Tag Archives: tomatoes

Semi-fresh spaghetti sauce. 7/27/19

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Beebamom

I used my last container of frozen spaghetti sauce for our dinner on Saturday night. Knowing that we would be facing a tomato glut by this point in the summer, I filled each container only half full so that my … Continue reading →

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Caprese salad and more. 7/23/19

Posted on July 24, 2019 by Beebamom

On Tuesday we used our bountiful tomatoes for Caprese salad. The salad is simply slices of tomato and mozzarella, a sprinkling of basil, and olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Oh, and don’t forget the salt! My salad looks like the … Continue reading →

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America’s favorite food? 7/18/19

Posted on July 19, 2019 by Beebamom

I was watching Guy’s Grocery Games the other night (it is embarrassing to admit that I watch this program but I do) and he was having a burger battle. He said that America’s favorite food is a burger and probably … Continue reading →

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Fancy dinner is sad. 7/16 and 7/17/19

Posted on July 18, 2019 by Beebamom

We went out for an over-the-top fancy dinner for our anniversary and it turned out to be an overhyped, too expensive experience. The presentations were exquisite but the food became bland and repetitious. So after posting one picture I’ll move … Continue reading →

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Warm night, cool dinner (vegan!). 7/11/19.

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Beebamom

It is starting to get toasty again so what better than Italian toast with garden tomatoes and basil, garlic and onion? Dinner consisted in part of crostini that were the essence of summer. Also on the menu was “Best Gazpacho” … Continue reading →

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My favorite spaghetti dish. 7/6/19

Posted on July 7, 2019 by Beebamom

Since it is a long weekend I decided to make up a new batch of spaghetti sauce flavored with ground beef. John bought enough ground beef for us to have a hamburger meal plus at least four pasta dishes. Starting … Continue reading →

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Happy Father’s Day!

Posted on June 16, 2019 by Beebamom

We are back from our little vacation with our son and his kids. We ate a lot of marginal food – burgers, pizza, tacos, etc., anything that the kids wanted. There really was not much to blog about. I brought … Continue reading →

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Chickpea salad. 4/24/19

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Beebamom

Note: This is either a vegan or vegetarian entree salad. Omit feta for the vegan rendition. Doesn’t this look good! Summertime in a dish. And a cool dinner is what I need tonight because it is unseasonably hot today. In … Continue reading →

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It’s all about the sides. 4/22/19

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Beebamom

I am really pleased with this dinner, chicken and brown rice with chunky tomato vinaigrette and cucumber-avocado salad. Not only is it delicious but it is so versatile. We served it with some rotisserie chicken that we picked up from … Continue reading →

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Shrimp biryani. 1/18/19

Posted on January 19, 2019 by Beebamom

So we were supposed to be eating the shrimp biryani on Thursday but realized that we did not have any limes. We had spaghetti and meat sauce instead. And as often happens when we are eating pasta, I was too … Continue reading →

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