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Memorial Day Grilling – 5/28/17

We had our Memorial Day grill fest on Sunday instead of Monday and we had my favorite, burgers. Once again I served them in my semi-roll style. When eating this you flip it over so the roll is on the … 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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Delicious scallops! – 5/22/17

Normally we do not fry anything.  However, we found that these scallops which ended up being too watery to sear properly can be cooked to delicious perfection by frying them. If the only thing you ever eat fried are scallops … Continue reading

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Semi-lettuce wrap – 5/19/17

Whether I am at home or dining out I rarely eat two pieces of bread or roll when having a sandwich or burger. Either I take off the top piece and hand-hold by the bottom bread and a lettuce leaf … 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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Firecracker Fusilli – 5/16/17

We used to have a restaurant nearby called Fuzio’s that served a dish called Firecracker Fusilli. It went out of business here but I see that it is still in San Francisco and Modesto. Anyway, it was a spicy pork … Continue reading

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National Shrimp Day (U.S.) – Shrimp tacos – 5/10/17

I did not know that May 10th was National Shrimp Day here in the U.S. when I planned to make shrimp tacos. Just a lucky happenstance, I guess. (BTW May 10th is also a National Day for receptionists, third shift … Continue reading

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Farro and chickpea salad with grilled chicken – 5/3/17

Dinner tonight was driven by the fact that I had a lot of leftover, too sweet farro. Yesterday I made a new recipe that called for farro cooked in apple cider. It was not a hit. So my goal was … Continue reading

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Penne with meat and mushroom sauce – 5/1/17

Here it is the last of the ground beef from the freezer. This incarnation has it as an ingredient in a spaghetti sauce. As usual if you want to make the dish vegetarian omit the ground beef. It is just … Continue reading

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Vegetarian Texas caviar in Utah and a have-it-your-way burger – 4/30/17

As I mentioned we have a lot of hunks of meat in the freezer here in Utah that need to be eaten. That being said I love almost anything that has ground beef in it. So, yum, to the burger … Continue reading

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