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Every year, when we turn the Calendar to January it seems that everyone makes a pretty serious effort to make healthier choices! Unfortunately, but the time we make it to February many of us fall back into our old habits. I am going to state …
During the cooler months when we are craving rich delicious casseroles, our wardrobes often suffer. Eating rich and delicious foods shouldn’t always mean that you need to fill your diet with tons of fat and calories which make you need to buy new clothes! Very …
I am sure that you are probably always on the lookout for fresh and easy and delicious appetizers. I recently had a bunch of fresh ingredients in the fridge which were nearing the end of their life. Making yummy dishes to start a meal is super easy when you just think about how foods work together.
It all started with a tomato…. Tomatoes could be the start to so many happy endings!! Bruschetta is a favorite appetizer around here, but I couldn’t go with our regular tomato bruschetta because I also had some blue cheese which had been opened for a few days and needed to get used while still in its peak of life. Blue Cheese pairs perfectly with mushrooms (and bacon – but didn’t have any of that at home on this day, feel free to crumble some bacon into this). When I took all of these ideas into my head, I knew that I could do a delicious variation of a mushroom bruschetta I have made before!
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There is something magical about slices of fresh crusty bread topped with a delicious combination of flavors! These Mushroom Crostinis fit that bill: you start out with a loaf of fresh french bread, toast it up just a bit and then add some smooth & …
If I could bottle a smell – it would be the amazing smell of roasted vegetables wafting from the oven (you know, when you are roasting vegetables mixed with garlic & olive oil)! When there are yummy delicious vegetables on sale (especially eggplants and mushrooms) …
There are some days that I think I would love to be a vegetarian. Today was one of those days (I love meat way too much to ever make that switch, but we do enjoy meat-free dishes often).
Recently my Grandmother spent some time in the hospital. She is doing fine now, but Rich and I wanted to go visit her anyway. She had just gotten home and needed some fresh food & produce. Grandma always talks about this produce market near her house so we figured we would go check it out and also be able to help her out with getting her groceries in the house. Well – we can just say that Rich & I were like Kids in a Candy Store! This place is awesome… great prices, huge variety, and lots of selection. We went a little bit crazy (looking forward to going back again) and have been enjoying the results of our vegetarian shopping trip all week!
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