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Fun with Fungi

For Brian's birthday the girls and I bought him a mushroom growing box. He loves mushrooms and the girls and I firmly boycott them. So we thought this would be fun for him.

We started with a box and a small spray bottle.


And they just took off like wildfire. 



Before we knew it we had a mushroom garden in our playroom. 



So with that I figured I might as well cook something with it. 

Pesto, Tomato, Oyster Mushroom Pasta Dish

Ingredients
  • About 8 ounces of oyster mushrooms trimmed
  • 1 can petite diced tomato
  • 4TB butter
  • 2 cloves minced garlic
  • One jar of pesto sauce (or 1/2 cup of homemade)
  • 4 servings of your favorite pasta (I used spaghetti)
Steps:
  1. Heat water to a boil in a large stock pot (for pasta). Cook until al dente. 
  2. Trim the mushrooms to 2" pieces. Heat butter and garlic in large saucepan. Add mushrooms and saute 5 minutes. Turn up heat and cook mushrooms until they begin to brown. 
  3. Add tomatoes and juice. Cook 2 minutes. Add pesto and turn off the heat. 
  4. When pasta is al dente drain and add to the mushrooms. Turn to coat and serve with fresh parmesan and basil. 

 















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