Wild Mushrooms Italian

I cut parts of the recipe down a bit as one person cannot eat the full recipe w/out going insane, the correct amounts will be in () in case you're making this for more than just one.

1 (2) large onion -- chopped
1 (3) large red bell peppers -- I used a yellow one
2 T oil
1 container of mushrooms -- my grocery store had baby portobellas on sale
dried minced garlic to taste -- recipe called for 4 minced cloves
3 bay leaves
10 fresh basil leaves chopped -- I used a handfull of dried and it worked just fine
pepper
tomatoes -- calls for a 28 oz can of diced plum, I found real plum tomatos on sale
so I cut those up, I used an heirloom tomato I had and then 5 plum tomatoes

saute' onions and pepper in oil in a skillet until soft. I threw the dried garlic in as well to give it time to soften and infuse into the oil. Stir in mushrooms and saute' until mushrooms begin to turn brown.

Put everything into your crockpot and cook on low -- I actually set mine on high for about 4 hours and it worked just fine.

Notes:

I'm hoping that this will be a good side for the sour beef I've also made. I'm not a huge fan of bell peppers tho was assured by a friend that yellow, orange and red have a different flavor than green so I'm trying this.