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Mushrooms

Mushrooms are fungi. We know them mostly as spongy things with stems and caps with gills underneath. Not all mushrooms look that way but most edible mushrooms do have that appearance. Not all mushrooms are edible. Some are poisonous while some can have mind-altering effects.

Edible mushrooms are neither meat nor vegetable but, in cooking, they can be treated as either. For many vegetarians, mushrooms are substituted for meat to add bulk, texture and flavor to vegetables.

Mushroom broccoli stir fry

Mushroom broccoli stir fry

If you're a fan of Chinese beef with broccoli, this is the vegetarian version. Button and shiitake mushrooms were stir fried with broccoli florets, and tossed in a sticky …

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Baked bell pepper stuffed with rice, mushrooms and cheese

Stuffed bell pepper

Bell pepper stuffed with cooked rice, onion, garlic, paprika, mushrooms, cheese and parsley is drizzled with olive oil, baked and served in a shallow pool of homemade …

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Bean sprouts spring rolls (lumpiang togue)

Bean sprouts spring rolls

Bean sprouts spring rolls, or lumpiang togue as they are popularly known in the Philippines, are so named because bean sprouts (togue) is the dominant ingredient in the …

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