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