Fresh Mushroom Salad: Recipe

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I love this Fresh Mushroom Salad recipe. The fact is I love mushrooms in just about any form. It’s also an especially nice salad on a hot summer day.

A few years back, while we were on a trip to France, we were served a fresh mushroom salad that I fell in love with. I ask for the recipe and how to prepare this amazing salad. I was given general information about how it was made, but nothing very concrete. When I came home, I did some experimenting and came up with this fresh mushroom salad recipe that almost replicated what we’d been served.

It’s such a lovely salad, and it’s so very easy.  This fresh mushroom salad recipe is now in my favorites file.  So here it is:

Fresh Mushroom Salad

Fresh Mushroom Salad, findingourwaynow.com
Ingredients:

  • 4 cups trimmed, cleaned, and sliced White Mushrooms
  • 4 cups trimmed, cleaned, and sliced Crimini Mushrooms
  • 3/4 fresh flat-leaf Parsley leaves (stems removed)
  • 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1/2 cup fresh Lemon Juice
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 3/4 shaved Parmesan cheese

Directions:

Mix the sliced mushrooms and parsley in a large bowl. In a small bowl, whisk together the oil and lemon juice until well blended, then add salt and pepper to taste. Pour the oil mixture over the mushrooms, and toss until all the ingredients are well coated. Add the shave the Parmesan on top. Lightly toss and serve.

Notes: To simplify this recipe further, I buy a 10 oz bag each (2 bags total), of Crimini & White Mushroom already cleaned and sliced which amounts to 8 cups of mushrooms. I also buy the Parmesan cheese already shaved and ready to go.  Equal amounts of olive oil and lemon juice may seem wrong, but it is important to the overall taste of this dish.

Fresh Mushroom Salad, findingourwaynow.comThis fresh mushroom salad is a great side dish for any meal. It can be made ahead of time if time is a challenge. Sometimes I’ll just have this for lunch with some good quality cheeses, a homemade baguette and crisp white wine such as a Pinot Grigio.  This is especially nice on a hot summer day when you’re searching for something a little lighter.  This dish is a yummy alternative.

Time to eat…

If you enjoyed my “Fresh Mushroom Salad,” check out the Ambrosia Fruit Salad, Pea & Cheese Salad and Caprese Salad by Susan. Enjoy.

P.S. Take a moment to check out and purchase some of the tools I used for this “Fresh Mushroom Salad” below. 🙂

  • I am not fond of mushrooms. I like the morel mushrooms (the ones you pick in the woods) coated and fried. Other than that I avoid them like the plague. Not sure why… just always been that way. 🙂 Looks wonderful though. I Pinned and Tweeted it.

    • UHH!! i should post that recipe or something like it, don’t you think?

      I very much appreciate your comment and support my friend. I realize not everyone loves fresh mushrooms, but if they do, this is a really good one. 🙂

  • Martin Casper

    Susan…another winner. I am printing this one…can you say YUMMY!

    • WOO! HOO!, another mushroom lover. You will really like this recipe, party because it’s so easy but also because the taste just divine. When you try it?… let me know what you think. 🙂

      • Martin Casper

        Possibly next week. My wife subscribed to your blog as well! Best Regards, Martin

  • Kozmo1211

    Wow, this sounds right up Tyler’s alley…. He is my budding foodie and will love this recipe…Thanks for another great one….

    • It’s really yummy. It’s also super easy. Let me know how it turns out when he tries it. :)))

  • Awesome. I look forward to hearing how it turns out and how you liked it. :)))

  • Mandy Allen

    An excellent starter with crusty bread too, or a light lunch for a summer’s day. Lovely recipe, and added to my list of foods to try out! Thanks for sharing.

    Enjoy the journey.

    Mandy@ http://www.mandyallen.com

    • You”re right, it would be a great started. I’m glad on your try list. let me know when you do. 🙂

  • It absolutely looks delicious. The thing is, I don’t like mushrooms, and I’ve just given up cheese. I wonder how this might taste with – heaven forbid – tofu? :)))

    • You know? That may actually work. add a few more aromatic herbs and I think you have something there. Let me what happens if you give it a try. 🙂

  • Gina

    Looks delicious. I was curious about a mushroom salad too, because have you ever had a mushroom that was cooked and the texture is just wrong? Maybe it is just me and my wierd texture phobia.

    • It’s very good. The lemon juice and Parmesan cheese make all the difference. To answer your question, not often but sometimes when they’re old they don’t do well in any form. 🙂

  • Alan Gray

    The crimini mushrooms are interesting, I love that taste and texture. The lemon juice is interesting, I’ll ask Sally yo try that (she makes much better salads than I do) The photo is great, I love it.

    • I like the combination of white and crimini mushrooms. The amount of lemon juice and olive oil are the keys in the recipe. I can’t wait to hear what you think.

      Oh, and thanks for the compliment on my photos. I’m working hard to improve my photography skills. 🙂

  • While I do not like Mushrooms I couldn’t help but think this looks heavenly! 🙂

    • This recipe may change your mind. It is really good. Give it try, who knows, you may be a convert… 😀

      • It’s very possible. I did convert to loving peppers! 😉

        • You just never know…. if you do… please tell me… VERY BIG 🙂

  • A.K.Andrew

    Fantastic recipe & so simple! Thanks for this one Susan

    • Hi A.K., Thanks and you are so very welcome. :))

  • Isn’t it amazing how adding parmesan makes almost everything delicious? Use it a lot and love the taste!

    • I’m not sure what I would do without Parmesan cheese. It would be a very dull cooking world without it… LOL. It is especially good in this salad. 🙂

  • Bindhurani

    Nice recipe Susan.

  • Jeri Walker-Bickett

    I love mushrooms! Even a non-cook like me can be tempted to try to whip up an actual recipe once in a while. I’ll have to pin it so I can come back to the reciple later.

    • This one is killer easy and killer good. Let me know when you make it. 🙂

  • Hi Susan, you dropped by my dog’s blog MUTTerings and Things. Now that I see you have a blog you MUST check BlogPaws out b/c it’s a community of pet lovers all of whom are bloggers. You don’t have to be a pet blogger. We have conferences each year, monthly twitter chats, a newsletter and lots of communication regularly.

    BTW I LOVE LOVE LOVE this recipe for this salad! Linda

    • Hi Reba, How cool, I will be checking that out.

      I am so glad you love my recipe. Come back and tell me about it when you make it. :-)))

  • bellybuttonblues

    Yummmm! I’m always on the lookout for something easy and healthy. Thanks.

    • I love this recipe. Have fun with this one & thanks for stopping by. 🙂

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  • This mushroom salad sounds and looks so good. I’m definitely adding it to my recipe list.

  • Jacqueline Gum

    As much as I love mushrooms, I’d never thought to serve them as a salad, rather than in a salad. This looks and sounds delightful! I can’t wait to try this one!

  • That looks absolutely delish! MUST TRY!

  • I love mushrooms and this one looks so good and so easy. Will make it this week and let you know how mine turned out. Looks like another winner.

  • I really love mushrooms too, and crime is are great. But this looks delicious with the shaved Parmesan and parsley as well. Thanks so much Susan:-)