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A Bit of Mushroom Nutrition and Something for You

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The Mushroom Council is reaching out this month to support of City of Hope and Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Did you know mushrooms are a fabulous meat substitute and high in vitamins? Plus, a little giveaway for you, too!

I never really considered the nutritional benefits of mushrooms. I knew they didn’t contain any fat, and because I enjoyed eating them I happily popped them into meals and pasta sauces without a second thought. Little did I know, I was loading up on vitamin D, vitamin B and antioxidants for very few calories and plenty of flavor.

Just this summer I shared my new favorite burger recipe that contains absolutely no meat at all, instead using halloumi cheese and portabella mushrooms as a substitute for burger and bun. Turns out heaven on a bun is really fresh basil leaves and halloumi tucked inside two mushrooms. Gluten free and good for you.

In my family there is one mushroom holdout. He’s a smart lad despite his mushroom-hating tendencies and the only one of my children with the same eye color as me. (I always thought I’d have more than one brown-eyed monster, but instead the rest are all steely grey.) Still, he’s become quite adventurous at trying his mushrooms on for size, even when he doesn’t think he’ll like them, which is often half the battle.

To get Kjell interested in mushrooms, we love switching up how we serve them, and he’s found that he actually likes them prepared several different ways, including on homemade pizzas. Here are just a handful of ways to try mushrooms on for size:
::Beef Tenderloin with Red Wine Balsamic Mushrooms
::Potabella and Halloumi “Burgers”
::Spicy Mushroom Miso Ramen
::Portabella Mushroom Fajitas
::Roasted Mushrooms with Herbs

For National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, retailers across the country will be selling mushrooms in pink containers to raise awareness. The Mushroom Council has supported leading research and treatment facility City of hope since 2002 with $750,000 in grants towards their research and will be donating another $50,000 this fall. To find out more about City of Hope’s research into mushrooms slowing breast cancer cells, join us for the Mushroom Council #gno Twitter party on Tuesday, October 4 from 9-11p ET.

HOW TO ENTER TO WIN a Mushroom Council Prize Pack that includes:


1. Leave a comment letting me know how you support National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

2. Follow @FoodforMyFamily and @MushroomChannel on Twitter and tweet the following, and come back and let me know you did:

Win a @MushroomChannel Prize Pack from @FoodforMyFamily http://su.pr/22V58N #giveaway

3. Join the Food for My Family community on Facebook. Come back and leave a comment letting me know you did.

4. Join the Mushroom Channel community on Facebook. Come back and leave a comment letting me know you did so.

THE RULES:

This giveaway will run until Sunday, October 9th at 11:59 p.m. EDT and is open to all U.S. residents. A winner will be chosen at random using Random.org from all eligible entries. Each reader has 4 chances to win by completing the above tasks and leaving a separate comment for each entry method completed. Chosen winner must respond within 48 hours of notification to claim their prize. Good luck!

This post was sponsored by the Mushroom Council and Mom It Forward. The opinions are my own. I really do like mushrooms, and I’d rather have them for buns to my “cheese” burger than the alternative.

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  1. I support breast cancer awareness by trying to inform women that there are more options then just mammograms. That breast thermography and self awareness go a long way!!

    Those mushrooms look fab girl!

  3. My mother in law is actually a breast cancer nurse, so the thought of how to get women in for their screenings is a constant conversation whenever I see her. I pretty much will buy anything pink during the month of October, and just telling some of the MIL’s stories of prevention when people blanch at the idea of a mammogram really helps bring some folks around.

  9. I support National Breast Cancer Awareness month by being aware of the brands I buy and which ones donate proceeds towards Breast Cancer Awareness organizations, many practice this during the month of October

  12. I support breast cancer awareness month by reminding people to be aware of what they buy. Sadly, even products that have pink ribbons on them can be filled with carcinogens.

  18. My Mother-In-Law is a Breast Cancer Survivor. Every year I walk in our local Race for the Cure with her, my two young daughters, my own mother, and other relatives. It is important to me that my daughters start understanding and supporting this cause that has, unknowingly to them, touched their lives. They are still to young to understand the disease itself, but we have conversations every year around the time of the Race. They both recognize the Pink Ribbon and say, “Mommy, it’s the Race for the Cure!”

  36. Hi – love your blog, love mushrooms! I support National Breast Cancer Awareness month in several ways – by contributing funds to various medical research organizations, participating in fundraisers and by getting my annual check ups!!! Tweeted about your giveaway, like food for my family on FB and like the Mushroom Channel too… this is so much fun!!!!

  43. The corporate takeover of breast cancer really bothers me. I hope that the constant reminder of the month keeps people focused on prevention, detection and finding a cure.

  47. I’m in your boat. One mushroom lover, one that will only eat them on pizza. We serve them several times a week for the flavor and medicinal benefits, especially during cold and flu season since they boost the immune system!

    We support breast cancer research on many levels. My paternal grandma, aunt, and great aunt all had breast cancer at a young age. I’m hoping to reverse the trend!

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