Roasted Portobello French Dip

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I have a love/hate relationship with mushrooms. For some reason, I’m very picky when it comes to mushrooms. I love mushrooms on pizza, in pasta dishes, in veggie burgers, in chili and raw with dip. Yum! However, for the longest time, I refused to try any mushroom that was not a simple button mushroom (cremini). Portobellos creeped me out the most for some reason and I refused to try them. Recently, I was at a restaurant that served a delicious zucchini ribbon pasta with fresh seasonal vegetables. When my order arrived, I noticed large slices of portobello mushroom mixed in….

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Friday Favourites

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Hello and happy Friday everyone! Hope you all had a good week and are looking forward to the weekend! I’m looking forward to sleeping in a bit. I’m also hoping to catch up on my house work (blah), do some meal planning, grocery shopping and do a post or two for next week :) I have so many posts planned! I just need to set aside some time to get them done! My week was a mixture of both celebration and of loss. This week, a dear friend of mine passed away after a year-long battle with cancer. My heart…

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Ras el Hanout (Spice Blend)

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First things first – I just wanted to thank you all so much for the love and support in regards to the new Fig Tree design and focus. I’ve received the nicest, most enthusiastic comments over the past few days and I could not feel more inspired. Thank you for that.  Thank you to my readers – new and old. Welcome to those whom have just discovered The Fig Tree. So glad you did! I’m so looking forward to what’s to come for this little blog. :) With the fluffy stuff aside,  I’d like to present one of my very…

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