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Mediterranean salad. 8/10/19

We have all sorts of tomatoes covering the kitchen table. There are large ones and petite cherries, plus all sorts of colors, green, purple, yellow, orange, and red. It is hard to keep up with this onslaught! We are giving them … Continue reading

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

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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Caprese salad and more. 7/23/19

On Tuesday we used our bountiful tomatoes for Caprese salad. The salad is simply slices of tomato and mozzarella, a sprinkling of basil, and olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Oh, and don’t forget the salt! My salad looks like the … Continue reading

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Two new salads for hot nights. 7/15/19

While we are having the same old chicken, thighs on the grill, at least I made a couple of new salads. The first, Chickpea Salad with Yogurt Dressing, is definitely a keeper. The other one, Snow Pea Salad, is less … Continue reading

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Grilled chicken with BBQ sauce. 7/12/19

John grilled some boneless, skinless chicken  thighs putting BBQ sauce on them at the very end which gave them a slight char. If you put it on from the get-go you end up with burnt chicken. Since it was around … Continue reading

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Grilled chicken thighs with watermelon and tomato salad. 7/5/19

According to my menu we are supposed to be having a frittata tonight. John says he does not want to heat up the kitchen by turning on the oven so we need to come up with an alternate plan. The … Continue reading

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Chicken Marsala with mashed potatoes and asparagus. 7/3/19

We have a habit of having a glass of wine and an hors d’oeuvre before dinner. It seems a nice civilized routine. Wednesday’s offering was crackers with a smear of butter and a slice of radish. I don’t know that … Continue reading

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Chicken thighs, potato salad, cole slaw

In case you are thinking I went to the grocery store and just bought all this stuff, I did not. We made everything from scratch and it really came together pretty fast. John cooked the chicken in the oven and … Continue reading

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Leftovers – Curried rice with chicken and carrots

The chicken that I bought at Costco is the focus of Saturday’s debate about what to eat for dinner. We still have half of it left. I am not feeling like chicken salad. John is not feeling like chicken with … Continue reading

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Chicken enchiladas with spicy black beans. 6/19/19

I am really enjoying making and eating the meals we selected for this week. Each day is so different from the other and the dishes have been easy to prepare and delicious! On Wednesday we went to Costco and in … Continue reading

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