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Australian Mushroom Festival 2023

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It’s Back-to-School time, which means schedules are about to fill up with science projects, after-school sports, homework, band practice, carpooling, and school discos.

Is your head spinning yet?

While life may seem chaotic and unpredictable, your meals don’t have to be.

We’ve taken the guesswork out of meal planning and rounded up a collection of easy, healthy mushroom dishes the whole family will love! (No school-age kids at home? No problem. You’ll still enjoy these simple yet delicious recipes!)

Tips to start:

  • Cut down time in the kitchen by purchasing pre-cut veg.
  • Blend mushrooms with meat to make meals go further (plus boost flavour and nutrition).
  • Opt for meals you can make ahead and freeze – freeing up your time during the week!

Creamy Mushroom & Bacon Triangles

Golden, flaky filo pastry filled with a creamy mix of mushrooms, crispy bacon, parmesan, and herbs. These bite-sized beauties are perfect for lunchboxes or after-school snacks. Best served warm, but just as delicious cold!

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Teriyaki Mushroom Sushi Rolls

 Swap out seafood for umami-rich teriyaki mushrooms in these fresh and flavourful sushi rolls. Paired with creamy avocado and crisp cucumber, they’re a perfect lunchbox or snack-time winner!

 

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Mushroom, Cheese & Vegemite Scrolls

A savoury Aussie twist on a classic scroll! Buttery dough (or easy puff pastry) rolled with umami-packed mushrooms, melty cheese, and a hit of Vegemite. Perfect for lunchboxes or an arvo snack.

 

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Mushroom Omelette Wrap

A protein-packed, veggie-loaded brekkie wrap featuring fluffy eggs, savoury mushrooms, parmesan, and fresh greens. Quick to make and perfect for eating on the go!

 

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The first ever Australian Mushroom Festival was held on World Mushroom Day weekend, Saturday 14 and Sunday 15th October 2023.

This event is a first for the AMGA and Australian Mushrooms, and was massive success with over 10,000 + mushroom-loving fans visiting the Queen Victoria Markets in Melbourne for the free family fun event.

Festival gowers stayed for hours to visit Mushroom Alley, watch the Mushroom Masterclasses on stage, and visit the interactive mushroom growing display to talk directly with an Aussie mushroom growers.

Click the video above to watch the highlight reel, or swipe through the image gallery below.

The highlight of the event was the Mushroom Masterclass stage that featured live cooking demo’s and educational talks by some of Australia’s most exciting foodie talent including Celebrity Chef Miguel Maestre, Simon Toohey from TV show ‘Freshly Picked’, MasterChef Alumni Dani Venn, Chef Jason Roberts, and Melbourne Business of the Year winner Hakim Halim from Ripe Cheese.

Each guest at the Australian Mushroom Festival also walked away with an Australian Mushroom tote bag and a gorgeous glossy mushroom magazine filled with summer entertaining recipes to try at home.

Special thanks go to Georgia Beattie, CEO of Bulla Park Mushrooms, who presented to the crowd on both days of the festival, and Costa Mushrooms who provided the interactive mushroom growing display.

The Australian Mushroom Festival included:

  • Mushroom Masterclass Live cooking demonstrations, hosted by celebrity chefs including Miguel Maestre, Simon Toohey, Dani Venn, Jason Roberts, as well as QVM's own Hakim the Cheesemonger and Australian mushroom grower Georgia Beattie. 
  • Mushroom Alley food vendors that served mushroom dishes such as mushroom truffle and cheese toasties, to mushroom pizza, and mushroom and chive donuts with sour cream.
  • Mushroom Coffee and Mushroom Bar with its very special 'Al Porcini' Draught and 'Fungarita' cocktails to quench the thirst of festival goers.
  • Interactive Mushroom Growing Display - with growing beds thanks to Costa Mushrooms. This was one of the highlights of the festival, for visitors to see first hand the unique growing priess of mushrooms, and talk directly with a mushroom grower.
  • Prize givaways, free mushroom samples, Australian Mushrooms showbags and cookbooks,
  • Live music, facepainter and even a mushroom juggler!

This event was partially funded by Hort Innovation Mushroom Fund marketing levy, and marketing funds from the AMGA. 

For more information about the festival, visit our dedicated website www.mushroomfestival.com.au

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Why Mushrooms Are a Great Choice for Growing Minds

Mushrooms contain a unique blend of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants that the whole family needs. Just one serving of mushrooms (3-4 medium button mushrooms) provides a quarter (25%) of your daily needs for essential vitamins like riboflavin, biotin, niacin, and pantothenic acid, while also contributing to folate intake.

Mushrooms are often celebrated as a superfood, delivering a powerful nutritional punch that’s different from common vegetables. Why? Because mushrooms aren’t actually vegetables – they’re fungi! This unique classification means they offer an entirely different range of nutrients, making them an essential addition to any diet.

A serving of mushrooms (3 mushrooms/100g) provides more than 20% of the daily needs for six essential nutrients: riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, biotin, copper, and selenium. Plus, if mushrooms are exposed to sunlight for just 15 minutes, they can provide 100% of your daily vitamin D requirements—something no vegetable can match!

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