Dinner Together: Portobello pizzas
The kids like pizza. They like hamburgers (at least the taste, if not how they're made). Portobello mushrooms taste a bit like hamburgers, are high in niacin and potassium, and can stand in for pizza crust. Portobello pizzas will make us all happy, right?
Well, maybe they'll make your family happy.
Even though we tucked the spinach for their pizzas under a bigger mound of cheese than you see in this picture, the children were less than enthused. And they didn't touch the broccoli or the sweet potato.
I was sorry that they missed out on the easy homemade pizza sauce...
that we found and adapted from recipezaar.com. My husband put it together in about 20 minutes, and it tasted much better than the bottled sauces I've tried. But if you're in even more of a hurry, a bottled sauce would be just fine, too.
Leah says she might be more willing to eat a portobello burger. Stay tuned.
Portobello Pizzas
Makes 5 small pizzas
Sauce:
One 5 ½ ounce can tomato paste
1 cup water
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon dried oregano
1/8 teaspoon dried basil
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Portobellos:
5 large portobello mushroom caps, gills scraped out with a spoon
½ cup baby spinach leaves
¾ cup low-fat shredded mozzarella cheese
Combine ingredients for the sauce in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Turn down the heat and simmer gently for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
When sauce is finished, spread on each of the portobello caps. Top with spinach, then cheese. Bake for 5-6 minutes, until the cheese has melted.
Note: The sauce recipe doubles easily, so you can make a larger batch to keep on hand for another night.
Per serving: 107 calories, 8 grams protein, 4 grams fat, 2 grams saturated fat, 12 grams carbohydrate, 3 grams fiber, 9 milligrams cholesterol, 3 milligrams fiber. Analysis by registered dietitian Jodie Shield.
(Photo by me)
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