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What's for Dinner Wednesday? Mushroom Stroganoff

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Mushroom Stroganoff is my very favourite vegetarian recipe. Mushrooms are surprisingly rich in B vitamins and essential minerals like chromium and magnesium.  Serve it over some brown basmati rice, add a mixed green or spinach based salad and you have a very healthy, filling vegetarian meal.

What's For Dinner Wednesdays

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Writing a blog post every day is more challenging than you might think, so I've been scouring the web to see what other people are up to. What's for Dinner Wednesdays seems to be a common food blog title so I don't think anyone will mind me borrowing this one. I love trying new recipes and I've come to use Google as my new recipe file.  It is nice to have an actually book in front of you sometimes and that's where the library comes in.  On a recent trip to the Mission Branch I returned with "Mediterranean Cooking" and a great vegetarian paella recipe I thought I'd share it with you. Heat 3 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil in a large skillet over medium low-heat.  Add 2 chopped onions and 3 garlic cloves minced (I like to add a couple more, unless the three you have are really big).   Saute 3 to 4 minutes until softened.  Add 2 chopped and seeded bell pepper and 6 tomatoes cut in wedges, cooking until softened.  Add 2 cups of medium grai...