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Italian Kale Salad with Roasted Veggies
If it wasn't for unseasonably cold weather, this hearty Italian kale salad with big chunks of warm roasted veggies might never have come to
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Asparagus Mushroom Crepes
In homemade how-to number 5, I showed you how to sauté mushrooms without a big pile of liquid at the end. Asparagus mushroom crepes are a delicious,
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How to Sauté Mushrooms
Welcome to lesson 5 of the homemade how-to series: how to sauté mushrooms. In each lesson, I'll break down the steps for a home cooking skill I
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Brie and Mushroom Polenta
Special occasions call for special meals. I'm not sure it works the same with a bag of chips or a delivery pizza (okay, maybe if it's Papa John's),
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Old School Goulash
If I called my mom and asked her to name her top five quick dinners for the decade or so when she was chasing after three little girls not yet of
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Italian Overnight Breakfast Bake
'Tis the season for overnight breakfast bakes! Like this one, which we might as well just go ahead and call what it is: bread lasagna.
For a while
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Marinated Portobello California Burger
Welcome to my weird hippie over-the-top California veggie burger.
What is a California burger? A quick Google search will tell you...a lot of
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Healthy Mushroom Enchiladas
Enchiladas are one of the least photogenic foods I've encountered. Without fail, my spatula is too narrow to transfer them in one piece to the plate,
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Garlic Mushroom Rosé Risotto
Sometimes I do silly things like swear off wine for a month. Not necessarily a bad resolution in itself. Wine consumption in the soon-to-be Schatteman
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Mushroom Potato Gratin
Today is one of those days that makes me wonder--what happened to the fun in blogging??? When I started Balancing Active, not so long ago, I worked on
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Roasted Mushroom Noodle Soup (and Homemade Dashi)
It's asking a lot for any cooking enthusiast to eat at one of Bill Taibe's Connecticut restaurants without walking away inspired. Such was the case
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