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Ladies,

Are you thinking yet about what you’re going to wear to the holiday parties? Aren’t we all? That brings to my mind the ubiquitous “little black dress” or even LBD for short.

I decided to see where that idea came from.

If you go back in history, it turns out that prior to the 1920s black was only worn for mourning and it was seen as indecent if you wore black for any other purpose besides mourning.

It was in 1926, that Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel published a picture of a short, simple black dress in American Vogue...

Read the full column at PlanZDiet.com

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These mushrooms are a super side dish for steak or chicken. They’d even be great with a simple roasted halibut fillet, too. My vision ranges from a quiet dinner for two up to making a huge bowl of these to pass and serve on a holiday.

Servings: Serves 3 – 4 as a side dish. Can be easily multiplied or cooked in batches for a crowd.

Ingredients:

2 Tbl of butter
2 Tbl of olive oil
1 lb of mushrooms. You can go exotic with shiitake, chanterelles, porcini etc. Even mix them up. Or go straightforward with button mushrooms or cremini. All depends on taste and budget.
2 Tbl of red wine
1 tsp of garlic (jar garlic will do)
1 – 2 Tbl of teriyaki sauce. Teriyaki sauce has lots of sugar in it but it’s relatively low carb with just 2 grams of carbs per tablespoon, and in this dish you are using very little.
A dusting of garlic powder (to taste)
A grate of black pepper (to taste)
A grate of sea salt (to taste)

Instructions:

Melt the butter in a sauté pan along with the olive oil. This mixture keeps the butter from browning and burning. Add the mushrooms as well as the rest of the ingredients. Stir regularly, cooking on medium until the mushrooms begin to brown on the edges. And serve.

These can be made the day before and stored in the refrigerator. Reheat in the oven. If they look a little dried out just add a little broth (beef or chicken) and continue heating.

Enjoy!
Cheers,
Zola