Tag Archives: mushrooms

Pork fried rice – 4/22/17

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Beebamom

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

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Chicken (or no chicken) Monday, new style – 4/17/17

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Beebamom

Note: this dish could easily be made vegan by omitting the Parmesan and substituting the chicken with tofu, beans, or chickpeas Today instead of cooking two chicken breasts, some starch, and a vegetable, I made this dish instead. I think … Continue reading →

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DInner for one – Pasta with mushrooms, kale, and onions – 3/5/17

Posted on March 5, 2017 by Beebamom

I see the pasta is a little blurry due to steam rising off of it. I am always in a hurry to eat pasta and did not wait to take the picture until it stopped steaming. Tonight we both ate … Continue reading →

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Delicious vegan dinner – penne and cannellini beans with vegetables – 3/3/17

Posted on March 4, 2017 by Beebamom

The real trick to this recipe is to make a sauce using the pasta water. I probably used about one cup. The water has the starchy goodness from the pasta and is further enhanced by the sweet starchiness of the … Continue reading →

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Turkey meatloaf -2/10/17

Posted on February 12, 2017 by Beebamom

Boy, do I love meatloaf. But meatloaf is not a friend of trying to eat healthier. So I have been working on a ground turkey version.  We ended up making a large meatloaf using 2 lbs. of lean ground turkey. … Continue reading →

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Don’t pay for extra toppings on your take-out pizza – 1/19/17

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Beebamom

Seriously, who can make better toppings for their pizza than the local pizza place – YOU! Usually the vegetable toppings, especially the vegetable toppings, are sadly undercooked or too sparse. Is their anything worse than crunchy uncooked veg on a … Continue reading →

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Creative leftovers – 1/3/17

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Beebamom

I love the look and texture of these corkscrew pasta pieces! There is a lot of healthy stuff in this bowlful – mushrooms, onions, garlic, carrots, celery, and a whole bag of a dark greens salad mix. The couple of … Continue reading →

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Chicken fried rice – 9/24/16

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Beebamom

Not what we were supposed to have for dinner. But since I have this horrid cold, I am just not that interested in making food. So at 6 PM we hadn’t done anything and opted to just make an easy … Continue reading →

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Lamb chops, sweet potato, and green beans – 9/21/16

Posted on September 24, 2016 by Beebamom

John cooked the lamb chops on the grill and I microwaved a sweet potato and then mashed it with some chipotle powder. The real star of the show, though, were the green beans. Along with the half sandwich that I … Continue reading →

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Leftovers get a new life in fried rice – 9/6/16

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Beebamom

Since we are constantly to and fro-ing, it seems like we exist in semi-constant eat-down mode. A great dish for leftovers and bits and pieces is fried rice. John made this from leftover white rice from Sunday’s Chinese take-out,  the … Continue reading →

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