Portobello Mushroom Benedict With Roasted Red Pepper Sauce

I made this yummy breakfast item a long time ago. I've been planning on making it again so I figured I would finally share this recipe with you. Its not only a great breakfast item but can be made into a nice dinner as well if served with some toast :) Its a very light meal with a lot of rewarding items.

Portobello Mushroom Benedict With Roasted Red Pepper Sauce

Make this "Cook Yourself Thin" recipe.

Serves 4
Calories per serving, portobello Benedict: 183
Calories per serving, roasted red pepper sauce: 70

For the portobello Benedict
4 portobello mushrooms, gills removed
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 garlic clove
2 10-ounce bags of baby spinach
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon lemon zest
Pinch nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
4 tablespoons Parmesan cheese

For the roasted red pepper sauce
1 4-ounce jar roasted red peppers, drained and finely chopped
3/4 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
1 ounce capers, drained
1 tablespoon parsley, chopped

1. For the portobello Benedict: Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Lightly oil a baking sheet.

2. Using an ordinary spoon, remove the gills from each mushroom cap and place the caps on the oiled baking sheet. Bake the mushrooms for 10 to 12 minutes or until tender. Remove from the oven and set aside.

3. In a small saute pan over medium heat, add the olive oil, garlic and spinach. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes, tossing occasionally until wilted. Add the lemon juice, lemon zest and nutmeg.

4. In a blender or small food processor combine the sauce ingredients and pulse until creamy.

5. Using a spoon, evenly distribute the spinach onto the 4 portobello caps. Top each one with a poached egg, some roasted red pepper sauce and some grated Parmesan cheese. Serve.

new little ways of drawing and creating...

I’m finding that I’m not very good with what I might call “bubble “words . I’m trying to draw out thick large font words but they end up looking poor and childish. I’m thinking I need to move away from this look and create something more stylized. Part of it to is that I’ve never had to create font without a computer or without a print out of the font itself. I guess I could print out found and arrange them as well to make them look nicer …but that would take a load of time. We will see. I’m almost done with Mondays. I hope to work on Tuesday’s food tonight and maybe have both up by tomorrow. I must say , I am enjoying this and I hope to move on to create some really great little pieces. Right now I’m doing of a lot of just testing what I can do and then I hope to have a solid look to it all .

New Art Project

I've had this idea for an art project. Partly because I'm bored , partly because its fun. I'm going to start creating a daily food dairy. But , instead of writing it out , I'm going to draw it out , creating a pieace of art with each food that I eat. I've already started Friday ( I will only be doing it on week days ) and I will be posting them on this blog, partly because I don't have my own place yet to be cooking as much and partly because I want to keep this blog updated as much as I can. So readers , please comment and help with ideas of ways I should draw the set. I think for yesterdays , I'm going to do something more of a line art. Friday is more about the text and testing out the process. Each food will be labeled and drawn on a post it . I can also only use the pens / markers at my desk . Alright , I think that is it . Enjoy.