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You know how frustrating it is when making a recipe and you don’t have all the ingredients? Now what if the ingredients are not your typical eggs, flour or sugar?
Last night I decided to make my “converted” Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookies. Converted in a sense that I took a previously unhealthy cookie and powered it up resulting in a recipe that requires some atypical ingredients. Unsweetened applesauce, toasted wheat germ and ground flaxseed.
Apparently I should have checked my cupboards better before starting this potentially doomed recipe since I was missing 3 of the ingredients.

Now to plan the replacements.
I replaced my natural applesauce with canola oil. Replaced my toasted wheat germ with whole wheat flour and replaced the 4 Tbsp ground flax with 1 egg.
Mixed it all together, threw them in the oven and hoped for the best.
They turned out delicious and remained a healthier cookie.

To be honest, I haven’t been a fan of these slimy fungi.  Basically they have been the nuisance that I have had to pick out of spaghetti sauce or move aside on pizza….or sometimes just eat trying not to notice them.  As I look back over my “mushroom avoidance” days, I realized why I didn’t like them – they were slimy, canned mushrooms.

In the last week I found myself meeting up once again with mushrooms, but in a slightly different situation.  Stuffed with cheese.  To my astonishment, I loved them!  But I must remind you they were stuffed with cheese, and to me cheese is close to the top of my favorite food list!    And the best part?  These mushrooms not only lower my cancer risk by boosting my immune system, but they are packed with potassium, riboflavin, niacin and selenium – what is there not to love?!

So here’s the lil’ stuffed mushrooms that I just can’t seem to get enough of:

Wash and remove stems on organic Baby Bella Mushrooms.  Marinate in light Zesty Italian dressing for a couple hours.  Remove from marinade and place on baking sheet.  Sprinkle with Italian blend cheese.  Bake in 250 degree oven until the cheese melts. 

Hope you enjoy them as much as I do!