Potato, bean, and kale stew with gochujang. (Vegan) 4/18/23

Posted on April 19, 2023 by Beebamom
Potato, bean, and kale stew with gochujang

Gochujang is a spicy Korean paste. Our daughter uses it frequently but this my first recipe to use it in. The amount suggested in the recipe is mildly spicy and will not blow your head off.

You serve the stew with rice so it is a 3-carb dinner, potatoes, beans, and rice. Who doesn’t love carbs! I served my portion with my combo brown and wild rice with plenty of riced cauliflower. There is also a large component of greens. I used kale. It doesn’t take long to make so it is good for weeknight dinners.

John pronounced it very tasty and we will put it into our vegan/vegetarian rotation.

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Moroccan chickpea stew (vegan). 4/17/23

Posted on April 18, 2023 by Beebamom
Moroccan chickpea stew with chard, fennel, turnip and more!

Change in plans today since I discovered we were out of an essential ingredient for gochujang potato stew. I have only made Moroccan chickpea stew once before and it is really delicious. But it takes a lot of chopping and a wide variety of ingredients and is more of a weekend dish than a weeknight one. With me chopping and John at the stove we started around 5 PM and were able to eat by 6:45.

Lots of interesting ingredients and spices in this stew, preserved lemon, turnip, chard, fennel, cinnamon, etc. The original recipe calls for dried chickpeas but that is too time consuming so we used canned. I cut the recipe in half since it serves 6-8 and half was really filling for hearty eaters like John and me.

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Seared tuna, rice mix, broccoli with oyster sauce. 4/16/23

Posted on April 17, 2023 by Beebamom
Seared tuna, rice mix, broccoli with oyster sauce

Frozen ahi tuna was on sale for two pieces weighing a total of 11 ounces for $4.99. Such a good price that we had to give it a try. It was very good! I am glad I bought a second package for a later date. John made an Asian seasoning and seared it so it was just warm in the center but still red.

On the vegetable side I made an oyster sauce (oyster sauce, rice wine vinegar, and soy sauce with a pinch of sugar) for a bunch of steamed broccoli. The sauce was good with the fish and rice mix as well.

For the rice I used part of a microwave brown and wild rice pack and mixed it with riced cauliflower. This way I could eat a half cup serving with no guilt.

Liked this dinner a lot! No doubt it will appear on the dinner rotation again.

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Weekly Menu. April 17-23, 2023

Posted on April 16, 2023 by Beebamom
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Roasted tilapia, broccoli, and polenta 4/15/23

Posted on April 16, 2023 by Beebamom
Roasted tilapia, a lot of broccoli, and loose polenta

Preparing the polenta at a 6:1 ratio gives you almost a sauce. It is surprisingly delicious with broccoli. That’s why I steamed A LOT! On one side of the fish are the florets and on the other, the chopped up stems. The tilapia is simply seasoned and roasted in a 400F oven for 12 minutes.

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Kenwood shrimp. 4/13/23

Posted on April 14, 2023 by Beebamom
Kenwood shrimp

The Kenwood Restaurant closed 10 years ago but before they did we asked for and they graciously gave us the recipe for their delicious Kenwood shrimp. We make it every once in a while and it is delicious.

Last night we treated ourselves to a bit more cream in the sauce. Usually we only use two ounces and make up the rest of the volume with shrimp stock or clam juice. The original recipe calls for a cup of cream. We probably used 6 ounces plus the shrimp stock. There were three of eating and everyone enjoys more sauce.

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Fettuccine with tomato sauce and kale. 4/12/23

Posted on April 13, 2023 by Beebamom
Fettuccine with tomato sauce and kale

When I eat pasta I like to have a big portion. But too much pasta blows my calorie allotment. In tonight’s dinner I solved that in two ways. First I shredded some cabbage to about the same width as the fettuccine and gave it a brief cook in the spaghetti sauce. It retained some of its crunch for a nice textural difference. Second I put my pasta on a big bed of kale. So I increased the volume of my dinner in a healthy, interesting way.

I had never tried the cabbage trick before. Both John and I liked it a lot. The sweetness and slight crunch of the cabbage was a great counterpoint to the acidity of the tomato sauce. I think we will use cabbage in future pasta dishes!

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Salad and soup. 4/11/23

Posted on April 12, 2023 by Beebamom

Finishing up our weekend leftovers, I added some additional lettuce and cabbage to a bagged salad and John made new matzoh balls for the chicken vegetable soup I made yesterday.

Taylor Farms steakhouse salad with additional cabbage and lettuce

The soup was less successful. It came out kind of murky and the new matzoh balls that John made were dense and dry.

Chicken vegetable soup with matzoh balls. New matzoh ball is the dark smaller one at the top.

We are done with leftovers now. I am glad we did not waste any food but I am ready for something new tomorrow!

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Grilled lamb, potatoes, and asparagus. 4/10/23

Posted on April 11, 2023 by Beebamom
Grilled boneless leg of lamb, mashed potatoes and asparagus

This dinner is actually the leftovers from Saturday. We served the lamb cold on Monday rather than risk overcooking it. The potatoes and asparagus were simply heated carefully in the microwave. I would say that the dinner was almost as good as the original. All the exclamations about not being able to hold mashed potatoes or reheat them without double boilers or slow cookers seemed really not to matter. So no work and a really nice dinner nonetheless.

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Weekly Menu. April 10 – 16, 2023

Posted on April 9, 2023 by Beebamom
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