Saturday, March 3, 2012

Recipes: Italian Night!

I'm watching The Godfather today for the first time, so I decided an Italian inspired menu and a little red wine would be necessary for dinner. Here are the recipes for a main dish and two sides.

Beef stuffed mushrooms
4 large portobello mushrooms (I clean out the gills, but you don't have to.)
2 red peppers, diced
1 onion, diced
1 tbsp. garlic,diced
1/2 lb. ground beef (I used 93% lean.)
1 can (15 oz.) diced tomatoes with Italian seasoning
1 tbsp. Trader Joe's 21 seasonings (If you don't have this, you can just use salt and pepper.)
Salt and pepper to taste
4 slices reduced-fat provolone cheese

Place mushrooms on cookie sheet and sprinkle with Trader Joe's seasoning. Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes. Meanwhile, saute onion, red pepper, garlic and ground beef in nonstick pan. Add canned tomatoes and salt and pepper to taste. Put mushrooms in a baking dish. Cover with ground beef mixture. Top each mushroom with one slice of cheese and bake until cheese is melted. Makes 4 servings.

Mashed 'potatoes'
1 bag frozen cauliflower
2 small yukon gold potatoes, peeled and diced.
2 cloves garlic, diced
2 tsp. butter
Splash of nonfat milk
Salt and pepper to taste

Boil cauliflower, garlic and potatoes until tender. Drain and return to pan. Add butter, milk and salt and pepper. Use a hand masher to mix together. Makes 4 servings.

Roasted veggies
2 zucchini, diced
2 yellow squash, diced
1 tbsp. Trader Joe's 21 Seasonings (Use Italian seasoning, salt and pepper if you don't have this.)
Sprinkle of salt
Cooking spray

Coat a cookie sheet with spray. Add zucchini and squash. Top with seasoning and salt. Bake at 350 degrees until just tender. Makes 4 servings.

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