Mushroom Marinara recipe for Secret Recipe Club!
Time for another Secret Recipe Club post! For those who haven’t seen my previous Secret Recipe Club posts, this club includes a group of bloggers who are assigned a different blog each month and secretly make a recipe to post on their specified reveal day. I look forward to my assignment email every month and discovering new blogs. It is also fun to see what someone chooses from your blog.
This month, I was assigned A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures. The author, Christie, has been cooking her entire life. She learned by joining her parents and Nana in the kitchen. She started focusing on healthy eating in 2006 and her blog reflects this. You will find most of her recipes cut back on fat and calories when possible. Christie was also featured on Emeril Live for her Elegant Sweet Potato Skins. How fun! I picked her Mushroom Marinara this month, but have also pinned these recipes for later: Cevapi with Shopska, Coquito, Creamy Tomato Pesto Gnocchi, and Creamy Chicken Pasta with Leeks and Shallots.
This meal came together in under 30 minutes, perfect for a weekday lunch. It was also a great way to get my currently picky two year old to eat some vegetables. I chopped my mushrooms on the smaller side for Evan.
I used frozen basil since it is not currently in season and the basil at the grocery store still looked quite depressing.
Check out what everyone else made!
- Homemade Nutella from Fantastical Sharing of Recipes
- Spinach Pizza Dough from Hapa-tite
- Wasabi Cream Dip with Shrimp from Shockingly Delicious
- Oven Fried KFC “Copycat” Chicken from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
- Herbed Goat Cheese Souffles from Bewitching Kitchen
- Ginger Beef Stir Fry from Sew You Think You Can Cook
- Italian Sausage and Kale Lasagna from Flying on Jess Fuel
- Dutch Baby Oven Pancake with Blood Oranges and Blueberries from Lavender and Lovage
- Vegiladas- Vegetarian Enchiladas from The Wimpy Vegetarian
- Coconut, Ricotta & Cornmeal Tea Cake from 84th&3rd
- Orange and Rosemary Roasted Almonds from A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures
- Homemade Spinach and Cheese Ravioli from Enriching Your Kid
- Pistachio Dark Chocolate Toffee from Life on Food
- Australian Sausage Rolls from Making Miracles
- Hemp Cacao Protein Shake from Natural Noshing
- Smashed Potatoes from Chocolate and Chillies
- Banana Oatmeal Pancakes from Fearless Homemaker
- Chocolate Spice Cookies from A Day in the Life on the Farm
- Mini Mincemeat Pies from Lynsey Lou’s
- Lynsey Lou’s Brussel Sprout Slaw from Without Adornment
- Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas from I am a Honey Bee
- Dal Makhani (Creamy Kidney Bean and Lentil Stew) from Curious Cuisiniere
Mushroom Marinara Recipe
Adapted from A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures
Mushroom Marinara
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 5 cloves garlic chopped
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1 cup chopped cremini mushrooms
- 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 cup dry red wine
- 28 ounces pureed tomato
- 8 ounces uncooked angel hair or other pasta
- Salt to taste
- 1/4 cup fresh basil thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- In a large skillet, drizzle oil over medium high heat. Once heated, add garlic and onion. Cook until just fragrant, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Stir in the mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally, until deepened in color, about 3 minutes. Mix in Italian seasoning and oregano.
- Pour in the wine, scraping up browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Allow to simmer until reduced by half, about 2 minutes. Stir in the tomato puree and reduce heat to medium low. Simmer for 10-15 minutes.
- While the sauce is cooking, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook until just tender, al dente. Drain.
- Season the marinara to taste with salt and stir in basil. Remove from heat. Serve immediately with cooked pasta and top with Parmesan.
Karen @ Karen's Kitchen Stories
That sounds so good, and the photo is gorgeous! Great choice!
karen278
You cannot beat a good home made sauce, and this looks SPOT On! Great SRC pick, Karen
Christie Campbell (@AKitchenHoor)
That sauce is so good. We make it often. Thank you for sharing those other recipes, too!
Emily @ Life on Food
A big dish of pasta would hit the spot with these cold temperatures. This sounds delicious and extra filling with the mushrooms. Happy Reveal day!
lk529
I thought Evan liked mushrooms! That goof.
Tara
He does, but the have to be chopped, not sliced. Gotta love two year olds.
Rebekah @ Making Miracles
That sauce looks WONDERFUL!! You can’t beat a good homemade marinara – works well for so many things! I really enjoyed having your blog to stalk this month!! 🙂
sallybr
Great twist on a classic sauce! I made a mushroom strogonoff once that turned out delicious, so I’m very fond of this type of concoction
have a great Reveal Day!
debbidoesdinner
Sounds excellent!! Love a good homemade sauce!
burntapple
I’ve seen more and more mushroom recipes popping up all over the internet lately. This marinara looks delicous and like something our family would enjoy. Great choice this month!
Wendy, A Day in the Life on the Farm
I love a quick homemade sauce for those busy nights when time is at a premium.
The Wimpy Vegetarian
What a wonderful photo of the sauce! It looks so good and tomato-y! Nothing beats homemade marinara 🙂
Jess @ Flying on Jess Fuel
Mushrooms are the best!! I bet they give this sauce a nice meatiness. Yum!
Melissa
I love a hearty homemade sauce, and with the addition of mushrooms in this one, it looks perfect! Great pick this month 🙂
Bean
Yum! This sauce looks amazing! It’s hard to beat simple yet delicious pasta meals!
hapatite
Yum, you’re making me hungry for second dinner! I always thought making marinara was hard, but you make it look easy.
Sarah | Curious Cuisiniere
I love the idea of adding mushrooms to the marinara. This would be a big hit in our house!
Tara
Thanks everyone!
shockinglydelicious
I can ALWAYS use another marinara recipe! Great SRC pick this month! (Sorry it took me so long to get here to comment.)