Stuffed Mushrooms

I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July! We spent the day at my mother-n-law's house with some family & friends BBQing then went to the local fireworks show which was amazing! Since most of our family is trying to watch what they eat we decided to make some extra lean hamburgers and Ball Park's Fat Free Franks. Let me just say that I am still surprised at how tasty the fat free dogs are and each one is only 1 WW point. Now, if you pair that with Sara Lee's 80 calories & delightful hot dog buns you have yourself a 2 point meal! I am completely in love with Sara Lee's low calorie breads at the moment and i'm not sure if i'll ever buy other hamburger or hot dog buns again.

Now for the good stuff. I wanted to make a super-delicious appetizer and I remembered a recipe I used to make for stuffed mushrooms and decided to play with it to make it diet-friendly. It was my absolute favorite stuffed mushroom recipe ever. It is so creamy, flavorful and now it's healthy! I don't think it gets any better than this. Here's the result:


Ingredients:
Vegetable Oil Spray
12 Whole mushrooms
2 Cloves garlic
1 Container Weight Watchers Reduced Fat Whipped Cream Cheese (8oz)
1/4 Cup Grated parmesan cheese
1 Tbsp. Sliced green onion
1/4 Tsp. Pepper
1/8 Tsp. Cayenne pepper
1/4 Tsp. Onion powder

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Spray your baking sheet or baking dish with the vegetable oil.

2. Coat a skillet with vegetable oil spray. Wash mushrooms and remove the stems. Chop the stems into itty bitty pieces and place into skillet.

3. Mince garlic and add to skillet.

4. Fry until the mushroom pieces are no longer moist. Remove from heat.

5. Mix together the mushroom/galic mixture, cream cheese, parmesan cheese, green onion, pepper, cayenne pepper & onion powder. Fill the mushrooms. It's going to look like they're overstuffed, but that's just how you want it!

6. Place in your baking dish and bake for 18-20 minutes, until mushrooms are a deep brown color and are looking nice and juicy.

7. Enjoy them.

Recipe Yields 6 servings

Serving Size = 2 mushrooms

Serving = 130 calories, 5g fat

WW Points = 3 pts per serving