Tag Archives: Salad

Hot dog and salad. 6/22/26

Easy dinner tonight. We needed to use up three hot dogs and some sauerkraut as well as a packaged salad that was nearing its “best by” date. The hot dogs are the Costco brand that are bigger and so much … Continue reading

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Asian tofu bowl. 6/11/26

It is really hot here. Really, really hot. On Wednesday it was 97F and today it is over 100F. There will not be significant cooling until maybe Sunday. It is early in the season (it is not even summer yet!) … Continue reading

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Open-faced tuna salad sandwich and Asian salad. 6/10/26

This is the first of a series of HOT days. Our dinners for tonight are open-faced tuna salad sandwiches and an Asian salad.

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Grilled California burger and salad 6/5/26

When I was growing up in New Jersey we would frequently go to the Palace Diner that was within walking distance of our house. My favorite thing to order was their California burger and fries. A California burger consists of … Continue reading

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Stuffed pepper and salad. 4/21/26

It has been cool and rainy these past few days and a good time for baking some stuffed peppers. Depending on the geometry of the peppers I either stuff them whole and upright or sliced in half and lying down. … Continue reading

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Grilled hamburger and salad. 4/6/26

It is always enjoyable to eat one of John’s perfectly grilled hamburgers with my favorite fixings, mayo, ketchup, and onion! I helped out by making a salad. It feels like summer is almost here!

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Fish sandwiches with beans and slaw. 3/27/26

We opted for something easy tonight. I enjoy having these crunchy but low-calorie fish fillets in the freezer. They cook up in the air fryer in about 12 minutes. Along side of our open-faced fish sandwiches I heat up some … Continue reading

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Chicken burrito bowl. 3/16/26

In this bowl (hiding beneath the lettuce) are all the ingredients you might find in a chicken burrito. There is rice, chicken, corn, black beans, salsa, cilantro, and green onions. The chips take the place of a tortilla and the … Continue reading

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Tube steak. 3/14/26

John always refers jokingly to hot dogs as tube steaks. We enjoy Nathan’s all-beef “tube steaks” and I served them with a salad and sauerkraut.

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Convenience food. 3/12/26

We did not feel like going through the mess of a complicated dinner so we opted for air-frying fish fillets and making a packaged salad. It was easy and we enjoyed it.

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