So in an effort to eat healthier, I’m trying to limit my meat intake to once a day. Since most of the recipes I know require meat, I’ve been on the hunt for something vegetarian that’s not a salad but is tasty and will actually fill me up.
For my first dish, I came across this Roasted Portobello Caprese Salad recipe in Martha Stewarts magazine (hey it’s not my fault the chick who lived in this apartment before us doesn’t get her magazines forwarded). Anyway, it was definitely filling, I ate about 3/4 of this and an ear of corn and was stuffed for the night. I think I would add more balsamic vinegar and garlic, but otherwise this was delicious. Check out the full recipe below.
peace,
e.
Ingredients
8 portobello mushroom caps
2 garlic cloves
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
2 teaspoons coarse salt
Freshly ground pepper
3 medium tomatoes, sliced 1/2 inch thick
1 bunch fresh basil
8 ounces fresh mozzarella, slicked 1/2 inch thick
4 cups arugula
Toasted bread, for serving (optional) – I opted for homemade garlic bread (yum)
- Preheat oven to 400o. Place mushrooms and garlic on a rimmed backing sheet; coat with oil and vinegar. Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon salt, and season with pepper. Roast, shaking sheet occasionally for 20 minutes (we found this to be way too long, maybe 10 minutes is better).
- Flip mushrooms and garlic to recoat with oil. Add tomatoes; flip to coat in oil, sprinkle with remaining teaspoon salt, season with pepper. Roast until mushrooms are tender and tomatoes are soft, 20 minutes more (again only took us 10).
- Rub softened garlic into mushrooms. Please 1 mushroom onto each plate and top each with basil. Stack another mushroom and 1 mozzarella slice onto each. Layer more basil, 1 tomato slice, more basil, then another tomato onto each. Divide arugula among plates and drizzle with pan juices (we didn’t need to drizzle since everything was covered in pan juices aka balsamic vinegar). Serve with bread if desired (it was).
Per serving: 529 calories, 11g saturated fat, 25g unsatureated fat, 30mg cholesterol, 21g carbohydrates, 1,373mh sodium, 22g protein, 5g protein.
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Looks delish!