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Portion control – Steak, baked potato, and broccoli – 5/26/17

I know that you cannot live your life eating only ultra low-calorie protein.  I have tried that and merely rebounded after starting to eat “normally” again. And, if you are not a vegetarian or vegan, chances are that you will … Continue reading

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Baby broccoli, tuna, and penne – Eat down dinner – 5/23/17

We are leaving for Utah tomorrow so we need to eat up some of these vegetables that we have in the refrigerator. Plus the herbs outside are growing rampantly and we should use one of those as well. With this … Continue reading

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Back on track -Vegan Ditalini with vegetables – 5/17/17

As I promised to myself I am eating like a rational human being today. I told John to eat the rest of the pork and I would eat something vegetable based. We have plenty of veg hanging around in the … Continue reading

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Chicken Monday – 5/8/17

Over the weekend we were on the road traveling home from Utah. So we ate out (I had eggplant Parmesan) and just got some take-out when we got home on Sunday. Now it is back to cooking. As you can … Continue reading

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Lamb chops in Utah – 4/28/17

Once we got to Utah, we looked in the freezer. I feel like we need to eat what we have.  Most of the proteins lend themselves to the hunk of meat, vegetable, starch kind of dinner. Ergo, lamb chops, couscous, … Continue reading

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Pork fried rice – 4/22/17

Happy Earth Day! To help save the earth we had a dinner that was mostly vegetables and rice.

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Inverted shepherd’s pie,sort of – 4/16/17

On Saturday we got the family together for our annual Passover Seder. It is more of a springtime celebration for us than a religious event although we carefully follow the ceremony in the Haggadah. We talk and laugh and sing … Continue reading

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Quick frittata

We were supposed to eat pasta with peanut sauce and broccoli tonight but since we didn’t feel like doing much or eating much we just made our own small dinner. John ate some sort of leftovers that we had in … Continue reading

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Chicken Monday highlighting rutabagas! – 2/27/17

I was looking back and I see that I had this exact same dinner on February 2nd.  What can I say? It is a favorite for Chicken Monday (or chicken anyday.) So since this is the same old-same old I … Continue reading

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Comfort curry – 2/22/17

Having undergone the trauma of the past four days, we decided on some comfort food.  John made up his spice blend and cooked it in some oil with the onions, garlic, and ginger to round out the flavors. Then he … Continue reading

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