Portabella & Goat Cheese Tower

This meal is honestly one of my all time favorites. Mega easy and and can be a side dish or the main event! Play around with all kinds of herbs you may have handy.  Try adding roasted eggplant, pine nuts or walnuts, and drizzle with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. For a beautiful dinner for 2.

Raw Mushroom Tower

Ingredients needed:

 one egg
 1 whole tomato
 eggplant{optional}
 2 large portabella mushrooms
1/2 cup goat cheese
1/4 cup almonds
1/4 cup cashews
1/8 cup parsley
 2 tsp thyme
 2 tsp rosemary      
 sea salt and pepper to taste


Directions

Rough chop almonds, cashews and herbs together. If you have a food processor this step will be be a cinch. Then transfer the mix to a bowl. Next drop the full egg in a separate bowl and lightly beat until smooth. Then you are going to roll out your goat cheese into a ball with your hands and drop it in the  egg batter, until the cheese is covered. Then transfer the cheese to the nut bowl and coat it with as many nuts as you can.  Assemble the portabella on a baking sheet, season it with salt and pepper, and olive oil, top the mushroom with eggplant if you are using it, and brush it with olive oil, salt and pepper. Then fresh tomatoes and the coated goat cheese.