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Make it Vegetarian

Posted by on Mar 30, 2011 in Dinner, Lunch, Recipes, Vegan | 1 comment

Make it Vegetarian

Are you in the mood to change your meat and potatoes family into a vegetable-loving brood? Well, you can’t trade them in, but you can transform their favorite meaty dishes into vegetarian dishes. Rather than presenting a completely unfamiliar dish to the meat-eating family, ease them into a meatless dish once or twice a week, starting with some of their familiar favorites. Chickpea Tacos 1 tbsp olive oil 1 onion, chopped 1 red pepper, chopped 1 green pepper, chopped 2 tsp minced...

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Lasagna Cupcakes

Posted by on Dec 28, 2010 in Desserts, Dinner, Lunch, Recipes | 5 comments

Apparently I am almost a year late on this trend.  Either way, they were amazing. Lasagna Cupcakes4 buttered 6 ounce ramekins (or muffins trays, smaller or larger ramekins)3/4 cup Parmegiano-Reggiano cheese1/3 box lasagna noodles, boiled until al dente1 cup ricotta2 tbsp chives, chopped8 ounces prosciutto, diced1 egg 8 ounced Fontina cheese, shreddedsalt and pepper to taste Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese into butter ramekins  and tap around until coated. In a...

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Lasagna Night

Posted by on Jun 26, 2010 in Dinner, Recipes | 0 comments

I tried the Spinach, Pesto and Fontina Lasagna.  I didn’t have fontina on hand, but specifically remembering The Chef telling me that Fontina was a melting cheese.  I replaced it with Mozzarella.  This recipe, by far, scared the daylights out of me.  Every step of the way, I was sure that I was screwing something up.  After I finished the “sauce”, I was delighted to find that it tasted like a certain Italian restaurant chain’s ...

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