Portobello Cannellini Boats

Planning to be out in the early evening, I knew I needed a plan that could be ready beforehand. There was a jar of leftover cannellini beans in the fridge, and I had recently bought two Portobello mushrooms. Thinking I might have a guest for dinner, I thought better of cooking the mushrooms as 2 mushrooms... This would make my guest feel they were intruding on our dinner-for-two. So here's what happened. I got to thinking about ports, and canals and Italian painters and well...  These turn out to be an amazingly good source of fiber and protein for just a wee bit of calories if that matters to you!

Portobello Cannellini Boats

233 g Cannellini beans (about a cup)
33 g fresh parsley (1.5 c chopped)
5 cloves garlic
14 grape tomates (more if you want)
35 g sweet red pepper (one lobe)
2 good sized Portobello mushroom caps
4 teaspoons Miso (I love the adzuki bean miso for this)
2 crushed rye-sesame crackers

1. Mash beans in a good sized bowl. Cut Portobello caps in half. Chop parsley finely, along with garlic, and red pepper. Cut grape tomatoes in half through their diameters. Crush the 2 rye crackers.
2. Peel off 4 leaves of savoy cabbage and place in oven pan with tin foil, putting the mushroom halves inside the curl. Mix together all the other ingredients with the miso - I used a teaspoon for each serving, so 4 teaspoons. Use a spoon and take care not to crush the tomatoes.

3. Plop the ingredients in a large cohesive blob onto the mushroom. This can sit, covered and wait until you are ready to bake it at 375F, covered for 10 minutes and uncovered for 30-35 minutes. Construction takes less than half an hour.

Portobello Cannellini Boats Nutrition Facts Serving Size: 1 Boat (714g) Amount Per Serving % Daily Value* Calories 248 12% Total Fat 1g 2% Saturated Fat 0g 1% Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 0% Sodium 384mg 16% Total Carbohydrate 52g 17% Dietary Fiber 22g 87% Sugars 15g 0% Protein 16g 32% Vitamin A 24% • Vitamin C 338% Calcium 24% • Iron 22% * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calories needs. courtesy of cronomieter.com using my data.

The whole dinner was a lovely combination with Brussels sprouts served in a blood orange and onion sauce made with tahini, agave and a drop of ume plum vinegar, and a side salad of sliced beets, watermelon radish, chopped enoki mushrooms, cucumber, almonds and nicoise olives with a light dressing of tarragon balsamic vinegar with water and a drop of tamari.