Roasted Portabello Mushroom Pizza

November 5, 2010

And here a couple things you might not know about portabello mushrooms. First, they are actually small brown mushrooms (criminis), picked a few days later. I love criminis and find it so cool that if left in the ground for more time, they turn into these huge, “meaty,” treasures! And second, I’ve been told that one medium portabello mushroom has even more…

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