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Oyster Mushrooms Rockefeller

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Oyster Mushrooms Rockefeller is the most delicious vegetarian version of traditional oysters Rockefeller. Toasty, slightly-slimy mushrooms, garlicky, butery spinach, and crispy bread crumbs on top. This is a lovely side dish but also really nice on toast for an appetizer or lunch.

Oyster Mushrooms Rockefeller Recipe from funnyloveblog.com

FINALLY VEGETARIANS CAN HAVE SOMETHING SLIMY TOO!  

I know, you're welcome.  

So, if you've been reading for any length of time you know that Jay hates all mushrooms except for oyster mushrooms.  He says I spend too much on purses, and I'm like THEY'RE ALL THE SAME STOP BEING SNOOTY.  But also I love mushrooms and if this is the only kind I can get it's not...a dealbreaker, you know?  Not at all.  Jay also loves oysters and, if I'm being honest, I can eat maybe 2 before I'm totally done.  I like the flavor, don't mind the slime, but I have a fear of seafood grit aka dirt aka sand in my food.  If I get one teensy gritty feeling between my teeth I am DONE for the entire meal.  

I have no clue how to avoid grit in seafood.  I buy it at good places, I clean it how I think you're supposed to.  Mussels to me are the worst offenders.  What am I missing?  

So, we made Oysters Rockefeller, but with a big hunk of local mushrooms we found.  They're pretty classic - butter, spinach, parsley, garlic, bread crumbs and parm.  The mushrooms get roasted the in the drippings from the garlic (garlic butter, guys, garlic butter), and it's a side dish, salad, appetizer (over bread duh), or lunch.  You pick!

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Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms w/ Sweet + Spicy Marinara

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Say hello to your new favorite appetizer!IMG_6131

It's always a new favorite, isn't it?  

That's a good thing!  We used to play this game at dinner that my dad read about in US News and World Report or something (pretty much his favorite publication), and the game was that you all had to switch your regular seats with another family member and act like them for the entire meal.   It was hilarious and dorky and we still do it sometimes.  THAT game came from a study he read about just switching simple things in your life like your seat at dinner or where your bathroom trash can is.  It forces your brain to WORK through the lifespan, rather than go on autopilot for so many things, and it protects your brain from deterioration that can lead to dementia and Alzheimers.  

My point is this:  It's a great thing to make new foods and call them your favorite, it means you're GROWING.  Through sausage.   Probably literally and figuratively, but whatever.  

I made these sausage stuffed meatballs a few weeks ago for my friend Emily's bachelorette party (she's married now!  WHAT.), and it was decided that balls of meat in mushrooms were the new favorite thing FOREVER.  Until someone brings a new fav to the fold.  To prevent dementia.  I'll stop, let's cook.  

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