minutes. Everything was seasoned with salt and olive oil. Each component was perfectly cooked and served with a little butter, parsley, and a squeeze of fresh lemon. This was a really delicious dinner and we all enjoyed it immensely.
Posted in American, Easy, Fish, pescatarian, Sheet pan, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged asparagus, Chilean sea bass, new potatoes
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Lentils and turkey sausage. 6/16/25
This is a quick and easy to make dinner. The lentils cook in about 25 minutes. I started off by sautéing chopped onions, minced garlic, sliced carrots, and celery. Next came the sausage, lentils and chicken stock. With five minutes to go I added the kale. This dinner really fills you up and is very economical.
To make this dish vegetarian or vegan use vegetable stock and replace the turkey sausage with mushrooms or a non-meat link or crumbled sausage.
Posted in American, Easy, Legumes, Methods, Poultry, stew, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged kale, lentils, turkey sausage
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Seared tuna, rice, broccoli, nuoc cham. 6/14/25
For dinner on Saturday we had very affordable but delicious pieces of tuna. The frozen 10 oz. pieces were on sale for $3.99! John marinated them in soy sauce, ginger and garlic powders, and Old Bay. After a short marination he rubbed on a little sesame oil and patted on white and black sesame seeds. The searing was done in a hot cast iron pan for two and a half minutes per side. Perfect.
I reheated some previously cooked rice and cooked the broccoli in a little sesame oil until it was crunchy. As a sauce I made Vietnamese nuoc cham using the following recipe and tweaking it to our taste. This was a company grade dinner.
Posted in Asian, Easy, Fish, pescatarian, Recipes, rice, Vegetables, Vietnamese
Tagged broccoli, rice, tuna
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Chicken burrito bowl. 6/13/25
Sarah loves to make bowls. She came up with the idea of a burrito bowl when I was trying to figure out what to do with shredded chicken other than make enchiladas. Other people make burrito bowls as seen here –
https://www.budgetbytes.com/poor-mans-burrito-bowls/
We added a few more components. From the bottom of the bowl we layered in rice, corn, black beans, chicken, cheese, cabbage, salsa, avocado, cilantro, sour cream, and tortilla chips. It was super tasty and easy to make.
Posted in American, Easy, Legumes, Mexican, Poultry, Recipes, rice, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged beans, chicken, rice
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Chile Crisp Alfredo with kale. 6/12/25
When Sarah and I were talking about what she would make for dinner we decided she should try something new. She suggested she would like to make a pasta dish using the chile crisp I had recently bought. We looked through recipes and found one from NYTimes Cooking called Chile Crisp Fettucine Alfredo with spinach.
Using what we had on hand she subbed in spaghetti for the fettucine and kale for the spinach. I was concerned that it was going to be blazing spicy hot but instead it came out rather bland. We all added extra chile crisp to up the spice level. Also it needed quite a bit of salt. We were disappointed with the results and I do not know if we will make it again unless we do quite a bit of reworking the recipe.
Posted in Easy, Italian, Pasta, Recipes, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weeknight dinners
Tagged Chile crisp, kale, pasta, Spaghetti
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Do-almost-nothing dinner. 6/11/25
Step one: buy a rotisserie chicken and remove one of the breasts disposing the skin
Step two: make chicken gravy and mashed potatoes from packets
Step three: warm sliced chicken breast in gravy and sauté vegetables
Step four: enjoy
Mostly we do not use “instant” ingredients but on a busy day with not a lot of time for baking a chicken or peeling, boiling, and mashing potatoes we have shortcuts to use.
Posted in American, Easy, Methods, Poultry, Vegetables, Weeknight dinners
Tagged chicken
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