Tag Archives: Salad

Whole wheat linguine with meat sauce. 3/11/19

We start off our dinner with a pre-made Italian salad from Turner Farms. I add some cherry tomatoes and extend the dressing with a little extra oil and vinegar. We are trying to eat salads or soups as a first … Continue reading

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Simply a hamburger and a salad. 2/28/19

This week’s menu has gone all topsy-turvy but we are actually eating what was originally on it, just on different days. I am glad because tonight and tomorrow night are two of my favorites – hamburgers and pasta. So for … Continue reading

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Last of the tomatoes. 11/29/18

We are down to the last of our tomatoes from this year’s crop. To mark the occasion and as a preview to our upcoming trip to Italy I made a dress-your-own salad with oil and vinegar accompanied by a slice … Continue reading

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Vegan Instant Pot Chickpea Biryani. 10/30/18

If you own an Instant Pot, Chickpea Biryani is super fast and super easy. What takes the longest is soaking the rice for 20 minutes! My recipe is an adaptation of a NYTimes Cooking dish, Pressure Cooker Shrimp Biryani. I … Continue reading

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Steak, potatoes, salad. 10/6/18

What could be more American than steak, potatoes, and a salad. The surprising thing, though, is that this dinner turned out much more delicious than any comparable dinner of recent memory. What is up with that?! John sous vide the … Continue reading

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Vegetarian dinner in two acts. 9/27/18

Tonight’s dinner, sort of fattoush and dal, I serve in two courses because John does the dishes and I want to cut down on his work. This way instead of four bowls we only need two. He says he likes … Continue reading

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Salade Niçoise. 7/26/18

It has been really hot for over a week now. I am attempting to find different dishes to make for dinner that will not heat up the kitchen. Today’s attempt, Salade Niçoise. This is more of an assemblage of various … 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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Spaghetti rigate X 2. 4/6 and 4/7/18

We bought some Barilla spaghetti rigate the other day and thought we would return to Italy for the evening meal. Rigate means striated and the spaghetti has grooves on it that run the length of each strand. It helps the … Continue reading

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Another vega, vege, carne sort of day. 12/23/17

Started off the day with a nice bowl of oatmeal with flaxseed. John has been unhappily noticing that I tend to call it gruel. I am turning over a new leaf and only saying positive things about my daily delicious … Continue reading

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