Magic Mushrooms for a Mad, Mad March
Who knew game day snacking could be so much fun? This recipe is an easy one to set out and let your friends nosh on as you cheer on your team on any given day of March Madness basketball. Making this mushroom appetizer is literally a one-step process (so easy!) but the fruits of your labor are like magic in your mouth. Plus, these ‘shrooms will look and taste like you worked so much harder than you did to make them. So now you’re a gourmand genius in your friends’ eyes! Hurrah! Now, let’s just hope your team wins so that it’s truly a magical evening…
Magic Mushrooms
Recipe by Addie of Addie’s Confetti Kitchen
1 cup balsamic vinegar
¼ cup soy sauce
¼ cup onion, finely diced
5 cloves of garlic, minced
1 tsp sugar
½ tsp salt
½ tsp pepper
½ cup extra virgin olive oil
½ cup canola oil
20 button mushrooms, 2 small containers, washed
Directions
Combine all marinade ingredients in a bowl. Add in mushrooms. Allow to sit and soak it all up for at least 6 hours. Serve with toothpicks!
- Adia Benson, known as Addie, was born and raised in Minnesota, where she spent cold winters playing hockey on her frozen over backyard and summers on her brother’s soccer team (the girl is competitive!). Although her career took her to a kitchen, she has remained a sports fan and finds any opportunity to host friends and family around a game. She has worked for the likes of Thomas Keller, Martha Stewart and in culinary innovation for two years at gravitytank in Chicago. She currently lives in Lake Forest, IL with her fiancé, Alex, and puppy, Paisley, and works at Prime Publishing overseeing the production of culinary content for web platforms and testing recipes that will be published in cookbooks beginning in 2017. Addie also runs Addie’s Confetti Kitchen, where, for the next month, she’s helping us make March Madness eats effortless, appetizing, and a whole lot of fun for everyone!
