Red Bell Pepper & Spinach Stuffed Portabellas (Vegetarian)

"I tried the Vegetable Wellington on the cover of Vegetarian Times, but wasn't crazy about it so I kept messing around with similar ingredients. I finally came up with this and holy cow, is it delicious! This could be either a main dish or appetizer, depending on the size of the mushrooms. Please forgive me for not having exact amounts, I really just threw stuff in 'to taste.' I'm an inexperienced cook but pulled this off nicely. Any helpful comments are welcome!"
 
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Ready In:
25mins
Ingredients:
8
Yields:
4-6 large mushroom caps
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a small bowl, mix cream cheese with some of the prepared pesto. (However much tastes good to you!).
  • Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a pan.
  • Add red onions and red peppers, cook until tender.
  • Remove from heat. Toss in torn-up spinach leaves, let them wilt.
  • While onions and peppers are cooking, brush mushrooms with olive oil.
  • Add a nice sized dollop of cream cheese mixture, and then a spoonful of veggie mixture to each mushroom.
  • Roast mushrooms 10 minutes or so until they look and smell impressive! :).
  • Add a square of smoked gouda on top, cook a few more minutes until melted.
  • Enjoy!

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Reviews

  1. Might try again with a diffeent cheese, the smoked flavor overpowered the recipe
     
  2. We ate it, nothing spectacular. I added Mrs Dash to add more flavor
     
  3. Very tasty and easy to boot! I used Chive & Onion cream cheese since we had it on hand and added some extra garlic...otherwise followed directions. Wasn't sure what you meant by "roast the mushrooms" so I cooked them for 10 min. at 400 degrees which did the trick! Good job making up this yummy concoction!
     
  4. My daughter and I cooked this and we both thought this was wonderful. Easy and inexpensive gourmet meal that would be a treat for guests. It would be easier to place the mushrooms on a piece of aluminum foil before placing on the grill and it would probably not affect the flavor. Thanks so much for sharing this.
     
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