{"id":10004,"date":"2011-10-03T23:00:31","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T04:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crankymouse.com\/?p=10004"},"modified":"2011-10-04T08:32:24","modified_gmt":"2011-10-04T13:32:24","slug":"a-bit-of-mushroom-nutrition-and-something-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/2011\/10\/03\/a-bit-of-mushroom-nutrition-and-something-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bit of Mushroom Nutrition and Something for You"},"content":{"rendered":"

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!<\/em>
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\nI 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.
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Just this summer I shared my new favorite burger recipe<\/a> 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.
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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.
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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:
\n::Beef Tenderloin with Red Wine Balsamic Mushrooms<\/a>
\n::Potabella and Halloumi “Burgers”<\/a>
\n::Spicy Mushroom Miso Ramen<\/a>
\n::Portabella Mushroom Fajitas<\/a>
\n::Roasted Mushrooms with Herbs<\/a>
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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<\/a> on Tuesday, October 4 from 9-11p ET.<\/p>\n

HOW TO ENTER TO WIN a Mushroom Council Prize Pack<\/strong> that includes:<\/p>\n