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Chicken and Mushrooms with Garlic Roasted Broccoli

Chicken and Mushrooms with Garlic Roasted Broccoli

Winner winner; chicken, mushroom, garlicky broccoli dinner!

Okay yeah, I know I made that a little longer than it was originally intended but I think you’ll get over that once you try this one. IT IS just SO GOOD!

Take tender chicken cutlets lightly dredged in seasoned flour and sautéed until just golden, then smother them in a super simple mega mushroom made-in-the-same-pan sauce.

Yep, you remove the cutlets once they’re done and whip together a beautiful mushroom gravy with all the wonderful browned bits of goodness left in the pan, just like the pro that you are! Then you’ll sliiiide that chicken back into the hot tub and serve this sinfully saucy succulence with some crispy charred, garlic kissed roasted broccoli stalks.

You’ll be the MVP of the dinner crowd. As usual. 🤗

Soothing Cauliflower Soup with Mushroom “Bacon” Crunchies

Soothing Cauliflower Soup with Mushroom Bacon Crunchies

When I was a kid the only way I can remember ever eating cauliflower was bland and boiled, generally alongside some sad and soggy broccoli (I think it came that way, you know in those freezer bags?) – and I hated it. Once I got a little older and discovered the charms of Hidden Valley Ranch dressing, I somehow decided that cauliflower wasn’t so bad after all. But of course it had to be raw.

Then again maybe I just liked ranch dressing. 😬

How times have changed, amirite? Cauliflower has catapulted from uninspiring side dish to the darling of the dinner table, and this pristine white work horse can seemingly do it all. You can mash it, roast it, put it in a salad, coat it in hot sauce, disguise it up like rice; even drug yourself with the stuff, and we cannot get enough. Don’t even get me started on how good it is for you.

Mushroom Sausage and Orzo Comfort Bowl

Mushroom Sausage and Orzo Comfort Bowl

As most anyone who knows me knows, I broke up with pasta a while ago. It was ugly. There were accusations; probably some tears. And although it has been an overall positive decision (semolina flour, you know you’re just no good for me) I have to admit that even after all this time…we still get together in that sneaky, culpable way.

And man, is it ever good when it happens. So easy and familiar, just like old times.

Is that so terrible?

Caramelized Onion and Mushrooms over Smooshed Cauliflower

Caramelized Onion and Mushrooms over Smooshed Cauliflower

This is sooooo good! I know I always seem to say that and I really DO mean it each and every time…………

but I gotta tell you…….. this stuff. Oh man.

Take a favorite cooler-weather culinary pleasure (in this case, a satisfyingly steamy bowl of something yummy), take out the copious amounts of carbs (think potatoes, pasta, bread, beans), add in a plentiful pack of superabundant sustenance (like, ya know, just some major vitamin, mineral, antioxidant action), and you will end up with this amazing bowl of body and soul satisfaction.

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