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Sorry there was no post on Friday.  I was in Seattle last week for work and could not keep up with blogging.  But, today I bring good news.  It's back!  Meatless Monday is back!  We went meatless on Saturday night... cracked open a bottle of wine and cooked risotto.  This is basically "date night" when you have a baby.  We love risotto.  It is actually pretty easy to cook, but you do have to "tend" to it.  We tried a new recipe this time incorporating three of my favorite things- butternut squash, spinach and pine nuts!  Yum!!! I found this recipe online , but it was orginally published in Cooks Illustrated. Ingredients 2  tablespoons   olive oil , plus 1 teaspoon 1  butternut squash , peeled, seeded (medium, about 2 pounds) (I cheated and bought the pre-cut squash) 3/4   teaspoon   table salt 3/4   teaspoon   ground black pepper 4  cups   vegetable broth  (I used Chicken Broth because I...

Photo from Simply Recipes So, I know I have written before about risotto , but we could a recipe so good it is worth raving about!  Risotto is one of our "date night at home" dishes.  It is not difficult to cook, but takes time and tending to.   Risotto is also one of those things that you can make with one recipe- and add whatever you want.  We typically do sausage and mushrooms or sausage and sun-dried tomatoes.  Well, I felt like changing things up and forced the husband to try something different! I found a mushroom and gorgonzola risotto recipe.  I substituted blue cheese for gorganzola becuase I had some leftover from another meal.  We also added some shredded chicken as I too had that left over from roasting one on Thursday night.  This mushroom, chicken, blue cheese risotto was AMAZING!  Truly the best one we have made to date!!! I found a recipe and then made some changes.  Here is my adapted recipe: Ingredients 1 1/2 teaspoons ...