Chilean Sea Bass. 9/19/24

Posted on September 20, 2024 by Beebamom
Chilean sea bass, tarragon rice, and asparagus

It is amazing that we can make such a delicious dinner so quickly. Since we had some white rice already cooked I merely heated it up in the microwave with a little butter and some minced tarragon. Adding an herb to white rice really is an easy and “fancy” hack. John roasted the seasoned and oiled sea bass fillets in a 400F oven for 12 minutes and during that time I steamed the asparagus and finished it with a pat of butter.

This was a no occasion, special occasion dinner. It is great to treat ourselves to a delicious, although pricy, piece of fish once in a while.

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Costco Rotisserie Chicken. 9/17/24

Posted on September 18, 2024 by Beebamom
Costco rotisserie chicken with mashed potatoes and broccoli

After our usual Tuesday lunch outing Sarah and I stopped at Grocery Outlet and Costco. At Costco we picked up a rotisserie chicken for $4.99.

When we got home Sarah took apart the chicken and I shredded one of the breasts to freeze for a dinner next week and the other one was destined for dinner tonight. We also had a bag of chicken skin for cracklings, thighs, legs, and wings for lunches, and the picked carcass for stock. What a lot of value from this chicken!

John sliced up the breast and warmed it gently in chicken gravy. I made mashed potatoes and broccoli. It was a quick, easy, and economical dinner!

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Grilled Lamb Chops. 9/16/24

Posted on September 17, 2024 by Beebamom
Grilled lamb loin chops with asparagus and sweet potato

I love these little lamb chops that look like miniaturized T-bone steaks! John grilled them to a perfect medium rare. I microwaved the halved sweet potato for about 4 minutes and then handed the halves over to John for finishing on the grill. The broccoli was simply steamed with a pat of butter on top.

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John’s Birthday Celebration. 9/14-15, 2024

Posted on September 16, 2024 by Beebamom

For John’s birthday we went out for dinner at an upscale Mexican restaurant. I had actually put our name on a list at French Laundry but did not really expect to get a reservation. We ended up having a lovely dinner (and saving a lot of money!)

We started our dinner with a couple of shared appetizers — rabbit tinga quesadillas and Cordero flautas ahogadas. Both were delicious.

It was probably a little too much for before-sies but we soldiered on. I chose burramundi a la Plancha for my main course and John had an agua chile ribeye. They were both prepared really nicely although John’s steak would have been too spicy for me!

We were too full to contemplate dessert but did manage to squeeze in a little sweet that they brought us because it was John’s birthday.

We brought our substantial leftovers home and had them for dinner on Sunday night. Here is my replay dinner!

Leftovers – skinless seabass with special rub, sweet pepper panache, Mexican classic red rice, rustic salsa, and corn tortillas
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Weekly Menu. September 16-22, 2024

Posted on September 16, 2024 by Beebamom

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Shrimp with Asparagus and Rice. 9/13/24

Posted on September 15, 2024 by Beebamom
Sautéed shrimp with rice and asparagus

This simple dinner was a winner on Friday night. John seasoned and cooked the shrimp. I steamed the asparagus and reheated some previously made shrimp. Easy and delicious!

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Linguine and Meatballs. 9/12/24

Posted on September 14, 2024 by Beebamom
Linguine and Meatballs

I have to admit we took the easy prep for tonight’s dinner. Instead of making my own sauce we picked up a jar of Rao’s tomato and basil sauce. It was quite tasty and was not over-burdened with sugar. I added 12 of our frozen small Rosina’s meatballs. So in no time at all we had our sauce going and John dropped 6 ounces of Barilla’s linguine. When the pasta was cooked we dropped it in our dinner portion of sauce (saving the other half for another lazy day). With some garnishes of parmesan and olive oil our plates were ready.

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Chicken Enchiladas and Salad. 9/11/24

Posted on September 12, 2024 by Beebamom
Chicken Enchiladas

My iPad is running out of power so quickly these are tortillas rolled with shredded chicken from a rotisserie chicken, onions, salsa verde, and shredded cheese. Quickly sear the tortillas and then lay in some sauce, chicken, cheese, and onion. Bake for 35 minutes in a 350F oven as a casserole with additional coating of salsa verde on the top and bottom. Add some cheese on top before baking. Serve with salad. Delicious!

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Grilled burger with salad. 9/10/24

Posted on September 11, 2024 by Beebamom
Burger with salad

Yum, dinner!

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Sesame Salmon Bowl. 9/9/24

Posted on September 10, 2024 by Beebamom
Sesame salmon bowl

This is the bowl that started our bowl-mania. It consists of a piece of just cooked through salmon on top of rice and nestled among chopped cabbage, avocado, edamame, and cucumber. It is garnished with a soy vinaigrette, sesame oil, cilantro, green onions, jalapeños, furikake, and a squeeze of lime. So good!

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