Throughout history mushrooms have served many purposes, from benefiting diets, to being used as medicine. Mushrooms are part of the fungi family, which is an entire kingdom of its own, separate from plants. The fungi kingdom consists of mushrooms, lichen, yeast, plant rusts, moulds, and smut. Mushrooms are the fruit body of fungi, living a short life-span to produce spores so that the fungus can spread. Mushrooms are one small part of a network that allows trees to communicate.
Many people think that gourmet edible mushrooms grow only in far-away forests, where leaves, moisture, and shade provide the ideal habitat. And while that’s true for some exotic varieties, there are many types of mushroom that we grow, right here in Oregon.
Raise your hand if you are a fan of mushroom dishes! I know we sure are. So naturally, we’ve created many great recipes utilizing them and this is our favorite time of year to pull them out and cook them on repeat.
Our favorite thing about mushrooms is how truly versatile they are and we hope these Mushroom Recipes proves just that. Here are amazingly diverse ways to use mushrooms. All different, and all completely delicious. Mushroom Recipes will inspire you to get into the kitchen and get cooking with all of your favorite fungi.
This list is full of breakfasts, lunches, and dinners that will have you wishing you could taste them all! Let’s get started.