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Shrimp tacos again! – 9/26/16

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Beebamom

First Happy Birthday to our daughter-in-law, Ryan, who is an amazing mother, excellent baker, and a full-time professional!

Now on to the food. Shrimp tacos have become a standard dinner in the rotation. I think we have had them three times in the last four weeks. As usual we served them with spicy black beans. Here is our set up for topping the tacos.

Taco toppings

I really enjoy the mango and peach salsa that we’ve been having with them. The spicy sweetness goes well with the shrimp.

Shrimp tacos and spicy black beans

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Sous vide chicken with couscous and broccoli – 9/25/16

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Beebamom

Sous vide chicken with a barbecue glaze plus couscous and broccoli

Obviously I was living on the wild side when I moved a Chicken Monday meal to Sunday. No doubt I will be confused for the rest of the week about what day it is.

John set the immersion circulator at 147F and cooked the chicken in its plastic bag with garlic, olive oil, bay leaf, and a sprig of thyme. The chicken was seasoned with salt and paprika. (I am not a fan of black pepper.) it cooked for 1 1/2 hours. After its bath he glazed it with BBQ sauce and broiled it. The chicken was perfect.

I made the couscous with some sautéed onions and mushrooms. I think I put in too much liquid because it came out kind of clumpy. Broccoli was cooked quickly in a little water and finished with olive oil.

Chicken Sunday!

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Chicken fried rice – 9/24/16

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Beebamom

Chicken fried rice

Not what we were supposed to have for dinner. But since I have this horrid cold, I am just not that interested in making food. So at 6 PM we hadn’t done anything and opted to just make an easy one pot meal. I cut up a bunch of vegetables, John cut up the chicken and also a piece of ham. He cooked an egg. We had leftover rice from the Chinese take-out on Thursday and the brown rice for the stuffed peppers on Saturday. The fried rice was seasoned with sesame oil and soy sauce.

I really hope this cold will show signs of abating tomorrow!

Posted in Eggs, leftovers, Poultry, rice, Vegetables | Tagged brown rice, carrots, Celery, chicken pieces, Fried rice, garlic, ham, mushrooms, Onions, rice, Vegetables | 2 Comments

Stuffed peppers – 9/23/16

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Beebamom

So I am still sick but when John suggested that he turn on the oven in preparation for making rice, I decided it was time to get up off the couch and do something. Dinner tonight was stuffed red peppers. For a change we stuffed them with ground beef and brown rice instead of ground turkey or mushrooms and farro.

Stuffed pepper

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I am sick, no cooking – 9/22/16

Posted on September 24, 2016 by Beebamom

Where did this horrible cold come from? I cannot remember being with anyone lately who was sick. I must have touched something that someone left their germs on and now I am congested and coughing and can probably look forward to a lost week. Rats!

But people have to eat and this is my solution.

Chinese take-out

We always order the same thing – moo shu pork and Mongolian beef. It is yummy and I don’t have to do anything and hopefully by not touching food I won’t infect John.

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Lamb chops, sweet potato, and green beans – 9/21/16

Posted on September 24, 2016 by Beebamom

Lamb chops , sweet potato, and green beans

John cooked the lamb chops on the grill and I microwaved a sweet potato and then mashed it with some chipotle powder. The real star of the show, though, were the green beans.

Along with the half sandwich that I brought home yesterday, I was also given a container of green beans that were mixed with olive oil and pecorino.

Green beans

I decided to add some onions, mushrooms, and slivered almonds and heat the whole thing up.

Additional onions, mushrooms, and almonds

The end result was definitely pretty tasty!

Transformed leftovers

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Don’t eat the whole thing! – 9/20/16

Posted on September 21, 2016 by Beebamom

Do you ever feel socially obligated to eat way more than you would like? Although it is hard, you can ask for half of your restaurant dinner to be wrapped up or tell your friend you would just like half of a piece of cake or half of a sandwich.

Today we had lunch with friends. They had bought sandwiches at the local deli. When asked what I wanted, I said turkey with all the vegetables. What I got was turkey with the vegetables but also cheese, avocado, plenty of mayonnaise, and a giant ciabatta roll – way too much! I politely ate half. When we were leaving, our sandwich halves were pressed upon us. Quickly changing our dinner plans and emptying out the sandwich innards and some of the roll that I didn’t want, I ate the other half for supper.

Giant sandwich half before I relieved it if some of its components

Giant sandwich half before I relieved it of some of its components

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Dover sole, smashed potatoes, and spinach – 9/19/16

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Beebamom

This was not a photogenic dinner.

Dover sole, smashed new potatoes, and spinach soufflé

I tried to make it more attractive by adding lemon pieces, some paprika, and thyme but mostly it looks like beige food with a bit of green.

John dusted the fillets with flour and seasoning and fried them in a little butter. I steamed the potatoes and onions and then smashed them with some salt and olive oil. The spinach soufflé came from a Stouffer’s box.

I think we need more practice cooking fish.

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Breakfast for dinner – 9/18/16

Posted on September 18, 2016 by Beebamom

I had chicken shish at a local Middle Eastern restaurant today for lunch. We decided to call that our main meal of the day and made breakfast for dinner.

Scrambled eggs with fresh thyme, cherry tomatoes, and baguette

The best scrambled eggs I have ever eaten were at La Pyramide in Vienne, France. I think of them every time I make scrambled eggs. They were lovingly cooked for quite a while over a low flame while the eggs were agitated. The result was a creamy dish of eggs with small uniform curds. I always start my eggs thinking I will cook them slowly but run out of patience and turn up the flame resulting in larger curds.

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Shrimp tacos and black beans – 9/17/16

Posted on September 18, 2016 by Beebamom

Shrimp tacos and black beans

I really like this dinner! We have eaten it a lot lately but it is so tasty and easy to prepare that I imagine it will stay in the rotation for a while. Basically season and cook the shrimp, warm the tortillas, add shredded cabbage and mango salsa for the tacos. Drain a can of original Rotel tomatoes and jalapeños and add it to a can of black beans along with some additional hot sauce. Dinner done!

Posted in Legumes, pescatarian, Shellfish, Vegetables | Tagged black beans, cabbage, corn tortillas, salsa, shrimp, Tacos | Leave a comment