Marinated Mushrooms

I love marinated mushrooms. They are great for snacking on and for adding to salads. At Whole Foods, these bad boys are 7.99 a pound. You can make your own for much less with very few ingredients and just a short amount of time.

Ingredients:

2 16oz packages of whole white mushrooms (1 Quart)
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
2 cubes of Dorot Garlic  or 2 cloves of fresh
1 cube of Dorot Parsley
1 cube of Dorot Basil
1 TBS Penzey's Greek or Italian Seasoning
1-2 TBS of olive oil.

Clean and pull off stems from mushrooms.
Add a little oil and the garlic to a deep round high edge skillet ( I use a wok)
Add the mushrooms and the vinegar.
Let simmer until the mushrooms give off their juices 
Remove from heat and pour the mushrooms and the liquid into a class container
Let cool and then refrigerate. Use them as needed. They won't last long :)

Enjoy!

Antipasto on a stick

I whipped this up mostly from found items at the Northbrook, Illinois Whole Foods. The only thing that needs cooking are the mushrooms!

Ingredients:

• Pitted Green Olives of your choice from the Olive Bar or Bottled
• Abruzzo Dry Salami or any kind of Dry Salami- one stick sold in the lunch meat section. The width should be about an inch or so. 
• Marinated Gigante Beans from the Olive Bar 
• Roasted Red Peppers w/ Garlic - bottled
• Fresh basil
• Marinated ciliegine (cherry sized) buffalo mozzarella. - one container
• One package of white or baby bella mushrooms or marinated mushrooms from the salad bar.
• Marinated artichoke hearts - one bottle or from the Olive Bar
• Olive oil
• Bamboo Skewers - use small size or cut in half.
• Italian Seasoning.

Directions:

1. Clean mushrooms and toss in a table spoon or so of olive oil. Add Italian spices if you wish and salt and pepper. Skip this step and #2 if you purchased marinated mushrooms from the deli.
2. Put in a glass 8x8 baker and cook at 350 until soft and cooked down. Let cool.
3. Once the mushrooms are cool, start threading your skewers in any pattern you wish.  I like to leave some meatless for people who don't want the salami.

Enjoy.