Have you ever looked in your frig and saw several items that you needed to use within several days or you will have to pitch them? Well, that is what happen with me today. I saw a pack of baby bella mushrooms that I needed to use and some previously opened goat cheese.

If you like mushrooms and goat cheese you will LOVE this recipe. My daughter Lexi said “this is the best thing you’ve every made” 🙂 . It was so simple and only 5 ingredients, not counting salt, pepper and oil. If you have a different type of mushroom on hand, then by all means use that instead. If you don’t like the tanginess of goat cheese you can substitute with feta, cream cheese, marscapone, or an easy melting white cheese, like swiss, gouda, or fontina.

Also, in my frig, I had some crescent rolls, they still had a month on the expiration date but I know how easily that month creeps up so thought I’d use those as my dough. It’s already perforated into triangles so all you have to do is tear it apart and use how you like. Puff pastry would be just as wonderful to use, and preferable for me, because it crisps up even nicer and is flakier…but you work with what you got, and they were darn good with the crescent rolls, and bake a lot quicker too!!! If using puff pastry, just cut each rectangle into 8 triangles so you are able to roll it up to look like a croissant. Also, if using puff pastry, you will need to bake at 400 degree oven for 20-30 minutes, or until golden brown.

You will need:

• 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
• 1/3 cup shallots, chopped
• 16 oz of baby bella mushrooms, wiped down & sliced
• 1 tablespoon of fresh thyme
• Salt & pepper, to taste
• 4 ounces plain goat cheese
• 2 cans of crescent rolls, 16 count total

Steps:

1. Heat olive oil in a pan on medium-low heat and throw in shallots, cook for 1 minute.
2. Add sliced mushrooms and thyme, stir and cook until all the liquid has evaporated from the mushrooms, about 10 minutes.
3. Turn heat to low and season with salt and pepper, to taste, then add in cheese and stir until it’s melted and mixture is all combined and creamy.
4. Turn off heat and allow mixture to cool for 15 minutes.
5. In the meantime, pre-heat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit, clean up your dishes (clean as you go) and get out the crescent rolls 🙂 .
6. Gently tear crescent rolls at perforations and lay them out, wide end towards you, on your preparation area.
7. Dollop 1 to 2 tablespoons, depending on how big your triangle is, of filling at the top, wide end, of your dough and gently push filling forward about a couple of inches.
8. Roll up the crescent dough, from wide end to narrow end and place on a sheet pan (you will need two sheet pans for 16 pieces), leaving about a couple of inches around each roll.
9. Bake for 10-12 minutes and you are ready to eat!

Kali Orexi!