THE VOLUPTUOUS VEGETARIAN: Enoki Mushrooms baked with ginger -- another new friend for the king mushrooms

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Eat Food. Not too much. Mostly Plants. -- Michael Pollan

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I think it's important to eat stuff that satisfies you, that keeps your blood sugar stable, and that gives you stuff your body really needs to run optimally.

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Thursday, 27 January 2011

Enoki Mushrooms baked with ginger -- another new friend for the king mushrooms

I tried the enoki mushrooms from enviro-mushrooms in burlington, and received a box of white mushrooms in our organics box. I knew it was time to do a mushroom bake. I was right! Ginger, sea salt, and coconut oil rounded out the concoction to a perfect finish. So good.

ingredients:

2 x 6.5 oz boxes of enoki -- trimmed and separated into clumps

1 x 8 ox box of white mushrooms -- cut into quarters

2 tbsp coconut oil

1/4 -1/2 tsp sea salt

black pepper

2 tbsp fresh ginger finely chopped

directions:

1. combine all the ingredients in an oven proof casserole

2. bake at 345 for 30 minutes covered

3. remove the cover and bake for 30 minutes longer

4. serve with your rainbow chard saute and you will make new friends