This may be in the top 10 recipes I have ever developed. Both of these stuffed mushroom flavors turned out incredible!!!
Stuffed and baked for 30 minutes at 375*. Delicious!
Lemon Almond + Smoked Bacon Stuffed Mushrooms
Ingredients
- 2 pints cremini mushrooms
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- LEMON ALMOND HONEY
- 4 oz log goat cheese
- 1 tbsp fresh rosemary
- 1 tsp honey
- 2 tbsp chopped almonds
- Zest of half a lemon
- Juice of half a lemon
- ¼ tsp salt
- 3 grinds around black pepper
- SMOKED BACON + SAGE
- 4 oz log goat cheese
- 2 slices bacon
- 1 tbsp fresh sage
- ¼ tsp smoked paprika
- ¼ tsp salt
- 3 grinds black pepper
Instructions
- Allow goat cheese to soften, either on your countertop or for a few seconds in the microwave. Place each log into two separate bowls.
- Preheat oven to 375*
- Rinse and dry mushrooms and line them in a pan. Drizzle on 2 tbsp olive oil and rub thoroughly to coat.
- Lemon Almond Honey: Chop almonds and rosemary. Zest and juice lemon. Combine all ingredients into bowl with goat cheese and mix thoroughly with a fork to combine. Stuff into half of the mushrooms.
- Smoked Bacon + Sage: Chop bacon into small pieces and pan-fry in a skillet until brown. Remove and drain on paper towel. Add sage to bacon grease and cook for 2-3 minutes, until sage begins to crisp. Drain with bacon. Combine all ingredients into bowl with goat cheese and mix thoroughly with a fork to combine.Stuff into half of the mushrooms.
- Bake mushrooms at for 30 minutes. Serve warm.
And even better with wine 🙂
I quickly finished up the recipe and headed downtown on foot to meet the new editor of Breathe for a meeting.
The walk was out-of-this world. I felt like I was strolling through a Georgia beach town – the air was balmy and warm and the breezes blowing. So beautiful!!!
I had a decaf cappuccino during the meeting and then padded home for dinner.
Of course the shrooms were repurposed for dinner! Can’t let anything go to waste. [I shared some with our porch crew too so they didn’t all go to waist either!]
I reheated the mushrooms in the oven for 15 minutes at 350* – they heated nicely!
They were served swimming in a sea of red lentils. I used to eat lentils all the time and forgot about them! They rock and are so delicious. These were cooked in a 2:1 water to lentil ratio with a half cup of leftover coconut milk, a quarter cup of tomato paste, and 1/2 tsp each of smoked paprika, turmeric, garam masala and salt. Some cinnamon and curry powder would do too!
Hiding on the other side was some simple steamed kale that I dressed in some tamari [soy sauce].
This meal’s flavors were random, but it came together so nicely!
Matt just installed our new programmable thermostat!!! And now we’re going to watch the SIMPSONS! I hear food blogging made a grand appearance 
Katie @ Raisins&Apples says
I hate when mushrooms get bashed—they’re one of my favorite vegetables and I can’t wait to put these on a holiday table! {or maybe a regular thursday table}
Emily says
Oh.my.gosh. This looks amazing!!! SO YUM!
lynda @ healthy hoboken girl says
I love the combination of flavors you used for the mushrooms! Sounds delicious…great Thanksgiving appetizer idea!
Enjoy the couch!
Sarena (The Non-Dairy Queen) says
Wow! Amazing! I never think to stuff mushrooms. I need to do that more often! Dinner looks amazing!
Lauren @ What Lauren Likes says
Wow! These look seriously amazing 🙂
Nicole says
I love mushrooms….I can eat an entire carton in one sitting. The stuffed mushrooms (subbing tempeh bacon) sound so tasty!
Hillary says
My dad makes such stellar stuffed mushrooms, but I’ve never given them a go. These look delicious!
lynn @ the actor's diet says
the simpsons episode is epic – and they eat at a lot of the places in LA i love!
Maryea @ Happy Healthy Mama says
I love stuffed mushrooms. Looks like a great combo of flavors. Nicely done! 🙂
kathleen @ the daily crumb says
i have been waiting for these recipes every since i saw your tweet this morning! wow. what an amazing flavor combination. the honey and almond look especially delicious.
enjoy the evening 🙂
Mahealani @ Beauty, Brains, and Balance says
If I could lick my computer screen I would. 🙂
Jen says
Do you DVR? I missed that episode…
thatShortChick says
love stuffed mushrooms! I find it rare to find decent recipes for them but these sound delicious and have unique combos of flavor.
Andrea says
These sagey shrooms HAVE to be on my Thanksgiving table! Looks awesome Kath!
donna says
Didn’t go to waste, not waist!
Amanda says
She was talking about her waist. So they didn’t go to her waist either!!!
KathEats says
Read it again!
Logan says
Ha Ha! I figured you spelled it that way on purpose!!! And who cares if you didn’t? 🙂 Those mushrooms look delicious to me!
Simply Life says
oooh great new recipes!
