Lion’s mane mushrooms are packed with health benefits. These shaggy white mushrooms make a great addition to your daily diet with research showing that they can help protect against dementia, relieve mild anxiety symptoms, and reduce your risk of heart disease. One of our favourite ways to have this mushroom is with lion’s mane mushroom coffee.

You can buy lion’s mane mushrooms at specialist grocery stores and farmer’s markets. However, you’ll get the best results – and the tastiest mushrooms – when you grow them at home. We’re sharing our tips and tricks on how to cook lion’s mane mushrooms with recipe ideas and advice on growing your own mushrooms at home.

These Mushrooms are quite hard to find within grocery stores and it is actually illegal to forage this mushroom in the UK, so growing yourself tends to be the easiest way to obtain, although big markets such as borough market will stock these.

Can I Grow Lion’s Mane Mushrooms at Home?

You can grow lion’s mane mushrooms at home using our mushroom growing kits. The benefit of our growing kits is that you’ll get the first crop of mushrooms within just a few days. The step-by-step instructions are easy to follow as a hassle-free way to grow lion’s mane mushrooms at home.

Our mushroom kits are made by a specialist small-batch mushroom farm with over 50 years of experience to guarantee the best taste and quality in every mushroom. Check out our guide on ‘What to Avoid When Growing Lion’s Mane Mushrooms’ for more tips and tricks.

See also our Ultimate Guide To Growing Lion's Mane Mushrooms - Our Lion's Mane Mushroom Growing Kit will allow you to easily grow 1kg of Lion's Mane Mushroom to enjoy.

How to Cook Lion’s Mane Mushrooms

The best way to cook lion’s mane mushrooms is to sauté them with a mixture of your favourite seasonings. Although commonly used for powders and mushroom coffee, lion’s mane mushrooms are one of the best adaptogenic mushrooms to add to your diet. They’re great to use as a meat alternative and can be air-fried if you’re looking to maximise its nutritional value.

1. Start your sautéed lion’s mane mushrooms by cleaning and slicing them. 
   
   
2. Place butter on a hot skillet and wait for it to melt before adding your mushrooms, tossing them to coat with the butter. Flip each mushroom  onto its alternate side.    
    
3. Add our preferred seasoning, such as garlic, to the pan and cook for a further 30 seconds, continuing to toss to combine.
   
   
4. Garnish your mushrooms with fresh parsley or salt and pepper.
   
       
   

Lion’s Mane Mushroom Recipe Ideas

Lion’s mane mushroom coffee is one of our daily essentials and a great way to boost your energy and focus. Apoptogenic mushrooms like Lion’s Mane can balance the side effects of caffeine, whether you’re adding it to your morning coffee or using a pre-made mushroom coffee. Read more about the benefits of mushroom coffee on our blog.

Here are some of our favourite lion’s mane mushroom recipe ideas to suit all types of taste buds:

Mushroom and prawn aglio e olio

Creamy mushroom rigatoni pasta
Three  mushroom tagliatelle with garlic sauce
Mushroom  omelette with mushroom-infused salt         

Start Cooking with Lion’s Mane Mushrooms with Our At-Home Growing Kit

Lion’s mane mushrooms are rising in popularity in the UK as culinary delights with plenty of health benefits. If you love to cook mushrooms and want to focus on healthier recipes, our ready growing mushroom kits are the easiest way to have home-grown mushrooms – even if you don’t have a green thumb!

You’ll have your first cookable mushrooms in just days as our mushroom kits are already growing, taking all the fuss and stress out of growing lion’s mane mushrooms.

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