Mushroom Pizza (or Pizza-Stuffed Mushroom Caps)

Here's a recipe I've enjoyed for years and I wanted to share it.

Your needed ingredients are a package of Portabella mushroom caps, some shredded Italian cheese, and some prepared spaghetti/pasta sauce. My sauce is a leftover from making WAY too much one night, so I bagged it and froze it. Already loaded with veggies, spices, spicy Italian sausage - bonus.

You'll need to remove the stem and the gills from the caps before proceeding. Work gently with a small spoon, and get to work.

3 caps ready to go. I have them on an aluminum foil lined and sprayed cookie sheet...just to help my cleanup later.

Generously spoon your sauce into the caps. Go light or go heavy. It's all good.

Add cheese. Again, go light or go heavy.

All dressed and ready to go into the oven. I dressed these with a sprinkle each of Italian seasoning and some fresh cracked black pepper.

Bake in a pre-heated 350 degree (F) oven for 30-35 minutes. You should begin smelling them at about 15 minutes, but refrain from opening the door to peek. Every time you peek, you add 5 minutes cooking time.

Supper! A Mushroom Pizza and a side salad of mixed greens dressed lightly with ranch dressing. Satisfying and filling.


*This recipe can EASILY be adapted to a vegetarian or vegan diet with simple substitution of ingredients*

Got to reply to this. I thought it wa another mushroom pizza recipe, but after seeing the images while logged in... i wsh we had those big mushrooms too. love them.

oops, then i see this wasnt the natural health forum, so the images are there after all even when not logged in=). i sometimes missed images in other threads before when i am 'out', then when logging in realized days later i have read the thread before-- but didnt see the beautiful images right away-- because i wasnt logged in! thanks for the step by step photos.
lost_sheep, since u seem to love mushrooms too, have u tried some mushroom teas? i tried to find some on these recently, but have actually tried gano mushroom coffee only. you may wish to drop by the 'coffee, tea and smoothie' thread.

Lost_sheep, it is just a sublime receipe.

Sublime? I hadn't thought of it that way, but yes, I suppose it is. I wish it were easier to find the mushrooms more frequently here, but it isn't, so whenever I happen to see them in the grocery store and they are a decent price, I just have to get them and make this.