leaning towards elimination of meat

[Jade]

We should all create a commune and grow our own food!

I've already sold my hubby on the location as Peru as soon as he's a successful writer.

My in-laws got us a little Magic Bullet processor for Christmas, it's been WONDERFUL!

One of the staples we have is fairly easy, I'll share the recipe, it can be altered to suit anything!

Portabella Mushroom Pasta
3-4 sliced baby bella mushrooms
3-4 chopped baby bella mushrooms (medium sized so give or take on both)
4-5 (to taste) cloves chopped garlic
1-2 roma tomatoes
A few handfuls of spinach
3~ tablespoons olive oil
1/2lb noodles (I use angel hair/capellini)
Salt and pepper

Heat up olive oil in a saucepan, add sliced mushrooms. Follow with processed mushrooms (puree in food processor) and chopped garlic - give it a few minutes, then add the tomato. Hopefully at this point your water is boiling for your pasta so cook it for the shorter end of the duration (I do angel hair 6 mins capellini 2) and then I add the spinach to the saucepan, then add about a cup of pasta water and the noodles to finish them off in the pan with all the veggies and olive oil. Generous salt and pepper make this delicious. If you keep white wine in the house, I'd encourage using that as well. Serves 2, takes about 20 minutes of prep and cooking! Really just about all the veggies are interchangeable. I've made it with only the mushrooms, with kale instead of spinach, etc.

I feel like I have a bit of an advantage because I do enjoy cooking most of the time. However, I am also lazy, so unless I feel really motivated, I try to keep prep time for most meals 20 minutes or less. Search engines are also your friend - if I have limited ingredients and desire something, there's a recipe out there to utilize what I've got and make it yummy.