I Love Mushrooms - Stuffed Mushroom Recipe

Have you ever wandered across a paddock at dusk picking fresh mushrooms to use for dinner or breakfast the next day ?

Maybe you grow them in your vegie garden & are looking for new ways to use your mushrooms in cooking and baking .

There are so many ways to enjoy mushrooms in a meal and the good news is that mushrooms are great for your health as they are

a source of powerful nutrients

fat free

low in calories

help to strengthen the immune system

so enjoy them everyway you can.

I love mushrooms in most of my meals so here are some of the ways I use them myself.

Grilled or fried with bacon/ sausages & eggs

In a lasagna or spaghetti bolognese with garlic,onions,broccoli + meat

Mushrooms stuffed with bacon, cheese & garlic sauce or

Mushroom sauce on steak

Mushroom soup for lunch

Sliced raw in salads or coleslaw

Mushroom risotto

Chicken & mushroom pie or chicken mushroom & cheese triangles !

4 rashers of bacon

4 large mushrooms

3/4 Cheese or ordinary cheese

Half cup of diced tomato

Small amount of fresh chopped garlic or minced garlic

Remove the stalks & dice

Cut the bacon into strips & fry with stalks in garlic

Mix the cheese, tomato + bacon stalks in garlic together

Place the mushrooms on a lined bake tray & spoon the ingrediants into the mushroom topping it with a bit of cheese.

Bake them for about 15 minutes till they are golden brown .

Other stuffed mushroom ideas you can try are

Cheese + onion/ chives

Cheese + silverbeet

Ham + tomato

Prawn + tomato

Tomato + corn

or any other combination you can think of - have fun and be inventive with your ideas + creations !

There are many types of mushrooms as well as toadstools which look simular so if in doubt DO NOT EAT THEM.

The ones I use are in a picture below & I buy them at the supermarket these days.