When I was a vegetarian, I ate a lot of stuffed mushrooms. They were usually the only semi-healthy vegetarian item on restaurant menus (as long as you asked them to halve the cheese – seriously, vegetarians don’t live off cheese) or when I went round to people’s houses for dinner, a lot of them didn’t know what to cook for a vegetarian, so stuffed mushrooms were always a safe option. Not that I was complaining, I was happy that they made something special just for me and stuffed mushrooms are so versatile, I never normally had the same filling each time I had one. So, you could say that stuffed mushrooms hold a special place in my heart. Or should that be stomach?
Whether you are a vegetarian, veggie curious, meat lover, or just looking for something new to make, stuffed mushrooms are for you! Mushrooms, especially big ones like portobello, have a really meaty texture that will keep meat eaters happy.
Despite no longer being a vegetarian, I still absolutely love vegetarian meals and I love stuffed mushrooms. One of the main reasons being, they are a great way to use up leftovers or vegetables that are on their way out. If you have some peppers and onions that need using up, they are ideal. If you have some leftover brocolli from dinner the night before (although the words leftover and brocolli never go together in our house), then that would go well in this recipe. Have a few bits of different cheeses that you need to use? Mix them together to put on top of the other ingredients. You can pretty much do whatever you want with this. You could even add meat if you wanted to, but some meat free meals are good. Because they are all done individually, you could add meat to those that just can’t have a meal without meat and keep yours meat free. Something for everyone!
Sometimes I have these with a big green salad, like I did today, or I have them with some brown rice, sweet potato or cous cous. This recipe is pretty low in calories, so if you are looking to have these as a meal, I would add some complex carbs to it.
Ingredients – Serves 2:
– 4 portobello mushrooms
– 2 yellow peppers, cut in to chunks
– 8 cherry tomatoes, halved
– 2 garlic cloves, crushed
– 1 tbsp olive oil
– A pinch of sea salt and black pepper
– 60g feta cheese, crumbled
– 4 basil leaves, chopped
1) Mix together the peppers, tomatoes, olive oil, garlic and salt and pepper and put in a baking dish and put in a pre heated oven at 200C/390F for 20 minutes.
2) Add the mushrooms to the pan and put everything back in the oven for 10 minutes.
3) Once cooked, put the mushrooms on a plate and put the pepper and tomato mixture on top. Sprinkle over the feta and basil and serve.
What vegetarian dish would you like to see a recipe for? Please leave a comment below.
Nutritional Information – per person:
Calories: 253
Carbs: 16
Fat: 15
Protein: 18
Fibre: 10
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Emily @amummytoo says
These look delish. I adore stuffed mushrooms but don’t get to have them often as my husband is allergic to them! Thanks for linking up to #recipeoftheweek. I’ve Pinned this and there’s a fresh linky live now. Hope to see you there 😀
Dannii says
Oh no! I don’t think I could handle being allergic to mushrooms.
Julie says
Lovely recipe, looks healthy and tasty.
Dannii says
Thanks! It really is 🙂
Mrs. Chasing the Donkey says
These looks great. I pinned this to try. I’ll just serve mine with a little more olive oil over the top 😉
Dannii says
Olive oil is always good 🙂
Carly says
Thanks for adding a low calorie meal. I really need to cut back my calories as I have been eating way too much, but I struggle for meal ideas.
Dannii says
Vegetarian meals are usually lower in calories.
Juliana says
Some healthy vegetarian Mexican dishes would be much appreciate here please 🙂
Dannii says
Okay, I shall work on it 🙂
Danielle says
I would love to see a healthy macaroni and cheese recipes if you could do that?
Dannii says
There is one on the blog already: https://www.hungryhealthyhappy.com/healthy-mac-and-cheese/
Camilla says
Maybe some chopped up jumbo prawns would be good with this? I love prawns and feta together.
Dannii says
That sounds really good.
Tamsin says
*Licks the screen*. Another great recipe hunni.
Dannii says
Thanks!
Annie says
I wish I liked mushrooms, but I just can’t get over the texture.
Dannii says
I have heard a lot of people say that. They do have an odd texture.
Stacey says
That has gone straight on the meal plan for next week. Thanks Dannii!
Dannii says
Enjoy!
Andrew says
Great recipe! I am going to make this for my wife tomorrow as it seems fairly simple, and healthy and I am not the best cook. Hopefully I can make this.
Dannii says
They are really simple to make, I am sure you will do a great job.
Ellie says
I am a vegetarian and I love stuffed mushrooms too. I did laugh were you put that vegetarians don’t live off cheese. I am sure most people that that they do as everything is dripping with cheese in restaurants usually.
Dannii says
It is terrible isn’t it. I think restaurants are starting to get a bit more creative.
Karen says
Veggie curious – haha, I am going to start using that.
Dannii says
Good isn’t it 😉
Liz says
I love your food photography Dannii. What camera do you have?
Dannii says
I have a Nikon DX
Jean says
What a wonderful recipe. I wish I was as creative as you to be able to come up with all these recipes. But I suppose I don’t have to be, as we have your blog to give us all these recipes. Thank you.
Dannii says
Thank you. I didn’t always used to be as creative.
Erin says
A brocolli and Stilton stuffed mushroom would be amazing. Great idea!
Dannii says
Yum! That is one of my favourite soups too.
Amy says
Yummy! I am going to make some of these tomorrow. I would have to add some meat for my boyfriend though, as he is one of those people that just can’t have a meal without meat. It really annoys me.
Dannii says
You never know, you might surprise him with this!
Lauren says
Thank you for adding more vegetarian recipes. Could you add some more vegan ones too?
Dannii says
Yes, there will be more soon. Most of my vegetarian recipes are only not vegan because of the cheese, which you could always leave out.
Michelle says
They look so good!
Dannii says
They taste good too 🙂