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Chicken Stuffed Mushrooms

Chicken Stuffed Mushrooms

These Chicken Stuffed Mushrooms are the perfect hearty appetizer for your next party!

Mushrooms are great for you and they are full of vitamins. I love them and I cook with mushrooms a lot. They’re very versatile and are perfect for stuffing. Portobello Mushrooms are one of the most commonly consumed mushrooms in the world and are a source of B vitamins, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, and copper. Read more about the health benefits of mushrooms.

Chicken Stuffed Mushrooms

Should I wash mushrooms to clean? Do no rinse mushrooms caps or stems with water! Mushrooms are like sponges and will absorb liquid quickly. Instead, just use a damp paper towel to remove excess dirt.

As always, I try to use pasture raised chicken and organic veggies when possible. A pasture raised chicken is a bird raised in a natural environment, allowed to roam freely, and fed on a varied diet. Chickens raised on a pasture have access to fresh air, sunshine, and open fields. Research has shown that pasture-raised chickens have higher levels of beneficial nutrients such as omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin E, and beta-carotene than conventionally raised chickens.

Chicken Stuffed Mushrooms appetizer tastes best served hot and will disappear as soon as it hits the table.

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Chicken Stuffed Mushrooms

These are the BEST EVER Chicken Stuffed Mushrooms! You can also add pretty much any veggie or protein to the stuffing.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Appetizer, Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 10

Ingredients
  

  • 20 medium-sized baby Bella mushrooms
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • ½ pound lean ground chicken or turkey
  • ½ medium sweet onion (finely chopped)
  • 8 ounces cream cheese (regular or low fat)
  • ½ teaspoon dried thyme
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ cup Colby cheese (grated)
  • Salt and black pepper to taste
  • Fresh chives for garnish (chopped)

Instructions
 

  • Wipe down the mushrooms with a damp paper towel. Remove the base of each mushroom and finely chop them.
  • Preheat the oven to 350°F. In a large skillet add olive oil over medium heat. Then add the the ground meat and cook it for about 4 to 5 minutes until it's cooked through. Add the onions, chopped mushroom bases, spices, salt and continue to cook for a few minutes.
  • Stir the cream cheese into the meat mixture. It's ok if it's still warm.
  • Fill the mushrooms with the filling mixture. Really pack it in there until the mixture is mounded on top of each mushroom.
  • Place the stuffed mushrooms in a baking dish or baking pan and sprinkle each mushroom with Colby cheese.
  • Bake mushrooms for 20 to 25 minutes. Garnish with chives and serve while warm.
Keyword chicken stuffed mushrooms, mushrooms, stuffed mushrooms

Avocado Tuna Salad

Avocado Tuna Salad

A super easy recipe ready in minutes, this Avocado Tuna Salad recipe will quickly become a lunch favorite. Swap the mayo for avocado in this healthy lunch recipe that you and your whole family will love. Avocado is the perfect substitute for mayonnaise in tuna salad. It has the same creamy texture and paired with the protein from tuna you’ve got yourself a well balanced meal.

Avocado Tuna Salad

Avocado
Avocados are exceptionally nutritious fruits and are a concentrated source of healthy fats and fiber, plus a number of vitamins and minerals. Nutritious, versatile, and delicious, avocados have become a kitchen staple in many homes around the world.

Great article about tuna: Health Benefits of Tuna.

The avocado gives this Tuna Salad recipe a healthy and highly satisfying creaminess without needing mayo. The lime juice and cilantro give this tuna salad an incredible fresh flavor.

Avocado Tuna Salad

This salad couldn’t be simpler to make. Just have everything prepped and chopped and simply add all of the ingredients to a medium-sized bowl. Toss to combine, taste, and season with more salt and pepper if needed.

All our salad ideas: salads page.

Avocado Tuna Salad

This easy and healthy tuna salad comes together in 10 minutes or less, is made with simple pantry staples, and is full of flavor.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Course lunch
Cuisine American
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 2 5 oz cans wild albacore tuna (drained and flaked)
  • ¼ cup red onion (finely chopped)
  • ½ English cucumber (chopped)
  • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 avocado (cut into about 1/2 inch cubes)
  • 1 jalapeño (without seeds, chopped)
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • ¼ cup fresh cilantro (chopped)
  • Salt and black pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Add all of the ingredients to a medium-sized bowl and toss to combine. Taste, and season with more salt and pepper if needed. Serve on a toast, pita bread, over lettuces, or in lettuce boats.
Keyword avocado tuna salad, salad, tuna salad

Easy Blueberry Lemon Cake

Easy Blueberry Lemon Cake

This Blueberry Lemon Cake makes a lovely brunch or anytime cake. It has a tender, delicate crumb, and the flavor is extra bright thanks to lemon zest and freshly squeezed lemon juice.

Easy Blueberry Lemon Cake

This Blueberry Lemon Cake is just what you need for serving for a crowd and it makes a lovely spring or summer dessert. Blueberries and lemon go perfectly together! And, it is so quick and easy to make.

Don’t forget to toss the blueberries in flour so they “float” in the cake batter, as opposed to dropping to the bottom of the cake pan during baking.

Blueberry Lemon Cake – ingredients and substitutions:
This tasty Lemon Blueberry Cake is made with very basic ingredients but there are a few of the ingredients that can be easily substituted:
Blueberries – You can use fresh or frozen blueberries.  And, you can use another berry variety like chopped strawberries, raspberries, or blackberries.
All purpose flour – feel free to use a really good quality 1-1 gluten free all purpose flour.
Sour cream – you can replace sour cream with Greek yogurt.
Olive oil – you can replace it with a vegetable oil.
Lemon zest and lemon juice. I think the fresh lemon is a must for this cake.

Easy Blueberry Lemon Cake

I use a springform pan with parchment paper on the bottom for baking this cake.
What is the purpose of a springform pan?
Springform pans eliminate the risks associated with removing cakes from traditional pans. They’re a kitchen essential for producing flawlessly smooth cheesecakes, perfectly crusted tarts, or intricate ice cream cakes without damage to their tops, bottoms, or sides.

Easy Blueberry Lemon Cake

Easy Blueberry Lemon Cake

This Blueberry Lemon Cake features a moist and fluffy cake bursting with tangy lemon and juicy blueberries throughout.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

  • 2 large eggs (room temperature)
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 lemon (zest and juice)
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • ⅓ cup light olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon sea salt
  • 2 cups fresh blueberries
  • 1 teaspoon all-purpose flower (for blueberries)
  • 1 teaspoon powdered sugar (for dusting, optional)

Instructions
 

  • Oil a 9" springform pan and line the bottom with parchment paper. Preheat oven to 350˚F.
  • In a small bowl, toss the blueberries with 1 teaspoon of flour. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together 2 eggs with 1 cup sugar. Add sour cream, oil, vanilla, lemon juice, lemon zest and combine.
  • In a small bowl, whisk together: flour, baking powder and salt until well incorporated.
  • Add flour mixture to the batter 1/3 at a time, letting the flour incorporate with each addition and continue mixing just until well combined.
  • Add the flour-dusted blueberries to the batter and, using a spatula, fold until evenly combined.
  • Transfer the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top. Bake at 350˚F for 45-55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Let cake rest in pan 15-20 minutes before removing the ring.
  • Run a thin spatula around cake edges to loosen from pan, then transfer to a cake platter. Cool and dust with powdered sugar, if desired. Slice with a serrated knife.
Keyword blueberry lemon cake, cake, dessert