Mushrooms

Here's a great recipe for mushrooms that I made tonight for dinner. The dish felt meaty enough to stand as a main dish for any vegetarians reading this out there and filling enough for anyone looking for a delicious dinner of vegetables.

1. With a mushroom brush, clean about 1/2 lb shitake mushrooms and slice lengthwise in medium size slices

2. Chop 1 medium sized shallot finely, mince 6 cloves garlic

3. Place shallots and garlic in a large saucepan over medium heat with 1/2 cup of extra virgin olive oil

4. Allow to cook until you can smell the garlic and the shallots have turned translucent in color

5. Add mushrooms to pan and liberally sprinkle extra virgin olive oil on top of mushrooms, mix until shallots and garlic are spread evenly throughout mushrooms

6. When mushrooms have begun to soften, add 3/4 cup marsala wine (don't be alarmed if it flames up for a minute... alcohol burns!!) Let mushrooms cook 5 minutes in this marsala mixture

7. Add 2 tablespoons butter to mixture and stir mushrooms until butter melts

8. Finally, while stirring, add 1 tablespoon oregano, 3 tablespoons parmesan cheese, salt and pepper to taste. Allow mushrooms to cook another 2-3 minutes.

9. Finally, transfer mushrooms with sauce into bowl and garnish with a handful of fresh parsley (chopped) on top!

Trust me, truly delicious!! But if you don't trust me... try it yourself and let me know ;)

Scrumptiously,

Xo

P.S. What's the smallest kind of room? A mushroom! Yes, I don't fully get it either but when I was little that joke was hilarious to me... go figure!