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Happy favorite week of the year

[mushroom ragout photo]

Image by Zellaby via Flickr "I don't know what to say, except it's Christmas, and we're all in misery." -Ellen Griswald, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Hope everyone who celebrates it had a happy Christmas!  Ours was a lot of fun, hectic, and tiring as always.  But that's what the holidays are all about, right?  And…

My Favorite Salad

Spinach-Mushroom salad

Today I want to share a simple, luxurious, healthy salad I've been a lot making recently. It's simple to make–quarter or halve six or so mushrooms, drizzle with oil and sprinkle with salt, roast or broil them in a really hot oven (I just use a toaster oven at 500 degrees) for about 7-10 minutes so that they char a little bit, and serve on top of baby spinach leaves. Dress with lemon juice, your best olive oil, and some salt and "fresh cracked black," as my least favorite chef, Guy Fieri, likes to say. Then make it look really nice by shaving some parmesan onto it with a vegetable peeler.