May 17, 2016
(updated April 21, 2021)
I remember the first vegetarian restaurant I went to when I was in college. I became OBSESSED with how good veggies could taste and how it could be an entire meal… no meat. AH-MEEZING. While doing that full-time doesn’t work for my body, doing it part time works wonderfully. Eating plant-based has been so good for me in so many ways. It’s almost like magic how it can transform your health and happiness. Not to mention, I love being creative with vegetables, to think I was bored by them as a kid – how we grow so much wiser, eh? 🙂
One of the best dishes I could recall from my first vegetarian restaurant experience was a soy sauce mushroom dish… with some mysterious flavors I couldn’t grasp. It was the ginger melted into it, which I only realized it after I tried my hand at it a few times.
More recently, I’ve been trying to eat much less processed soy, and so I came across coconut aminos. What a great substitute! Totally soy-free, thank you once again, COCONUTS (for, ya know, everything). I cannot get enough! Anyway, you will not miss the soy here at all, it has that rich, dark, salty flavor and it works beautifully here.
Serve this as a side, a base, or on a table of tapas and you will be one happy plant eater. The seasonal spinach these mushrooms lay on is lightly steamed and it soaks up the pan sauce perfectly.
MY FAVE.
Also my fave? The feeling you get when you toast seeds or nuts without burning them. Somehow I always get distracted the second I stick something like that into the oven. You know, until that burning smell hits the air and you realize you just FAILED hard core. SIGH! Well I watched it like a HAWK this time, and it’s a super easy topping. So needless to say, I won this round.
Toasted seeds – 0, Me – 1
The taste combined with how simple and loving this dish is, makes it MAGIC in my book. XO
Oh and feel free to #putaneggonit
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6 comments
I love the combination of mushrooms and spinach. The perfect side for steak. This recipe will come in handy for New Year’s Eve.
This is really good! Packed full of flavors!
Mmmmmnnn! I like anything mushroom and this looks delicious.
I have a few friends who only eat a vegan menu, so I was excited to make this for them. We all loved it. It was easy to make and very tasty! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Alison, these look and sound absolutely amazing. I’m not sure why but I’ve never thought to put ginger in a simple mushroom saute. Bam, mind blown. Can’t wait to give this a try!
Yay! I hope you do. So flavorful but simple 🙂 xo