Sun baking mushrooms

An absolutely stunning Melbourne day... time to get the mushrooms out to sunbake! Wait, say what??

Did you know that mushrooms can produce their own vitamin D? Vitamin D is important not only for bone health, but also for immunity and mood!

Our bodies produce vitamin D when we expose our skin to the sun without suncreen. Exactly the same for mushrooms! Put your mushrooms out in the sun for 5-10 minutes, then your mushrooms will start producing vitamin D! The chemical process can take a while, so leave your mushrooms for about 2 days before eating. The vitamin D is heat stable, which means it will still be bioavailable in your cooking.

Some companies expose their mushrooms to UV light prior to shipping, so if you see a label 'Vitamin D enriched' on your mushies, you know they have been exposed.

One mushroom is equivalent to taking 1 vitamin D capsule - what an amazing super food!