Pizza Delivery! 8/11/24

Posted on August 12, 2024 by Beebamom
Sausage pizza

Most of the time I am pretty good at following my menu for the week and eating in a pretty healthy way. But sometimes, especially on a Sunday night, I just want a break. And so enters the ever-so-convenient pizza delivery.

I have eaten a lot a pizza in my life. After all I am a girl from the Jersey shore originally. I know what good pizza is and have eaten my share of the good stuff in Italy. In fact last year I made a whole calendar up featuring pizza we have eaten on our trips. On the first of the month we would try to guess what kind of pizza and where we ate it.

California pizza on the whole is not spectacular. Somehow the pizzerias don’t get that it is all about the crust. But when I am I in the mood for pizza and I know that a pizza will almost magically appear at my doorstep in about 45 minutes, I throw good intentions aside and go for it. My favorite is sausage pizza.

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Weekly Menu. August 12-18, 2024

Posted on August 11, 2024 by Beebamom

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Grilled NY Strip Steak with Grilled Potato and Cauliflower and Broccoli. 8/10/24

Posted on August 11, 2024 by Beebamom
Grilled NY strip steak with grilled potato and mixed vegetables

A while ago we bought a package of three NY strip steaks for $6.99/lb. Unfortunately unlike the two others in the package this steak was a little tough. John cooked it to a perfect medium rare and I paired it with a grilled baked potato and a combo of broccoli and cauliflower. It was still a good dinner but it could have been great.

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Sumac Tilapia with Rice and Herb Salad 8/9/24

Posted on August 11, 2024 by Beebamom
Sumac tilapia with rice and herb salad

When I saw this recipe calling for whole fish and all its fussiness I knew there was a way to make the dish easier. I pulled out a couple of frozen tilapia, defrosted them, and John and I made the best tilapia dish ever. John cooked the fish for about 10 minutes at 450F after first adding the citrus juices, orange zest, salt pepper, turmeric, and sumac. It came out delicious!

We served the fish with simply steamed white rice, orange and lime pieces, and a zesty herb, kale, and Romaine salad dressed with lemon juice and olive oil. After this dinner it will be hard to convince me to eat tilapia any other way.

Below is the original recipe with a whole fish. You can make it with a filet of white fish for an easier preparation.

SUMAC FISH

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Grilled Hamburgers with Coleslaw 8/8/24

Posted on August 9, 2024 by Beebamom
Grilled hamburger and coleslaw

I think every time we have this dinner I say to John, I wish I could have another hamburger! They are so good! Tonight the little char on the bun was the perfect complement to the medium rare burger. A little mayo, ketchup, and sliced onion made my hamburger complete.

Tonight, instead of buying an expensive prepared salad I shredded some cabbage, thinly sliced part of an onion, and grated a carrot and made my own coleslaw dressed with a combination of light mayo, Dijon mustard, and cider vinegar as well as salt and pepper. If you like sweet slaw you could add sugar. John sprinkled his portion with celery seed. It was a fine dinner for a hot August night.

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Chicken, mashed potatoes, and broccoli. 8/7/24

Posted on August 8, 2024 by Beebamom

Chicken, mashed potatoes, and broccoli

This is our second dinner made from the rotisserie chicken I bought at Costco. Now that we have used both breasts, the rest of the chicken will be used for lunches, solo dinners, and chicken stock.

We used instant mashed potatoes to keep from heating up the kitchen. Surprisingly John really likes these potatoes. I prefer my regular preparation of peeling, boiling, and mashing the potatoes with some milk and butter but I am willing to take this short cut. I wouldn’t use them for Thanksgiving dinner but instant mashed potatoes for a ho-hum weeknight dinner is fine.

I cooked the broccoli in lemon juice and butter and it turned some of the florets yellow. It must have been some chemical reaction between the broccoli and the acidic lemon juice. I will not do that again!

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Vietnamese Chicken and Noodle Salad. 8/6/24

Posted on August 7, 2024 by Beebamom
Vietnamese Chicken and rice noodle salad

This is a tangy hot weather salad. I adapted it from a much more complicated recipe. Using rotisserie chicken, a mini-prep processor, a box grater, and a zoodler made this dish much easier.

Vietnamese Chicken and Rice Noodle Salad

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Weekly menu. August 5-11, 2024

Posted on August 6, 2024 by Beebamom

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Leftover Lasagna and Salad. 8/5/24

Posted on August 5, 2024 by Beebamom
Mixed salad

Tonight we finished off Saturday’s lasagna and added a fresh salad.

Lasagna

If it were practical we would eat this every week!

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Nachos with Eggs. 8/4/24

Posted on August 5, 2024 by Beebamom
Nachos with eggs

I am finally returning to Breakfast for Dinner or BFD on Sundays. Nachos with eggs is one of my favorites. In the bottom of my bowl are tortilla chips then warmed black beans, corn, and kale. This is followed by a scrambled egg and salsa. Next up is shredded cheese and since we were out of green onions I used some fried onion bits. I popped the whole thing in the microwave until the cheese melted, probably about 45 seconds. Voila! An egg dish that was tasty and fun to eat!

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