Shiitake Mushrooms are great to use year-round

I’m always excited when Canada asks me to write a guest post for their blog. Mushrooms are a staple in my kitchen and it’s always a thrill to put them in new recipes.

For today’s tourtière, I used lovely crimini to blend and extend the filling, while adding extra nutrition and flavour.

Mushrooms are great to use year-round, but especially in winter because they are the only vegetable that contains vitamin D. Bursting with antioxidants and cancer-fighting compounds, not to mention being low in calories, mushrooms play an important and delicious part of my culinary adventures in the kitchen.