Jonas picked out this recipes one evening when we were both tired after work and wanted something quick and easy. You just throw together some pasta, tomatoes, oil and fresh mozzarella -- couldn't be easier!

Jonas coring, seeding and dicing tomatoes	Olive oil, lemon juice, garlic and shallots -- pretty!
Tomatoes marinating in the oil mixture	6 oz. of fresh mozzarella, coming right up!
Julia posing with the marinating tomatoes and a bag of penne	Jonas bearing a plate of chilled mozzarella
Pasta Caprese

Recipe source: America's Test Kitchen

I had some button mushrooms that needed to get used up, as they were looking a little wilty. Paging through the book (see source below), this was the first recipe I happened upon that included them.

These were some truly enormous and tasty chicken burgers. Although fully loaded with mushrooms, Swiss, lettuce and tomato on top, it's still just a burger, so you'd probably want to add some chips or fries on the side.


Jumbo chicken, spinach and herb burgers:
om nom nom nom

Recipe source: Rachael Ray's 365 No Repeats: A Year of Deliciously Different Dinners