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    This Month’s Packed Lunch: Stir Fried Noodles with Bok Choy and Mushrooms

    For this month’s packed lunch, I chose this simple stir fried noodles. There are so many reasons why these are fabulous – they’re easy, you can add anything to them (vegetables, tofu, shredded chicken, etc.), they can be made for any meal, and they are good hot and cold. If you’re reheating them at work, [...]

    Panfried Pork Chops with Tomato-Mushroom Sauce

    What? You think I’m using way too many mushrooms? Well, you’re right. I even hid the mushrooms from you in the meatball sub (I put mine on as a last minute addition after I’d assembled and photographed Matt’s sandwich). I admit it, I am a mushroom addict. There is reason to my madness – they [...]

    Balsamic Glazed Spaghetti with Mushrooms and Spinach

    This was a fifteen minute dinner from start to finish – the perfect kind. I love the addition of balsamic vinegar to pasta, it’s sweet and thick and makes an almost instant “sauce”. I added mushrooms for earthiness and spinach to make it hearty, but you could easily add other vegetables, or some kind of [...]

    Spiced Corn Soup with Sauteed Mushrooms

    At the risk of sounding like a typical New Year’s Resolution maker, I am trying to eat healthier in 2010. Those of you who know me know I try to eat healthy at least most of the time (which makes it much easier and better when I go on a butter eating rampage). At any [...]

    Hungarian Meatballs

    There’s another great week of recipes and voting going on at Food52. My mouth was watering as I read the recipe up for “Best Recipe with Paprika”. These Hungarian meatballs are delicious – an incredible combo of beef, pork, and pancetta in a delicious paprika-spiced sauce. I’d post the recipe here, but I copied it [...]