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Portobello Perfection

So Jen and I were doing our meal planning last week, and the new Green Grocer list came out and it had Portobellos.  Needing to make good use of this fantastic fungus the plan changed and we decided on a recipie from Everyday Paleo for Giant Stuffed Mushrooms.  Only things I changed about the recipie was I only used half an onion (had half left over from previous meal and didnt want another half sitting around that I probably wont use), I used bread crumbs instead of coconut flour (because Im not hard core paleo) and I didnt run it through a food processor.  Moslty because I didnt have one but secondly I like my food in a form most like what it started off as.  Relative I know when Im using ground meat but the chunks of all the other stuff was what I really cared about. I was little concerned because I have texture issues with celery and onions but it went just fine.  I actually made this on Monday night, knowing I would get back late Tuesday.  Jen put the pan in the oven as I was on my way back from a very important evening. I was a bit nervous, there were a ton of spices in there and a few I had never used but it came out amazing. "Best dinner yet award" from Jen.  Best bites were definitley the ones with portobellos in them, I ended up with a bit more stuffing than I had mushrooms for but it all got baked in the pan together.  All in all a good expieriment and one we will hit up again when we get portobellos in the box. 
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