Rustic Italian Mushroom Bake
Add your favorite pizza toppings to these delicious baked mushrooms for a quick and healthy pizza night option!
Ingredients
- 20–25 medium-sized portobello mushrooms, cleaned + stems removed
- 1.5 cup pizza sauce
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese
- Variety of your favorite pizza toppings (banana peppers, sliced bell peppers, pepperoni, etc.)
- Fresh basil leaves – enough for one leaf per mushroom cap
- Avocado oil for drizzling
- 1 tbsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 400ºF and line a deep baking dish with unbleached parchment paper.
- Brush each mushroom cap with a light coating of avocado oil then lay gill side up in rows on the baking sheet.
- Lightly salt the mushrooms then place one small spoonful of pizza sauce into each mushroom.
- Top each mushroom with a pinch of mozzarella cheese plus additional desired toppings.
- Season with dried oregano.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes then remove from oven and place one basil leaf on top of each mushroom. Enjoy!