Mushrooms

The original recipe called for groats. Groats?! What are those? They sound totally groat. I wasn’t sure what they were and my local grocery store didn’t have any. Since the original recipe described them as a barley texture, I substituted barley for groats. Not sure what groats taste like, but this tasted great with the barely. We certainly love our mushrooms!

This was nice and hearty for a vegetarian stew. We all loved it. Ellie only ate just the mushrooms though. I served this with a salad and pear and cheddar grilled cheese sandwiches. Good eatin’!

RECIPES:

Leek & Mushroom Stew

You gotta love mushrooms to like this one. And luckily we all do over here. Especially Ellie!

I left out the shitake mushrooms only because I forgot to buy them from the grocery store. I also didn’t have lemon pepper so I used 1 tsp pepper and 1 tsp lemon juice. According to the directions, this is all about simmering, no boiling. I flirted with that line a few times, but I think I succeeded.

I’m more used to a creamy type mushrooms soup, so I really liked how this was flavored differently than what I’m used to. Ellie devoured it, and Aya loved it as well. I served it with a salad and open-faced spinach and caramelized onion sandwiches. We just ate them all before I could take photos. This was a great filling dinner.

RECIPES:

Mushroom Soup

Open-Faced Spinach Caramelized Onion Sandwiches