Stuffed Mushroom Pizza

Stuffed Portabella Mushroom Pizza    Bariatric Friendly (My favorite meal)

    

Ingredients:

Portabella Mushrooms 

Olive Oil and Seasonings

grated Cheese

Munster Cheese 1 1/2 for each mushroom

Sauce of your choice: Cooking Sauce/Puree, Marinara Sauce, Bolognese Sauce

and Chili - Recipes are listed on this site.  1/4 - 1/2 cup full for each 

Take off Stems, Wash with water - inside and outside and Pat dry with paper towel . 
Leave sitting face down for 5 minutes

        

2.  In small Bowl -  3/4 cup Olive Oil,  a dash of  Salt, Pepper, Garlic Powder, Oregano and
tsp Grated Cheese, mix well.   The mushrooms will absorb a lot of  the oil mixture.  

3.  Brush outside of caps with a lot of  Olive Oil mixture.                         The mushrooms will absorb a lot of the oil mixture.
  Let sit for 2 min.

4.  Sprinkle Grated Cheese on inside of caps.

5.  Add 1 slice of Munster Cheese or Provolone Cheese

6.  Add your choice of Sauces:  Cooking Sauce add
bacon, pepperoni, veggies 

Bolognese left front, Chili Top

8.    

  Add more cheese on top.  Spray bottom of  non stick pan with Pam Olive Oil.               Place uncovered in 400 degree oven for 8 -9 minutes. 

     Until cheese is melted. 

 

9. Broil until crispy. 1 to 2 minutes.

             10.  Can be placed in container in fridge for about 4 days.
                 Microwave to warm up. 

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Stuffing & Stuffed Mushrooms or Stuffed Mushroom with shrimp

       


STUFFING:
3 bags of Arnold Seasoned Stuffing.
1 Large 48oz Can Chicken Broth. Less Salt .
1 onion finely chopped 
Italian Sausages -  4 Links
2 Pieces of Celery and their leaves
1 large apple.  Macintosh
6 pieces of Sundried Tomatoes - chopped 
1 small Zucchini- Peeled and diced small
3 jumbo Portabella Mushrooms- diced 
4 piece finely chopped garlic.
Paprika
Olive Oil
Seasoning: Salt, Pepper and Garlic Powder

Preparing Seasoned Stuffing

Use the cooking instructions from Seasoned Stuffing bags but replace the water for Chicken Broth. but 1st read below.

•  Place chicken broth in pot. Add finely chopped Celery, 1/4 cup of celery leaves, 2 TBS butter and 1/2  finely chopped onion.  Bring to Boil for 4 minutes 
• Then place Seasoned Stuffing in pot and stir, remove from heat and cover.

                

Prepping Sausage

• In a frying pan, Cut Sausage out of casing and Saute Sausages. When half way done, take out and chop them up then finish cooking with 1/2 finely chopped onion, garlic and Sliced mushrooms.
• Set aside.

          

        

 
Prep Apple:

• Peel and Chop an apple into small pieces.
• Place in frying pan and Saute in 2 Tbs of butter until golden.
• Set Aside

Prepping Zucchini and Sundried Tomatoes

• In frying pan add 1/4 cup Olive Oil and heat. 
• Add Chopped Zucchini
• Add Seasoning: Salt, pepper and garlic powder
• When Zucchini is 1/2 way done
•  Add chopped garlic
• Tbs of Butter
• Once cooked then Add Chopped Sundried Tomatoes
• sautee for about 1 min.
• Mix sausage, apple mix and zucchini mix together.

In large baking pan:

Place Stuffing in large baking pan and add Sausage mix, apple mix. Zucchini mix.  Mix everything in evenly. Sprinkle top with Paprika and bake on 375 degrees for 15 minutes. 
Broil for 1 - 2 minutes.

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Stuffed Button Mushrooms:
Recipe #1: Stuffed Mushroom with Stuffing  and Sausages
Recipe #2: Stuffed with shrimp scampi
Recipe #3: Look under Stuffed Portabella Mushroom Pizza Caps                                                      (you can make a few of them and then they can be cut up into 1/4 and served. Fast and easier to make)

Stuffed Mushroom with Stuffing and Sausages

Use the cooking instructions from Seasoned Stuffing bags but replace the water for Chicken Broth. but 1st read below.

•  Place chicken broth in pot. Add finely chopped Celery, 1/4 cup of celery leaves, 2 TBS butter and 1/2  finely chopped onion.  Bring to Boil for 4 minutes 
• Then place Seasoned Stuffing in pot and stir, remove from heat and cover.
• Wash and dry mushroom caps
• Cut tops off as shown below

       


Cook Sausage and place in stuffing. Stuff Mushroooms

Recipe #2: Stuffed Mushrooms with Shrimp

Ingredients:

Prepare Shrimp Scampi  (from this site.)

Fresh Mozzarella

Bread Crumbs,

Grated Cheese

1. Clean and Cut mushrooms as stated above in Recipe #1
2. Go to Shrimp Scampi recipe on this site .
3.  Prepare shrimp as suggested but add in small diced 1/4  Red Pepper.
4. Take shrimp out of Scampi wine sauce (set aside wine sauce) and Chop shrimp into small pieces. 
5. Place shrimp into mushroom caps. 
6. In small bowl place 1 cup bread crumbs homemade or 4C . Add 1 TBS grated cheese 
7. Pour in small amount of the scampi sauce to moisten the breadcrumbs, fluffy with fork. (don't press down.)
8. Sprinkle breadcrumb mix on top of shrimps that are in mushrooms caps. (you are not filling the mushroom cap with a lot of breadcrumb, just a covering)
9.  In baking pan: Add 1/4 cup of chicken broth to bottom of pan. Just enough to cover bottom. Not a lot. 
10. Place stuffed mushrooms in baking dish. 
11. Place small sliced piece of fresh mozzarella on top
12. Bake Covered on 350 degrees until mushrooms are cooked about 20 min.
13. Uncover and broil for 1-2 min. until crispy.  Watch it on broil.  Cooks fast!