Ashley @ My Food 'N' Fitness Diaries says
Oh my, these shrooms look so so delicious! My husband would be in love with them, I have a feeling. Definitely plan on including this in my dinner menu soon!
Anna @ On Anna's Plate says
“Go to waist”– haha. Love that.
These both look delicious!
Jillian H says
Great post! Thanks, can’t wait to make these.
Becca says
The picture of the lemon-almond-honey “batter” has sage written on it, but then the ingredients list rosemary? Is sage then in both versions? Or is it rosemary in one, sage in the other?
KathEats says
Oh sorry – I made the recipe with sage but think rosemary would been even better. You could use either!
Gina @ Running to the Kitchen says
Ah, you used goat cheese! My fave 🙂
These both look absolutely delicious. I might add one of them to the Thanksgiving list!
Kelly @ Laughter, Strength, and Food says
Both of those flavors look delicious! I will definitely have to try both next time I need unique appetizers!…or when I want a snack for myself! 😉
Diana @ frontyardfoodie says
Those are so cute! I love the look of stuffed mushrooms but I seriously have a mushroom issue….texture? Taste? I don’t know, but it’s something.
I’ll just spoon the filling into my mouth. hehe
Larbs says
I kept thinking of a Georgia beach town all day today too!!!
KathEats says
Haha!
Brandy says
Hahaha! that’s funny because I haven’t seen a new episode of The Simpsons in YEARS, but my best friend had TiVo’d it for us to watch last night because he said the info reminded him of me, and I wondered why…. turns out it’s ’cause he has to listen to me talk about all the blogs I read all the time 😛 was a funny episode!
Maria @ Sinfully Nutritious says
The mushrooms look great. I just made a vegan version last week on my blog. I used Field Roast Apple Sage Smoked Sausage. They were a hit! Your mushrooms look soooo good, I want to make more now.
Have a great evening watching TV with your awesome hubby!
Katie @ Talk Less, Say More says
OH MY! Those look so delicious! I don’t do meat so I’ll skip the ones with bacon but I’ll be all over the lemon almond honey! 🙂
Averie @ Love Veggies and Yoga says
These look awesome. And I love it when you ‘write’ on pictures. Something about it..the graphics geek in me is drawn to them.
And the pictures and meal looks ‘fancy’ without being fancy…the wine, the white serving platter, the recipe…a very do-able ‘fancy’ meal. Thanks for the inspiration!
Jamie C. says
yum…. gonna have to give these mushrooms a go! had your sweet potato wedges tonight….DELISH!
katie @KatieDid says
Awesome recipe idea kath. The bacon sage ones are some of my favorite flavors all together. And dinner looks delicious! I never know what to do with lentils and they usually turn out incredibly bland.
[email protected] Kel Show says
Oh my! I could see the bacon and sage mushrooms as “croutons” on a butternut squash soup.
Thank you! Looking forward to making these!
[email protected] healthy helper blog! says
The lemon almond honey sounds fantastic! I would have never thought of that flavor pairing for stuffed mushrooms! And I love the idea of serving them over lentils! Ya can’t go wrong 🙂
[email protected] Notebok says
I love stuffed mushrooms. I like to make them pizza style too with all the typical pizza toppings stuffed inside. Delicious. I love how your repurposed them too.
Dawn @ Blonde on a Mission says
I’m just wondering about the bacon you used. With all the nitrates and additives + heaps of sodium that tend to be found in bacon, I stay away from it. Is this bacon better in some way?
KathEats says
This was local bacon from a farm here in Cville. I’m not sure about the nitrite content, but I’d rather choose local pasture pork than a mass-marketed version. I’ll see if I can find out more the next time I’m at the butcher.
Abby @ Abz 'n' Oats says
I love the font you used on the photos! 🙂 Do you know what it is called?
KathEats says
A Little Pot!
http://www.dafont.com/a-little-pot.font
Molly @ RDexposed says
The mushrooms look gorgeous and I don’t even care for mushrooms all that much.
~Christy @ wonderofallthings says
If a mushroom can be breathtaking, you’ve done it! I can only imagine how they taste! This is a sure thing for our next wine tasting! Thanks 🙂
emily says
Mmmmn, tasting looking ‘shrooms!
Random question: did you recently update your blog font? I just got my computer back from a repair and your site looks different (I’ve only been reading via GReader on my phone the last week) but I suspect it may be my new settings.
emily says
geez, tasting = tasty. I can’t even blame the computer for that one!
KathEats says
I didn’t – no!! Weird!?
Angel7 says
I wish I could grab one of those mushrooms out of the computer screen 🙂 They look fabulous!!!
http://faithfulsolutions.blogspot.com/
Elisabeth says
Yay for the thermostat! I wouldn’t be without one 😉
Heather H says
Wow, I don’t even like mushrooms, but those look so amazing that I would eat them!
jojo says
Can’t go wrong with goat cheese and mushroom!
I love that creativity of putting honey in the stuffing with almond. I bet it has a nice texture too. Something about creamy and crunchy together that I love….
