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Farro Stuffed Portobellos with Goat Cheese

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Who would stuff a mushroom with more mushrooms?  Melissa from Smells Like Brownies and I, that’s who, for our weekly vegetarian lunch get together.  Melissa had a ton of farro given to her by a neighbor that she needed to start using, and she was craving mushrooms.  So she found a recipe for balsamic roasted mushrooms with goat cheese to mix with the farro, yum.  You know how much we love goat cheese.  But then she thought, what if we put that inside of a portabella and grilled it?  And I said, why the heck not!  Mushrooms inside of mushrooms, people – it’s inception with fungi.

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Mix up some baby bellas and tomatoes with olive oil, balsamic, thyme, garlic, and red pepper.  Careful there – we thought we just added a pinch, but it turned out spiiiiiiiiicy.  Thank goodness for goat cheese, amirite?  Then roast those babies up.

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Once they are roasted, mix them together with cooked farro, spinach,and goat cheese and spoon the mixture into portobello caps.  The baby bellas are going inside the mamma bella!  No?  No one else finds that funny?  Just me?  Fine. (more…)

Brussels Sprouts Flatbread with Goat Cheese and Capers

Well Dined | Brussels Sprouts Flatbread with Goat Cheese and Capers

It’s been a while since I’ve posted a Smells Like Brownies & Well Dined vegetarian lunch team-up recipe, what with holidays and traveling and all.  Now I return to you with this delicious flatbread made with hearty whole-wheat dough, tender brussels sprouts sauteed in brown butter, creamy goat cheese, and salty Parmesan and capers.  So good.

Well Dined | Brussels Sprouts Flatbread with Goat Cheese and Capers

We called it a flatbread instead of a pizza simply because the toppings seemed more along those lines, and they were a bit loose and not glued down by cheese.  But it doesn’t really matter what it is called.

Well Dined | Brussels Sprouts Flatbread with Goat Cheese and Capers

I think brussels sprouts got a bad rap in the 80’s when everybody was boiling them to death, gross.  But when they are roasted until they caramelize or shaved thin and served raw – yum.  Here we saute them quickly in some brown butter and toss them with goat cheese and capers – double yum.

Well Dined | Brussels Sprouts Flatbread with Goat Cheese and Capers

Lots of freshly grated Parmesan goes on top (plus more when it comes out of the oven).  It’s just beautiful. (more…)