Shiitake Mushrooms

Hello! It's been a while... I saw a good deal on shiitake mushrooms at my local grocery store and so I decided to make some mushroom miso soup and mushroom risotto.

I've never cooked mushrooms before, so I learned a lot. For example, you want to separate the cap from the stem:

 I froze the stems so that I could use them in a soup base later

I boiled the mushrooms with my rice cooker

Used half of the mushrooms + water for a miso soup base

Used the other half of the mushrooms + water for a risotto