Cheesy Quinoa Stuffed Mushrooms

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Fridays require serious pre-drinking planning.
Hair must be washed, booby top must be donned, and let’s not forget to delete your ex’s number from your phone so as to prevent that awful little phenomenon known as drunk texting. (Oh, the regret.)
Another important thing? Eating, bitch. Before you belly up to the bar and throw back a few, have the girls over and nosh on some of these cheesy quinoa stuffed mushrooms. They will make your tum smile.
Makes 16 servings

Ingredients

1/4 cup uncooked quinoa
16 large button mushrooms
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons finely chopped pecans
1 cup salsa
1 cup Go Veggie! Cheddar Shreds
2 Tbsp. Go Veggie! Parmesan, plus more for topping
1 teaspoon sea salt
2 Tbsp. finely chopped flat leaf fresh parsley

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Cook quinoa according to package directions.Remove stems from mushrooms and set aside. Place mushrooms on a nonstick baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, chop mushroom stems into small pieces. In a large skillet, heat oil and garlic with chopped mushroom stems over medium heat for 4 minutes or until garlic starts to brown. Add pecans, salsa, Go Veggie Cheddar Cheese Shreds, Go Veggie Parmesan and sea salt; cook for 3 more minutes. Add cooked quinoa and continue to cook, gently stirring for another 3 minutes. Remove from heat; transfer mixture to empty mushroom caps. Top with parsley and bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven; transfer to a serving plate. Serve warm with additional parmesan cheese.

Amie Valpone, Nutritionist and Personal Chef

Amie Valpone, HHC, AADP is the Editor-in-Chief of www.TheHealthyApple.com; she is a Manhattan-based personal chef, culinary nutritionist, professional recipe developer, food photographer and writer, specializing in simple gluten-free and dairy-free ‘clean’ recipes for the home cook.  Amie recently healed herself from a decade of chronic pain, exhausting every doctor in the country and Mayo Clinic; she shares her story of how Clean Eating saved her life and inspires you to clean up your food, too. Amie lives in Manhattan, NYC where she cooks for a variety of clients including celebrities and people with busy lifestyles who enjoy healthy, fresh food. Amie’s work appears on Martha Stewart, Fox News Health, WebMD, The Huffington Post, The Food Network, Glamour Magazine, Clean Eating Magazine, SHAPE Magazine, Prevention Magazine and many others. Visit Amie on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google Plus and Pinterest @TheHealthyApple.