Christine @ Oatmeal in my Bowl says
I will definitely take some of those bacon and sage ones, please! YUM! We have a party coming together this Saturday and I keep finding all these delicious recipes I want to make for it. Lets see if I can tackle them all. Actually, I think this will go great with the big thing of mac n cheese I am making. Okay, its on the menu. 😉 Can’t wait.
Alex says
I really want to eat some of the mushrooms you made. I’ve been thinking about mushrooms since i read this post earlier on! (You should bring me some) =)
Kelly @ Foodie Fiasco says
OH. MY. GOSH. I want those mushrooms.
Like, now.
Khushboo says
Those mushrooms look so delicious- love their meaty texture! How was the Simpsons episode? I can’t wait to watch it!
KathEats says
Hilarious!
J3nn(Jenn's Menu and Lifestyle Blog) says
I’ve been in love with mushrooms lately, so those just made our relationship extra spicy. Yummmmmmmmmm !!! Love the way they are floating in your lentils. I love lentils too and wonder why I don’t eat them more often whenever I have them.
Health Bee says
Wow, love the smoked bacon + sage recipe.
SD says
Me too!
Susan H. @ the food allergy chronicles says
Your mushrooms look simply divine! Perfect for the holidays!
Amanda says
The lemon, honey, almond combination sounds divine. I love mushrooms!
I think Boston currently has the balmy weather you experienced in VA yesterday. It’s 60 now, but should hit near 70 later today! Kinda rainy, but I’ll take these mild temps over freezing and sunny any day.
Cait's Plate says
Oh my – I could happily gobble up both of those!! They seriously look so delicious Kath. And I love the idea of putting them over a nice bowl of soup! That’s comfort in a bowl if you ask me 🙂
Chelsea @ One Healthy Munchkin says
These look amazing! Lately I’ve gained a whole new appreciation for mushrooms. I used to think of them as just a filler for pasta sauces and chili, but recently I’ve seen how they can really be the star of a meal. They have such a great flavour when you cook them properly!
Hope @ With A Side Of Hope says
Those stuffed mushrooms look incredible! 🙂 I’ve been loving mushrooms lately and these look like the perfect appetizer for a party!
[email protected] Broken Cookies Don't Count says
The mushrooms look great and I love red lentils. Great idea. I think I even have some in the pantry. Thanks for the idea!
The Mrs @ Success Along the Weigh says
Ooh the hubby would love these!
Sally says
Those lemon almond goat cheese mushrooms sound HEAVENLY!!
Jen says
Do you boil the lentils first and then add the paste and spices or just cook it all together at once?
KathEats says
All together in the pot and simmered – just like how I cook oats
Jules @ La Petite Maison Verte says
I never would have thought to make a sweet filling for mushrooms, but the lemon-honey-almond flavor really sounds divine! And of course it goes without saying that bacon + sage is a recipe for deliciousness! I’m seeing some stuffed mushrooms in my holiday-party future 🙂
Ashley O. @ The Vegetable Life says
I am DEFinitely making these for my holiday party! They look amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BeckytheRD @ Taste of Healthy Goodness says
What a fabulous looking, creative recipe! Definitely will “pin” this to my Pinterest board to make soon!
Ashley @ Coffee Cake and Cardio says
mmmm, I love stuffed mushrooms! Yummy!
Tee @ She Writes, Bites, and Window Shops says
Those look to die for! My mouth is watering just looking at them!
Julie says
Wow! Those mushrooms seriously look amazing! Can’t wait to make the bacon ones 🙂
Maria says
OMG these look divine! My boyfriend loves mushrooms, I will have to try them 🙂
Julia H. @ The Petite Spiel says
Wow, I never thought to put stuffed mushrooms IN something–genius, though! At first i thought you put them on pumpkin oatmeal and got REALLY confused…but those lentils look amazing! Mushrooms are so good.
Dominique says
Just catching up on your blog since the fiance and I just got our internet set up on Tuesday. I watched that episode of the Simpsons and laughed so hard. I tried to record a segment for Sean using my phone but the sound didn’t come through.
Your stuffed mushrooms sound delicious! I love mushroom and goat cheese and would never have thought to use them together.
Louise says
Would love to make those! What temperature should the oven be set to?
KathEats says
It says in the recipe: 375* 🙂
Louise says
Oops – sorry! I just looked at the last line in the recipe and saw it was blank 🙂
Hannah says
Thanks for your recipe. They were a bit time consuming for me, but totally worth it.
I made these ‘shrooms for a Christmas party last Dec, and they were amazing. Everyone gobbled them up, even two guys who don’t like mushrooms! (I wanted to make the lemon almond honey ones, but opted for a double batch of bacon since I thought they would be more popular with the group.) If you want a gourmet recipe for mouthwatering stuffed mushrooms, here it is!!! MMM.
Sarah says
They are sooo good! I’m a huge fun of mushroom, heading to the kitchen to make them NOW! Thanks for sharing! I had featured U in the post of Top 7 Popular and Tempting Appetizers on AllFreshRecipes. Wish the coming of more DELISH Eats!