Stuffed Mushroom Recipe

Three years ago, my cousin made stuffed mushrooms during Thanksgiving and damn, they were great! My mom and I loved them so much, we've made our own various versions of them ever since. We always mix it up; yes spinach, no spinach, add nuts, change the cheese. It's how we keep life interesting! This is the recipe for what I made the night of my dinner party:

Ingredients*

• 16 Crimini mushrooms
• 2 tbs. butter (or olive oil. To each his own.)
• 3 tbs. thinly diced onion
• salt and pepper
• 1/3 cup bread crumbs
• 2 cloves garlic
• Generous handful of spinach
• 1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese
• Extra virgin olive oil

Procedure
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with oil and lightly drizzle with olive oil.

Remove stems from mushrooms and thinly dice. Set mushroom caps on foil lined baking sheet.

Put about 2 tbs. of butter in a small saucepan on medium heat. Add onion and saute about one minute. Add bread crumbs and continue to cook until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste. Add garlic, diced mushrooms, and then spinach. Once spinach is completely shriveled, remove from heat and add as much blue cheese as you would like. I think I used less than 1/4 cup, to be honest.

Immediately** stuff mushrooms, 1-2 tablespoons, with mixture. Bake for about 25 minutes and serve!

*Measurements may be off!! I always eyeball it, and rarely use actual measuring devices, but I think I'm fairly accuarate. If anything, you might need a teensy bit more bread crumbs, but the rest is more for flavor so you can add or take away where you see fit.

**If you want to prepare in advanced and cook later, go ahead and cook the mixture as instructed. Then, allow to cool for about 10 minutes, stuff the mushrooms, and wrap in plastic. Then all you have to so is pop them in the oven just before serving!