As is usual in our household, we had a utilitarian day followed by some experimentation. We got our bathrooms clean, grocery shopping done, and a bit of family yoga. Next came the fun of making a meal for later in the week when we know we won’t have time. Then, our experiment with something we …
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Grilled Seafood Friday
Sorry no pictures as we were all too hungry and I just forgot. Tonight was a little grilled scallops, shrimp, calamari with ham and cheese wrapped in grilled in zucchini and finally some chips and sour cream dip. For the shrimp and calamari, we just marinated them in olive oil, grated garlic, and lime just. …
Arroz con pollo
These are those late in the week dinners where you had an idea on Sunday but can’t remember what you were thinking. So did our best to put what we thought the right ingredients together. I think I will change it next time but here is what we did. 1 1/2 lb boneless chicken thighs …
Duck breast with fried eggplant and peas
The duck was available and on sale so we bought it. Butchered it last night and are saving the legs in the freezer for something but don’t know what. Maybe some duck dumplings this weekend, we shall see. To start it off we are using my wife’s favorite recipe for the eggplant. Super simple but …
Herbed pork loin with potatoes and green beans
Simple Midwestern meal yet again. There seems to be a theme recently. Hopefully the sun will come out soon and we can get back to grilling and less roasting. Got home from work and immediately got to work. This whole daylight saving time is really screwing with me this year. For the pork loin: 1 …
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Experimental Lasagna for later in the week
Did a little experimentation with some lasagna on Sunday afternoon. Made a nice bolognese and did a couple of different cheese on two sides. My wife spied some goat cheese crumbles in the store this morning, so those had to be an experiment but did ricotta on the other side. For the bolognese: 1 lb …
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Corned beef and cabbage with Irish soda bread
A bunch of cooking was had on the cold and damp Sunday. The elusive yellow orb in the sky made an appearance late in the afternoon. We did a little prep for later in the week and since everyone is celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, we thought we should at least eat the food the weekend …
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Sole with carrots and black eyed peas
Family swim this Saturday and we got back home and tried to figure out what was for dinner. We knew we were going to have Pacific Dover Sole but what to accompany that was the mystery that we had to solve as a family. My thought was par boil some fingerling potatoes and put them …
Beef Bao with tater tots…
It was one of those days when I thought that the day would allow for a noon dinner prep and life would be good around 6. Well…. one thing led to another and at 3pm I realized I hadn’t even thought about dinner since I bought the ingredients. My super human plan of having an …
I married a Southern girl: Fried chicken, chard, and biscuits
I knew what my wife needed tonight. Her desired for the finer things in life needed to be fulfilled. To that, chicken legs were on sale and she really likes my biscuits. Since my son has late activities tonight, we were able to spend some additional time on dinner. For those that don’t make their …
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