Fun with Fungi

For Brian's birthday the girls and I bought him a mushroom growing box. He loves mushrooms and the girls and I firmly boycott them. So we thought this would be fun for him.

We started with a box and a small spray bottle.

And they just took off like wildfire. 

Before we knew it we had a mushroom garden in our playroom. 

So with that I figured I might as well cook something with it. 

Pesto, Tomato, Oyster Mushroom Pasta Dish

Ingredients

• About 8 ounces of oyster mushrooms trimmed
• 1 can petite diced tomato
• 4TB butter
• 2 cloves minced garlic
• One jar of pesto sauce (or 1/2 cup of homemade)
• 4 servings of your favorite pasta (I used spaghetti)

Steps:

1. Heat water to a boil in a large stock pot (for pasta). Cook until al dente. 
2. Trim the mushrooms to 2" pieces. Heat butter and garlic in large saucepan. Add mushrooms and saute 5 minutes. Turn up heat and cook mushrooms until they begin to brown. 
3. Add tomatoes and juice. Cook 2 minutes. Add pesto and turn off the heat. 
4. When pasta is al dente drain and add to the mushrooms. Turn to coat and serve with fresh parmesan and basil.