Oven roasted mushrooms with walnut pesto, under $5 under 20 minutes

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is dairy-free and adds a cheesy flavor.

walnuts

🥗Healthier: pumpkin seeds

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Pumpkin seeds provide healthy fats and are often less expensive.

Wipe the mushrooms gently to remove any dirt without washing them.

Drizzle olive oil on a baking sheet.

Remove the stems from the mushrooms and place them on the baking sheet, saving the stems for roasting.

Drizzle olive oil over the mushrooms and season with salt and black pepper.

Add thyme to the mushrooms for flavor.

Preheat the oven to 375°F.

Roast the mushrooms in the oven for about 15 minutes.

While the mushrooms are roasting, prepare the sauce by adding walnuts, garlic, and spices to a mini chopper.

Add a little balsamic vinegar and salt to the mixture and blend until combined.

After about 10 minutes of roasting, remove the mushrooms and collect the juices.

Add the juices from the mushrooms to the sauce to thin it out and enhance the flavor.

Slice the roasted mushrooms and mix them with the sauce before serving.

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