Guest guest Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 Vicki You've just reminded me - I 've been meaning to ask you how you prepare your mushrooms. I have a vague recollection that you wrote a long time ago that you cook up enough for a week. What do you add, and do you freeze them? Lately I've been cooking the protein with a few basic spices - chicken, beef, or whatever. When I cook dinner it's just a matter of adding the fresh greens to a serve of precooked meat. Sometimes I add a fresh mushroom, or dried mushrooms. Bea Vicki wrote >Or some precooked sauteed mushrooms.> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 I buy the packaged presliced, precleaned (but raw) mushrooms from Trader Joe's, which saves me all the cleaning. I don't know how much a box weighs, Bea, but I generally use 3 T olive oil and 1 T butter to saute 2 boxes in. Before it cooks down, the mushrooms fill a 12-inch, high sided frying pan. I heat up the olive oil/butter mix, dump in the mushrooms then while they're cooking and using a big knife, cut them up some more into even smaller pieces while they're cooking. This keeps them moving around. The whole thing takes no more than 15 minutes...then I put the cooked mushrooms in a Tupperware container in the refrigerator and take out individual servings and nuke 'em to reheat They add bulk and no carbs at all to lots of food. And I love mushrooms anyway. This much usually lasts me about a week to 10 days. I'm going to TJs today so I'll check to see how much one box weighs and I'll get back to you. Of course mushrooms are so lightweight...I don't expect 'em to weigh much. Vicki Re: Mushrooms > Vicki > > You've just reminded me - I 've been meaning to ask you how you prepare your > mushrooms. I have a vague recollection that you wrote a long time ago that > you cook up enough for a week. What do you add, and do you freeze them? > > Lately I've been cooking the protein with a few basic spices - chicken, > beef, or whatever. When I cook dinner it's just a matter of adding the fresh > greens to a serve of precooked meat. Sometimes I add a fresh mushroom, or > dried mushrooms. > > Bea > > Vicki wrote > > >Or some precooked sauteed mushrooms.> > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 Hi, Bea...Just came back from Trader Joe's ... one box of sliced raw mushrooms is 8 ounces...so for the amount of olive oil/butter I mentioned earlier, I use 1 pound of raw mushrooms. Hope this helps! Vicki Re: Mushrooms > Vicki > > You've just reminded me - I 've been meaning to ask you how you prepare your > mushrooms. I have a vague recollection that you wrote a long time ago that > you cook up enough for a week. What do you add, and do you freeze them? > > Lately I've been cooking the protein with a few basic spices - chicken, > beef, or whatever. When I cook dinner it's just a matter of adding the fresh > greens to a serve of precooked meat. Sometimes I add a fresh mushroom, or > dried mushrooms. > > Bea > > Vicki wrote > > >Or some precooked sauteed mushrooms.> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 Vicki, Thanks so much. I am about to go out shopping and for a walk at the beach - my first since I go the flu. So I'll buy 500 gm of mushrooms (that's about 1 pound) and cook them up - using your recipe. I too love mushrooms. One of my snacks yesterday was lean bacon and mushrooms. Bea Vicki posted her recipe and then > Hi, Bea...Just came back from Trader Joe's ... one box of sliced raw > mushrooms is 8 ounces...so for the amount of olive oil/butter I > mentioned earlier, I use 1 pound of raw mushrooms. Hope this helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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