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  • One Fantastic Meal: Chicken, Beets, and Banana Muffins

    I won’t post all the recipes here in one post, as I think it’s easier to print them out if I do it separately, but I made the most fantastic dinner tonight. And it’s not just me saying that–my kids said it as well! My eldest had a physical recently and turned out to be…

  • Fried Rice with Chicken

    Fried Rice with Chicken

    The other night I had made some absolutely fantastic teriyaki chicken and sauteed vegetables. I purposefully made extra and tonight made some fried rice. It was the best fried rice yet. I’ve made fried rice before with a variety of meats and vegetables, using everything from pork to chicken to beef. I suspect this batch’s…

  • Sauteed Vegetables

    Sauteed Vegetables

    An easy weeknight dinner. Actually, I could have skipped the chicken tonight. No one was starving and we would have done just as well by having just pasta and vegetables. However, now that I’ve got some leftover teriyaki chicken, I think fried rice is on the menu one night soon. I had bought a tray…

  • My Favorite: What’s on Hand Soup

    My Favorite: What’s on Hand Soup

    The other night I made some sauteed green and yellow squash for dinner, minus the tomatoes plus some red peppers. This is a standby vegetable dish for me, being very flexible and loose. This time I used onions, garlic, green zucchini, yellow crookneck zucchini, and some sliced red pepper. Mmmm…. but I made too much.…

  • Marinated London Broil

    Marinated London Broil

    As promised, I tried another marinade from this cookbook a while ago and threw the London Broil in a freezer bag with the marinade and then popped it in the freezer. The original recipe called for using the marinade on a tray of top sirloin steaks. I pulled the London Broil out of the freezer…