Balsamic Brie Portobello Mushroom Pizza

As a follow up to my last post, this is another portobello pizza idea. I didn't find any recipes specifically using the portobello rather than the typical dough, so I meshed some of the existing portobello mushroom pizza recipes with recipes for brie and balsamic flatbreads. This is probably my favorite recipe so far. The best part of it is the low sugar balsamic vinaigrette I made substituting Truvia for regular sugar. It really tastes fantastic!!

Ingredients for Pizza:

- 2 portobello mushroom caps

- 1/3-1/2 red onion (may need more depending on the size of the mushroom)

- 1 cloves garlic chopped

- 2.5-3oz of Brie

Ingredients for Balsamic Vinaigrette:

- ¼ cup of balsamic vinegar

- 1 to 1 ½ packets of Truvia

- ½ to 1 tbsp olive oil

- 1/8 cup water

Steps for Balsamic Vinaigrette:

1. Mix ingredients in a bowl

2. You thought it would be much harder, no?

Steps for Pizza:

1. Preheat oven at 375 degrees

2. Clean the mushroom cap – remove stem (do this by grabbing stem and shaking), rinse the mushroom cap under running water while brushing your hand over it – remove excess dirt. Pat dry with a paper towel

3. Place mushroom caps on baking tray that was sprayed with Pam or some type of cooking spray. Spray mushroom caps as well.

4. Bake mushrooms for 5 minutes then remove.

5. Chop clove of garlic

6. Sauté your onions in your balsamic vinaigrette until translucent then remove from heat and pour excess vinaigrette back into bowl.

7. Fill your mushrooms with the sautéed onions and garlic.

8. Top your mushroom with the Brie cheese

9. Drizzle the remaining balsamic vinaigrette over the mushrooms.

10. Bake in the oven for 7-9 minutes.

11. Eat.

Nutritional Information:

Serving Size: 1 Mushroom Cap

Total Servings per Recipe: 2

Calories: 265.4 cal

Total Fat: 19.2 grams

Total Carbs: 16.3 grams

Dietary Fiber: 1.7 grams

Protein: 9.0 grams 

Portobello Mushroom Pizza - Traditional Recipe

So I've been obsessed with Pinterest.com lately. It's a great place to get ideas, gather recipes, and find some motivation! I came upon a recipe for a Portobello Mushroom Pizza which looked A-mazing and decided to try to make some. The whole idea is that the mushroom cap replaces the dough, which cuts out those pesky carbs. I did a little research and came across a bunch of recipes; I decided to combine a few and make some tweaks and came up with a pretty tasty meal...

PORTOBELLO MUSHROOM PIZZA - TRADITIONAL FLAVOR

This is the finished product!!

Ingredients:

- 4 portobello mushroom caps

- 1 jar of pizza sauce or marinara; I used L.E. Roselli’s pizza sauce since it had the best nutritional value.

- 4 oz of part-skim mozzarella

- ½ cup of parmesan cheese/three cheeses (parmesan, asiago, romano) – cheese is really to your liking

- 1 tomato

- 1 cup black olives

- 1/3 red onion (or whichever onion you prefer)

- 2 cloves garlic chopped

- Any other veggie or pizza topping you like

Steps:

1. Preheat oven at 375 degrees

2. Clean the mushroom cap – remove stem (do this by grabbing stem and shaking), rinse the mushroom cap under running water while brushing your hand over it – remove excess dirt. Pat dry with a paper towel

3. Place mushroom caps on baking tray that was sprayed with Pam or some type of cooking spray. Spray mushroom caps as well.

4. Bake mushrooms for 5 minutes then remove.

5. Prepare your veggies – chop, slice, etc.

6. Saute your onions until translucent then remove from heat.

7. Top your mushrooms with about 2 tbsp (I wouldn’t go any less) of pizza sauce, the sautéed onions, chopped garlic, and your vegetables.

8. Cover mushroom with 1-2 tbsp of parmesan/three cheese blend (obviously the less you put the less calories but it is pizza)

9. Top this with some mozzarella (your judgment)

10. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes.

11. About halfway through I did add a bit more sauce to the mushrooms.

12. Enjoy!!

Nutritional Value per Serving:

I dropped the ingredients into MyFitnessPal and came up with the following nutritional information...

Serving Size - 1 mushroom

Total Servings per Recipe - 4

Calories:159 cal

Total Fat: 9.1 grams

Total Carbs: 12.1 grams

Dietary Fibers: 2.1 grams

Protein: 10.2 grams

Inaugural Post...Hello.

I've been sitting in front of the computer for about 10 minutes trying to figure out a creative way to start this post....and this is what I've come up with. Haha! 

A little about me.....I'm a CPA (why I don't know...) in her 20s living in South Florida who's learning to live a little healthier and maybe just starting to enjoy life.  I started this blog just to document my journey toward a real lifestyle change and to share some tips, tricks, and recipes I've gathered along the way. And here we go...