Thanks so much for the puppy love yesterday! For every comment I kissed Koda bug’s little nose. She loved the extra attention!
So by now I guess everyone realized the time changed… if you haven’t, I’m sure you boss has loved having you arrive an hour early for work 
One lovely side effect of the time change is that the sun sets mid afternoon. OK, not exactly, but it feels like it! Since there is no natural light when I make dinner (yes, I actually take pictures of my recipes when I’m about to eat them… I’m not as hardcore as the bloggers that make dinner mid-afternoon to be able to shoot it in quality lighting), the pictures for this Thanksgiving side dish aren’t the greatest.
I apologize. I’ll work on it. (Translation: Hubbs, please make me a light box!)
However, the side dish itself is pretty tasty (if you like mushrooms, obviously). The sage is the dish really screamed HOLIDAY FLAVOR to me, and even though mushroom may not be traditional, I think it would be a hit at the big meal!
Sautéed Mushrooms with Caramelized Shallots
(From Eating Well)
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1 Tbsp canola oil
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1 cup cubed thick cut bacon
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1 cup thinly sliced shallots
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8 cups (1 1/4 – 1 1/2 lbs) mixed mushrooms (chanterelle, oyster, cremini, etc)
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2 Tbsp thinly sliced fresh sage
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1 Tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature
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1/4 tsp sea salt
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1/4 tsp pepper
Who is awake this morning? Because I totally forget to put the shallots in the ingredients picture. Oops.
I also ended up only using 2 of the 5. Anyone know what to do with leftover shallots?
Anyways, start off my cleaning, trimming and halving the shrooms.
Cube the bacon, slice the shallots and slice the sage.
Anyone else wish they lived in a cooking TV show where all the prep work was already done?
Heat oil in a large pan. Add bacon and stir occasionally until it begins to brown (3-5 minutes).
Add shallots, stirring occasionally until soft and brown (3-4 minutes).
Remove the bacon and shallots from the pan. Set aside to drain. Remove half the bacon grease from the pan and discard.
Into the empty pan, add your mushrooms. Cover and cook, stirring once for 3-4 minutes, until they begin to shrink.
Uncover and cook until all the liquid evaporates (1-2 minutes). Scrape up any brown bits off the pan.
Return the bacon and shallots to the pan. Mix together and cook for 1 minute.
Stir in sage, butter, salt and pepper.
Serve warm as a delicious, holiday side dish!
Makes 8 (1/2 cup) servings. Each serving has 91 calories, 5 g fat, 8 g carbs and 5 g protein.
Or add vegetable brown rice, and make it a meal (like I did) 
What’s your favorite food of Thanksgiving?
I love my Nannie’s dressing (or some people call it stuffing). It’s delicious!
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That mushroom dish may become my favorite.dinner.ever. For some reason, I just cannot stop dreaming in mushrooms!
My favorite Thanksgiving dish is probably a (well-cooked) turkey and mashed potatoes. I love your blog!
Looks yummy! Too bad I’m probably the only one in my family who would eat it, though…
As for the leftover shallots, here’s a way to use two of them with one of my favorite recipes: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/roasted-cauliflower-pasta-10000002012805/
I don’t know about you, but I get way more excited about the sides and desserts than the thanksgiving turkey! The dish I look forward to all year is sweet potato casserole! Come to mama!
My mom’s stuffing is my absolute favorite but we actually make a mushroom dish really similar to this (without the bacon, although I might add it after seeing this!) that I love too.
I’m all about the pumpkin pie. It’s probably my favorite food altogether, but I only have it in the month around Thanksgiving, that way it stays special. I always run a 5k on Thanksgiving morning to justify an extra slice after dinner.
I love mushrooms, so looking forward to trying this recipe, but where’s the gratuitous photo of that adorable baby? :-p
My mom was just asking me this the other day. Mashed potatoes for sure
This looks great! I’ve been on a major mushroom kick lately.
Tell your Nannie to cover her ears (eyes?) while I ask a blasphemous question…
Can I leave out the bacon? I’ve been looking for good vegetarian Thanksgiving recipes but I know bacon can be such a critical ingredient. What do you think?
Shallots can essentially be used like onions…so if you have a recipe that calls for onions, or you want to add a little onion flavor…just add the shallots.
I love all of the food at Thanksgiving! There are a few things that I ONLY make at Thanksgiving and Christmas time, so they are extra special and I look forward to them all year!
I love stuffing! The spices my aunt puts in it makes me so happy.
I think mushrooms would be an untraditional but great T-day side dish! I’m thinking of making brussel sprouts this year and the recipe I have has bacon. I’m not much of a meat eater, but I somehow think the without the bacon, the dish would lose all its flavor.
I’m totally suffering with the no sunlight when I make dinner too. haha. Yours don’t look bad though, really!
Those shrooms look YUM!
I love sweet potato casserole & stuffing.
That looks SOOOO good! My favorite is probably cornbread dressing b/c it is distinctly Thanksgiving. When I was little I loved corn pudding and butternut squash casserole (think 2 cups sugar! No wonder I liked it!).
Mmmm – I’d like it, but I know my family wouldn’t. I’ve got a hard group of 8 to feed this year – 1 very traditional eater (seriously, steak and potatoes every night and no lettuce unless it’s iceburg), 1 with celiac, 3 anti-mushroom, and 1 anti-most-veggies. Whew, this won’t be the foodie Thanksgiving for which I was hoping!
Yum–the mushroom dish looks delicious. My favorite “Thanksgiving” food has to be dressing with gravy. Pumpkin pie ir right up there too. Also love leftover turkey sandwich–on yeast rolls with pickles.
I’m quite surprised that you call it “dressing” as well! My family has always used dressing instead of stuffing. I guess its a Southern thing?
Shallots are a great alternative to red onion in a salad if you like that kind of thing. Dad grows them in his vegie patch so we always have a million and I use them in salads or in other dishes in place of onion. Yum.
I make this same mushroom dish, delicious!!! you should definitely try adding some white wine to deglaze the pan. its so good!
There is nothing wrong with your photos of your dinner. It’s still better than many others I saw.
“if you like mushrooms”
*Gasp* I cannot fathom people who do not like mushrooms! Their pretty much my favorite food ever!
I just read about Koda and I’m so glad she is okay! That sounds like such a horrible experience and I’m so happy your pup is all good now.
I’ve been having problems taking dinner photos too with the time change. I think your photos look really good though! Mine always come out really blurry when there’s no natural light.
The recipe looks awesome! I would add rice too to make it a meal. I love mushrooms :]
I can only imagine that your kitchen smelled wonderful…such fantastic and rich ingredients.
My favorite item for Thanksgiving is always dessert. My Nana always made the most scrumptious pecan pie.
I did have a question about feedings and naps for your baby. My baby is 3 weeks old and everyone tells me ( and I read) to feed a minimum of 8 feedings a day. Did you do this? When did you transition to less feedings? Also when did you begin to operate more on a schedule? Thanks for helping all of the other new moms out there!
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