These balsamic mushrooms over arugula and cheesy polenta dish is SO GOOD and perfect for a meatless Monday recipe! All the ingredients used to make this dish are from Door to Door Organics (organic grocery delivery) which I am obsessed with.
With my days and nights (and seemingly every minute in between) being scheduled with something or other that needs to get done (read: cookbook editing) I just simply don’t have time to spend hours upon hours grocery shopping (heck, I don’t even have half an hour most days). So when I discovered Door to Door Organics over a year ago (here is my first ever DTDO order), I thought it would be one of those things I would try to see how it worked, but in the back of my mind I really didn’t know if I would like it.
Then, week after week, I found myself loving the content of the boxes! I loved that I could actually go in have preferences of ‘don’t send me xyz’ or even that I could substitute certain fruits or vegetables with other ones. It was so customizable to what I was in the mood for. Beyond produce (and probably one of my all-time favorite features of Door to Door Organics) they have an entire store of groceries that one can purchase; everything from staples like flour/sugar/eggs/ etc., to more specialized items, like corn grits. Once a week I ask my husband if he wants anything specific because I’m placing my order. Then I go online and just order away. It’s SO EASY. Truly, I love the service. If you are a new customer and would like to give them a try, use code SWEETPHI15W to receive $10 off your first order, click here to sign up!
So as I was doing my weekly grocery shopping, I came across an organic mushroom medley that was on sale. The sampler of organic mushrooms came with a 2-pack of portabellas, 1/3 of a pound of shiitakes, and 8 oz of creminis (aka baby bellas). When they arrived I used them immediately to make this dish. I then proceeded to order the mushrooms again and make this exact same dish a week later because I was so in love with the flavor combination.
The mushrooms are cooked in a balsamic sauce with bold and rice flavors which are perfectly complimented by the cheesy polenta, and then the arugula ties all the flavors together with a peppery crispness. It’s a comforting dish, but also a springy dish because of the beautiful colors! And, since there’s no meat, it’s a wonderful meatless Monday recipe!
Balsamic Mushrooms over Arugula and Cheesy Polenta
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This post has been sponsored by Door-to-Door Organics, thank you for supporting the brands that make the Sweetphi blog possible, as always, all thoughts and opinions are mine alone.
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This is delicious vegetarian comfort food. I only tried polenta for the first time last year and I haven’t cooked with it much since. I am going to have to try this.
This is definitely a favorite vegetarian comfort dish of mine. And polenta is one of my favorite things as a side dish – it cooks super quick and is super delish!
What you did with the mushrooms we often do when we cook liver:) So we know how great the combination is, excellent work Phi!:) We also want to see how the gouda mixes with grits, sounds really good!
Can’t wait to try that one out!
Have a beautiful week ahead dear!
xoxoxo
Oh how interesting that you do that with liver -liver isn’t very prominent here, but if it’s anything like balsamic mushrooms and polenta, I would love it! Thank you as always for your lovely comments. Hope your week ahead is fantastic!
I’m pretty sure I’m moving to Wisconsin so I can be your “neighbor” aka constant companion/unwelcome house guest so I can eat all your creations. Another stunning recipe as usual! Love 🙂
I’m pretty sure I would LOVE having you as a neighbor and house guest, we could cook together 😉 Thank you so much for your lovely comment!
Hi Phi, just checked and I’m not in there area yet, love mushrooms and have prepared a mushroom and polenta dish before but this looks so much better. Thanks!
Oh that’s a bummer that they don’t deliver in your area, because Door to Door Organics service is so great! But this dish of mushrooms and polenta is sooo good 🙂
I have no words, I’m too busy drooling over those mushrooms and polenta!
Awe, you’re so sweet! Thank you for the lovely comment, seeing your name totally made my day 🙂
Umm yes please! I adore polenta, especially when it is cheesy and fabulous.
Polenta is the absolute best, isn’t it? I’m totally in love with the mushroom – polenta combo, it’s definitely worth trying 🙂
OMG! This looks amazing. Defiantly going to try 🙂 Thanks!!
Looks great. I love mushrooms and balsamic and will try this.
I think you’ll absolutely love this Jan!
I could eat that whole pan of mushrooms! Looks delicious dear!
Thank you so much, the mushrooms were delish!
I too love mushrooms and forage for my own when I can!
Your recipes sounds delicious and looks beautiful.
I so so wish door to door organicgirl were in my area. Boo!
I follow on Instagram anyway..
You forage for your own mushrooms? That’s crazy impressive!! So sorry they don’t deliver in your area, and thank you for following on insta (if I don’t follow you back could you let me know your username because I want to follow you!!)
This looks AMAZING Phi! Definitely going to make soon! Like tomorrow!! Love your site!!
I hope you love this dish as much as I do, it’s such a great Meatless Monday dish – thank you for the compliments on my site 🙂