Happy Dance Worthy Snack: Crispy Maitake Mushrooms with Seaweed Salt (Furikake)
Nurse's favorite snacking mushroom is maitake
As a novice nurse, I’ve researched books about eating unprocessed in 2024; I’ve made food diaries to track my eating habits and how my body responds to what I eat. There is good processing and bad processing. Good processing is intended to make foods palatable. Bad processing contains chemicals not helpful to the body. I will share the book recommendation below. It has chapters upon chapters on how to eat to avoid bad food processing. I will also summarize the tips here.
Mushrooms are known to have some anti-inflammatory properties. When prepared in a simple manner, it can be delectable, meaty, and well-flavored. My favorite snacking mushroom is maitake. I prepare the maitake mushroom with Italian olive oil, salt, and seaweed seasoning. Like mushrooms, seaweed is another ingredient that reduces inflammation in the body at the cellular level. See the recipe below.
SERVINGS: 1-2 PREP TIME: 1 min COOK TIME: 3-6 mins TOTAL TIME: 4-7 mins
Equipment:
Paper Towel
Baking Tray Sheets
Oven
Baking Tray
Plate
Tongs or Hands
Ingredients:
Seaweed Furikake Seasoning or any seaweed seasoning available to you
Salt
Italian Olive oil or your best eating olive oil
Remove the mushrooms from the fridge. Gently wipe away any dirt with a wet paper towel to clean them thoroughly. Place them on a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
Season the mushrooms generously with olive oil, salt, and seasoning.
Let mushrooms broil in the oven for 3-6 mins til crispy. Plate with the main dish of your choice or enjoy as a snack in a napkin or bowl.
Recommendations:
Eating these as a snack is so satisfying. It is so irresistible not to!!
Book recommendation about eating unprocessed in 2024! They say the gut is the key to all illnesses. Hippocrates popularized, “Let thy medicine be thy food.”
