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Steakhouse dinner at home. 8/2/18

You do not need to spend big bucks at a steakhouse to get a great quality steakhouse dinner. You can make it at home! We buy prime cuts of beef at Costco and split one steak between the two of … Continue reading

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Modern grilling-steak. 4/25/18

To grill a perfect steak, you need a little equipment. Here is how we do it. First season the steak. Next vacuum seal it. Fill a tub with water and add an immersion circulator. Set the temperature to 125F (for … Continue reading

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Chicken and sausages. 4/4 and 4/5/18

What can I say about this chicken dinner? It was part of my do nothing, I am still jet lagged cuisine. Rotisserie chicken from the grocery store, leftover mashed potatoes and gravy and frozen spinach – I have got to … Continue reading

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Moo, cluck, moo. 1/27/18

We made some more chicken and a couple of beef dishes last week.  The steak we really like is a prime ribeye cap. They sell it at Costco and it comes tied up like a pinwheel of deliciousness. John makes … Continue reading

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Follow directions! 12/21/17

Today for lunch I took a short cut. On the Masala Veggie Burger from Trader Joe’s the package gives instructions for stove top and grilling to cook the burger. I decided it would take too long to use these processes … Continue reading

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Leftover lunch and take out dinner. 10/29/17

What can I say? Sometimes I get tired of cooking especially if I have already cooked the entire day in preparation for a fancy dinner party on Tuesday. We ate some oatmeal for breakfast. It is pretty  boring but it … Continue reading

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Challenging day turns out easy! 10/22/17

I thought this day was going to be hard to stick to my new nutritional plan but it turned out fine. Pitfalls could be lunch out with our daughter and dinner at our son’s house. After a quick piece of … Continue reading

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Sous vide then grill. 9/9/17

A couple of Christmases ago I bought John an immersion circulator as a present. Last year I got him a vacuum sealer. Although chicken is our main ingredient for the sous vide method, it works really well on steak too. … Continue reading

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Sort of chicken parm on the fly 9/7/17

Sometimes as the dinner hour approaches I decide I just cannot stand the idea of what we are supposed to be eating for dinner. In this case it was chicken breast with new potatoes and green beans. So I changed … Continue reading

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Chicken Thursday – 5/18/17

The braised pork shoulder is finally finished so it seems like the beginning of a week. With that in mind, we prepared Chicken Monday on Thursday. John and I shared a boneless, skinless chicken breast that he sous vide with … Continue reading

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