Cooking with Mushrooms: 9 Great Recipes

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Mushrooms are best dealt with minimally: a quick saute of this chicken of the wood (found in the woods) with salt, garlic and parsley does the trick.

Mushrooms are our food of 2021, along with bowls and ethnic foods. Everyday folks are sporing logs and growing mushrooms in their backyards (like us:) You can find mushrooms year round at the area farmers markets. 

This time of year, cooler temps coupled with rain makes mushrooms pop up, like, well mushrooms. It's also time for cultivated mushrooms, which you can find at farmers markets and local markets around town. There are no less than 5 mushroom farms in middle tennessee growing everything from lions mane to shiitakes to oysters to ones you've never heard of. Yum

Creamy Goat Cheese Grits With Mushrooms

This dish comes to us from The Humble Table's chef Kirstie Harris. With cream and cheese in the grits, this is a very rich dish. The drizzle of honey at the end pulls it all together. To "gild the...

Bok Choy With Wild Mushrooms & Soba Noodles

Be sure to use soba made with 100% buckwheat, which is gluten-free and a member of the carrot family.

Mushroom & Caramelized Onion Polenta

The ingredients for this recipe came ready to assemble into this delicious vegetarian entree from Meel a service that delivers farmstand boxes and ready to prepare meals using locally sourced...

Spinach Mushroom Quiche

This quiche is a very traditional recipe (sans the bacon) in that it uses eggs, cream and a good dose of cheese. You can use almost any vegetables such as broccoli, leeks or cauliflower as well. ...

Lentil Mushroom "Meatballs" with Seasonal Pesto

These delicious meatballs don't actually have any meat in them at all. Using nutrient-rich lentils and mushrooms, this dish is another yummy yet healthy meal from The Heimerdinger Foundation...

Avocado Club Sandwich with Marinated Portobello Mushrooms

Meat lovers everywhere will love this vegan sandwich. Portobello mushrooms are thinly sliced and marinated in a savory bold dressing for hours so they soak up the rich flavor. The result is eerily...

Mushroom Tacos

Lion's Mane mushrooms are sliced and layered with hot sauce, slaw, and pickled celery or carrots for a fresh, flavorful vegan taco at Cafe Makai. 

Mushroom Toast

This is served at Café Makai and delivers a big hit of umami due to its double mushroom usage. A paté-like mixture (made from the cooked stems and trimmings of mushrooms) is spread on toast, then...

Salami Swiss Strata

Use ingredients left over from your holiday party in this savory strata. The cheese and meats are interchangeable. 

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