Tag Archives: potatoes

Salmon, salsa, beans, and potatoes. 7/2/18

Finally found some decent salmon to buy to start in on our two pescatarian dinners this week. John used the America’s Test Kitchen technique for cooking the salmon which starts with a quick brine and continues with beginning the cooking … Continue reading

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New! Vegan! Lentil salad with roasted potatoes. 5/21/18

I am always on the lookout for a new recipe to incorporate into my vegan/vegetarian Tuesdays. This recipe came into my mailbox via the Washington Post but I see there are lots of similar recipes online. I was hoping for … 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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Mediterranean fish soup. 4/27/18

We are leaving Utah on Sunday so it is time for some eat down. We have not made this dinner for a while but when I saw half of a fennel bulb and part of a bell pepper in the … Continue reading

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Modern grilling-potatoes. 4/26/18

With our steak that I talked about in my last post, we had grilled baked potatoes. This is super easy. Buy a good sized baking potato since you will be eating half and your partner or whomever will eat the … Continue reading

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Fancy dinner night. 4/18/18

What’s the occasion? No occasion! Sometimes it is just nice to treat yourself to an out of the ordinary dinner. Tonight’s dinner was fried scallops and tartar sauce with steamed new potatoes and broccoli salad. It was really good! In … 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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Bits and pieces – 2/15/17

What can I say? We are leaving on Friday and clearing out the refrigerator and freezer. BTW the asparagus was awesome!

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Steak cooked in a non-traditional way – 11/12/16

Costco sells this prime ribeye cap coiled up. It is super delicious. In order to keep it from turning into charred outside and raw inside on the grill, John used the sous vide method. He set the steak jacuzzi on … Continue reading

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August 20, 2016 – Sous vide BBQ glazed chicken, oven fries, and Cole slaw

To make up for last night, we made everything tonight! We decided to try using the sous vide technique on the chicken breasts and then brush on some BBQ sauce and broil briefly to make the skin crispy. It worked … Continue reading

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