And just like that summer is over, at least for the kids. Off to school they went yesterday. Summer seemed like a blur for all of us. I am ready for autumn to arrive. I am ready to say goodbye to the humidity and heat, which has been pretty bad this year. Bring on the crisp days!
When I was food shopping with my daughter we found large portobello caps that looked like bowls. Which gave me a fun idea. Instead of bread bowls, why not mushroom bowls?
To fill the bowls I made a quick chili. Normally you cook chili over a few hours but as this doesn’t have beans, this can be made in less than a half hour. In a skillet heat up a tablespoon or two of olive oil and begin to saute a half pound of ground beef.
Chop about half a cup of red onion and a couple of cloves of garlic. Add that to the skillet.
After the onion starts to soften add a can of diced tomatoes (14oz) and bring to a simmer. Begin to season with chili powder, cumin, and sea salt and pepper. The beauty of this dish is you decide how much seasoning to put in. Some like it hot and some don’t. I would say the ratio of the chili powder to the cumin should be about 4:1. As we like it hot I added a dollop of hot sauce that I made along with chopped bell pepper.
Mix well and cook the peppers for a few minutes. Pre heat the oven to 400F/200C. Fill the mushrooms with the chili mixture.
Top with shredded cheese and bake until the mushrooms are cooked. You don’t want to cook the mushrooms so much that they collapse.
Top with sour cream and enjoy! This is a very easy meal to through together on a weeknight. And it’s a fun twist on the whole food for a bowl thing.
Absolutely brilliant!
Thanks!
Very clever and I bet delicious.
Thank you! I had the leftover chili as a dip for lunch. 😊
Love the idea of getting rid of the bread bowl and using mushrooms. Awesome idea!
Thanks! Definitely less heavy this way.
Aren’t you a clever lass! Fabulous idea.
Thank you! Having a blog does force you to stay on your toes and keep you creative. As you know! 😄
Now these look fun! Except that I’d probably eat a dozen of them… Wish the kids didn’t have to go back to school so early…
I know, they wish summer was longer too. Like year round, no school! 😄
Except always 70 degrees – no higher!!!
Exactly!
Love stuffed mushrooms, but these are much less pretentious haha. Great hearty bites!
Thank you! Possibilities are endless with stuffed mushrooms. 😊
Very clever idea, Virgina. This would be a perfect lunch to serve when I’ve both vegetarian and carnivore friends seated at the table. THe chili will be meatless but my carnivore friends won’t “miss” it. Everyone is happy — especially me. 🙂
Normally our chili is meatless as well. I prefer it that way but we had beef to use up. 😊