Mushrooms are a super healthy food packed with iron

This post was originally published as  Mushroom Love by Laurel on Health Food blog.

During vacation I caught one of Jamie Oliver’s food shows, Jamie at Home, on the Food Network and it was an episode all about mushrooms. Jamie knows a guy who’s a wild mushroom expert, and the two of them went out in the woods to pick fresh wild mushrooms for the recipes. One of my favorites was a simple mushroom bruschetta that they made sitting right in the middle of the forest with a portable sauté pan. Awesome. My sister and I were drooling over it!

Mushrooms are a super healthy food packed with iron, zinc, fiber, antioxidants, and more. They are low in calories and make a great substitute for meat (such as a portobello mushroom burger). Research shows they have strong anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties as well as several other disease fighting benefits.

Here’s a link to Jamie’s Ultimate Mushroom Bruschetta. I made it last weekend using a mix of shiitake, portobello, and oyster mushrooms. I left out the parsley and used extra fresh thyme leaves since I had it in the house. I also used whole grain bread and a small pinch of red pepper flakes instead of a dried chili.

Mushroom Bruschetta, recipe by Jamie Oliver