mushroom recipes

On my last trip to the farmer’s market, I splurged on a pound of ground beef from Lucky Dog Ranch, a local meat supplier that sells  grass-fed, sustainable meats here in the greater Sacramento valley.  As I’d mentioned in my last SNAP post, I was not only surprised that “the meat people” were participating...

So, recently I bought a pound of fresh stir fry noodles on my excursion to the Mei Mei Noodle Factory. I couldn't wait to cook them up in some sort of tasty noodle creation. After some hemming and hawing, I decided to take one of my favorite recipes fr...

I don’t know about anyone else, but I kind of go through these phases when I’ll frequent one grocery store more than most.  My default setting is to always go to Trader Joe’s, but lately I’ve been too exhausted to make that extra trek after work or battle with the infrequent light rail schedule...

Bok choy and oyster mushroom stir-fry Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 12 minutes Serves 4 to 6 Oyster mushrooms are particularly delicious and satisfying. They grow like clusters of thick, oyster-shaped leaves. Here they are paired wi...

One of my favorite restaurants in Sacramento has to be Tapa the World aka Tapas. My mom introduced my dad and I to this place the night my sister had her first baby. It was an incredibly memorable dinner for a few

It is very late.  I have been trying to fix all of the posts that got garbled in the “website nightmare of 2011″.  I am almost done, I believe that I have about 10 more to fix.  I cannot tell you how relieved I will be when I have fixed every single one.  It...

Tate had her first day of first grade yesterday.Rather than sit in the parking lot and cry all morning like I did when she started kindergarten I came home looking for something to do.....pretty much anything to distract my little breaking heart.(yes.....

I wasn't planning on posting a second blog post today but man, I need a night in after the last 24 hours. Before I start telling you about my recipe, let me tell you about my last 24 hours and you'd probably agree with me that it's a good night to thro...

With homegrown fennel and Swiss chard on hand, I found out this recipe, switched the spring spinach for summer chard, and it was a delicious one-pot meal.Tortellini with Italian Sausage, Fennel and MushroomsAdapted from Bon Appetit 1 tablespoon olive ...

I'm back! Sorry for pulling a Houdini but April was a hectic month - the parental units came for a visit, I had some stuff that needed addressing in my personal life and then total klutz that I am - I fractured my foot. Anyhow when life gets compl...