Recipe: <!-- -->Arame Mushroom Pasta Salad<!-- --> | Whole Foods Market

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound fresh shiitake or button mushrooms, cleaned and coarsely chopped
• 5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
• 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• 1/2 ounce dried arame (about 3/4 cup), soaked 5 minutes in 2 cups cold water, then drained
• 1/2 pound farfalle (bowtie) pasta, cooked, drained and cooled
• 5 green onions, sliced
• 1 red bell pepper, cut into matchstick pieces
• 1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted
• 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh basil
• 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper