Tag Archives: beans

Pinto bean tacos. 5/5/20

Posted on May 5, 2020 by

Happy Cinco de Mayo! To honor this quasi-holiday and because it is Tuesday we are having tacos! Since I am trying to do an every other day vegan/vegetarian dinner, we are preparing pinto bean tacos accompanied by cole slaw. My … Continue reading →

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🥬 Resend of White beans in broth over toast 2/20/20

Posted on February 20, 2020 by

Note: please excuse prior title-only post. I hit the publish key by accident. This is a great, easy vegan or vegetarian supper. For a vegan version swap in some white miso paste for the parmesan rinds. I hope everyone is … Continue reading →

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🥬 White beans in broth over toast. 2/20/20

Posted on February 20, 2020 by

Note: please excuse prior title-only post. I hit the publish key by accident. This is a great, easy vegan or vegetarian supper. For a vegan version swap in some white miso paste for the parmesan rinds. I hope everyone is … Continue reading →

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🥬 Pinto bean and vegetable stew over rice. 2/3/20

Posted on February 4, 2020 by

First, I missed posting our Sunday dinner because I was busy getting another blog I have up to date. Sunday’s dinner is our usual BFD or breakfast for dinner. It is the one night of the week where I don’t … Continue reading →

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Chicken chili. 10/18/19

Posted on October 19, 2019 by

This week instead of making up a menu and assigning a different meal to each day, I merely made a menu with seven different meals. This way I had an idea of what I needed to shop for but the … Continue reading →

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Meatless Monday. 8/13/19

Posted on August 13, 2019 by

On this hot meatless Monday we are minimizing the heat in the kitchen with microwaved corn on the cob, a salad, and portobello mushrooms grilled outside. Let’s start with the corn. It is so easy when you do it in … Continue reading →

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Leftovers taco for one. 8/7/19

Posted on August 7, 2019 by

John and I make and eat dinner together each evening but breakfast and lunch are totally free-form.  We eat what we want at whatever time we like. It works best for us this way. Today I made a leftovers taco … Continue reading →

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Texas caviar is the star tonight. 7/28/19

Posted on July 29, 2019 by

We had Texas caviar in two ways tonight. First as an appetizer before dinner with tortilla chips and then as the vegetable with our dinner. Since it was hot we just bought a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store and … Continue reading →

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Pasta fagioli. 3/26/19

Posted on March 27, 2019 by

John is working at his office today so I am flying solo tonight for dinner. This pasta fagioli is based on a recipe by Giada De Laurentiis of Food Network fame. You can take a look at her recipe here. … Continue reading →

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Great pasta fagioli. 2/19/19

Posted on February 21, 2019 by

Wow, did this turn out well! Our daughter who always looks askance at anything we cook gave it an A+. We followed Giada De Laurentiis’s recipe tweaking it to make it our own (and better!) While our recipe is for … Continue reading →

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