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Burger, slaw, chips. 10/11/18

John grills the hamburgers. I make the cole slaw. We open a bag of chips. Dinner. (At least the cole slaw is homemade!) 

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Currying flavor. 10/9/18

John and I arrive back in California around 10 AM which means we got up really early this morning to drive to Las Vegas for our flight. We need something simple for supper. Curried chicken and rice fits the bill! … Continue reading

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Vegan Tuesday morphs to Wednesday. 10/3/18

We are in the process of selling our house here in Utah and a couple of real estate agents came over on Tuesday to look at our house and give us their pitch. Needless to say by the time we … Continue reading

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Breakfast Margherita, Vegan Dinner. 9/6/18

Whaat!? Tequila for breakfast? Sorry, wrong Margherita. This is the pizza variety and made straight from the garden. A toasted English muffin, a couple of slices from our daughter’s bounty of tomatoes, Parmesan cheese, basil from the backyard, and a … Continue reading

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Lentils with turkey sausage and vegetables. 8/1/18

Gosh, here it is August already. I know a lot of people love summer because the weather is warm. I prefer the other seasons. Fall, winter, and spring are much more comfortable seasons in Northern California. The fires are so … Continue reading

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Chicken fried rice. 7/13/18

This was basically a chicken stir-fry with lots of vegetables and an egg. The brown and white rices were pre-cooked and mixed in. John made it so the bottom rice was crispy and I am not sure that I like … Continue reading

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Curried chicken and rice. 6/26/18

This is a curry-type dish that John likes to make. He toasts the spices in butter, adds onions, garlic, and ginger and then the rice and liquid so they cook together. The pre-cooked chicken, carrots and raisins get added later. … Continue reading

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Classic chicken dinner. 6/21/18

Following my menu plan for the week, we defrost a chicken breast and set up the immersion circulator to cook the breast to 152F. Now we have plenty of time (around 2 hours) to get the rest of the dinner … Continue reading

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Instant Pot beef stew. 5/2/18

This beef stew was good but not as good as the first one we made. I think it was because we added too much liquid forgetting the fact that the vegetables give off a bunch of liquid as they cook. … Continue reading

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Instant Pot beef shanks. 2/24/18

On Saturday we decided we would make a stew out of a couple of beef shanks we had and then save the stew until Sunday to eat. That did not happen. We ate it right away. First we browned the shanks … Continue reading

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