Breakfast
One of my favourite breakfast is left-over polenta with sauteed mushrooms & garden-fresh greens / herbs.
Yes, I’m the only one in my family who likes this, & I am just fine with that, it’s my special treat!
This breakfast comes together quickly, so gives you extra time to sit down, put the screens away and enjoy it properly.
As a general rule we don’t consume too much in the way of corn, however I do love polenta, so it does feature probably at least once month in our house.
Polenta: is ground cornmeal and cooks into a soft mash like consistency, it also sets hard so you can make it into polenta chips. It is a good source of carbohydrates and fiber, and it
does have a little protein too. It also contains small amounts of iron, magnesium, phosphorus & B Vitamins, the exact nutrient profile will depend as always on the brand or
where you source your wholefoods from.
Mushrooms: use whatever you can get your hands on, if you’re buying from markets always ask where they are grown, I’ve been fooled a few times at local markets, so know
you source or grow you own! I typically use Swiss brown button mushrooms, shitake & oyster as these are the ones grown and sourced locally in my region.
Swiss brown mushroom: Firmer and a little denser than white button mushes, they are the baby of the portobello family. The lend a stronger mushroom flavour for your dish, a richer,
deeper colour & they tend to hold their shape a little more too, making them better for stir-fry’s, kebabs, slow cooked meals & risottos. These guys are the perfect meat replacement in many vegetarian dishes too. They are readily available so should be fairly easy to source wherever you live. Best of all they are packed full of selenium & b-vitamins and also deliver
on fibre too.
Oyster Mushrooms: Sweet & delicate in flavour these beauties are generally white and pink in colour, however in the wild they have a more diverse colour portfolio. They grow on dead and decaying plants and present incredible, intricate soft gills growing outwards in beautiful oyster like shapes. Oysters can be easily grown at home, there are mushroom growing kits
available everywhere, a great activity for kids too! Oysters are one of the most cultivated mushrooms in the world, particularly in China, another reason to always double check
where your local selection are grown. Oysters contain more antioxidants than any other mushrooms, they are also a rich source of the amino acid ergothioneine. They also contain B
Vitamins, Fibre, Folate & Potassium.
