I personally have never been a fan of stuffed mushrooms, but since beginning to eat ketogenically about 12 weeks ago, I have been trying to mix my cooking up a bit and try to embrace new recipes.
As a side note I've been enjoying adjusting some of my favorite recipes to be keto worthy! Stay tuned :)
Anyway, for this one I threw together some ingredients based on some random pinterest recipes. After a few tweaks and additions I think I have a winner.
Eating ketogenically has forced me to get out of my comfort zone and explore new options in the grocery store that fit into my new lifestyle. It's been a long journey to this point... but we will talk about that later.
Let me tell you, I think the sausage I stumbled on makes this recipe as good as it is. I chose "Mighty Spark Ground Breakfast Sausage" WITH BACON!
It's so easy if you can find this brand, if not, they are still great with pork sausage and some crispy bacon.
Ingredients:
16 mushroom caps (with stem if possible)
1 tbsp butter 3 oz bacon* 3 oz sausage*
*(Or substitute 6 oz of our favorite in this recipe: A Mighty Spark ground breakfast Sausage with Bacon)
4 oz Cream Cheese
1/4 c. Onion chopped 1 tsp paprika powder
Pink Himalayan sea salt to taste
Ground Black pepper to taste
How to:
1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit (200 degrees Celsius)
2. Fry up the bacon and sausage until fully cooked according to package instructions. After cooled, crumble the bacon and set aside with the cooked sausage in a large mixing bowl. Reserve the bacon grease in the pan. (Or cook up Mighty Spark bacon/sausage, separating into small pieces while cooking, and set aside in a large mixing bowl.)
3. Remove the mushroom stems from the caps and chop the stems into fine pieces. Chop onion into fine pieces. Add both to the reserved bacon fat and saute until tender (5 minutes), add the butter if needed.
4. Add the sauteed mushrooms and onions to the bacon and sausage mixture in your bowl. Add the remaining ingredients and combine. Salt and pepper to taste.
5. Coat a glass baking dish with cooking spray or a bit of olive oil. Place the mushrooms cap side down in the baking dish and fill with your mixture.
6. Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes or until mushrooms are golden brown.
7. Enjoy!
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