Football Saturday

Last weekend, we were at a wedding and there were these mouth watering stuffed mushrooms. I asked Justin if he was able to try one but he replied, "No, I didn't get one but like 5 people asked me if I tried one." I was raving about how delicious they were. We decided to make our own version for football Saturday. I wanted some GF onion rings to eat as an appetizer as well while we cheered on MSU. (Similar to the hors d'oeuvres we enjoyed here.)

We pretty much followed this recipe here, but also added some spinach.

First, clean the mushrooms.

Pull/twist off the stems.

Finely chop the stems.

Wash and chop spinach.

In a hot skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil, 1 tablespoon of fresh garlic, and diced mushroom stems.

After a few minutes, add the spinach.

Meanwhile, mix 1 package of cream cheese, parmesan cheese, cayenne pepper, black pepper, and onion powder.

Stir in cooled spinach & mushroom mixture with the cheese mixture.

Spoon into each mushroom.

Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.

For the onion rings, we followed this recipe, but of course substituted GF products when necessary for the flour and breadcrumbs.

Cut onion and separate into rings.

Coat in GF flour.

Justin used the Cup 4 Cup GF flour from Williams Sonoma.

 Then he created an egg, flour, and milk mixture. The slices were then dipped in this new mixture.

Then you're supposed to let excess drip off on a wire rack. You wouldn't believe we don't have a wire rack so we improvised with a strainer.

After that it was time to coat in bread crumbs.

No bread crumbs for GF, so we substituted with corn flake crumbs.

Fry in oil for 2 - 3 minutes until golden brown.

 Take out and place on a paper towel covered plate and sprinkle with seasoning salt.

Ready to watch some football!

Both items were delicious and gluten free. I don't think they were the healthiest options but better than going out to eat anytime. Plus, we could enjoy the couch and my spartans. I still love sparty even if they didn't pull out a win.