Corned Beef & Cabbage Stuffed Mushrooms

 

Transform your leftovers from St. Patty’s Day into a delightful bite-size snack! Stir together chopped corned beef, colcannon (or mashed cauliflower or mashed potatoes), cooked cabbage with some cream cheese and Irish cheddar, stuff into baby bella mushroom caps, top with a bit more cheese then bake and 15 minutes later you will be munching in high style.

These little bites were an after yoga craving. Sometimes I come home from yoga absolutely STARVED. I don’t think this morning’s yoga class was terribly hard or anything, but maybe it was a harder workout than I thought because I really needed some good hearty food in my belly after got home! I thought about the corned venison in my fridge and that sounded awfully good, mixed up with some braised cabbage (I used my butter braised cabbage … recipe here!) and baked into baby mushroom caps with melty cheese. Oh man …. my mouth was drooling a bit just thinking about it. My cauliflower colcannon hopped out of the fridge and wanted to join the party, so I stirred some of that in as well. (If you don’t have cauliflower colcannon about, substitute mashed cauliflower or mashed potatoes … use what you’ve got!)

I was so hungry I was literally chowing down on a bunch of the cabbage and the corned beef too before I’d even started finished mixing up the filling. Then I was stuffing bunches of the filling in my mouth! I managed to get six mushrooms stuffed and into the oven, though, which was quite a feat given how good that filling was tasting … I am glad I munched on some filling, though, because that gave me enough strength and patience to take some photos after the mushrooms came out of the oven.

My basil plant is flowering so I threw some pretty basil flowers and a couple leaves on top for garnish. I really loved the flavor of the basil on top of the cheesy beefy goodness. (Hey, you gotta pick the flowers when they appear or the basil plant will think it’s done and die off!)

After all of that munching it only took about 2 mushrooms before my craving was finally satisfied. I’ll save the other 4 lovelies for later.

By the way, I need to mention that not only are stuffed mushrooms awesome party food, stuffed mushrooms are the absolute perfect thing to eat if you’re trying to lose weight (or maintain it) or if you just want a healthy low carb snack. They are hearty, filling, super low in carbs and calories, totally healthy and so delicious!

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Nutrition facts were calculated with mashed cauliflower and are for one very generously stuffed mushroom.

Looking for more stuffed mushroom recipes?

You know I’ve got you covered! Here are some of my favorites:

• Bacon Walnut Blue Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms
• Spinach Lasagna Stuffed Mushrooms
• Swiss Cheeseburger Stuffed Mushrooms
• Gorgonzola Guacamole Stuffed Mushrooms
• Cheesy Crab Stuffed Mushrooms (Fire Caps)
• Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Mushrooms
• Bacon Chipotle Cheeseburger Stuffed Mushrooms
• Thanksgiving Stuffed Mushrooms

And some more delectable stuffed mushrooms from my fellow bloggers:

• Sirimi Seafood Stuffed Mushrooms ~ An Affair from the Heart
• Broccoli Stuffed Mushrooms ~ An Affair from the Heart
• Mom’s Italian Stuffed Mushrooms ~ What’s Cookin’ Italian Style
• Caprese Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms ~ What’s Cookin’ Italian Style
• Crab Stuffed Mushrooms ~ Southern with a Twist
• Stuffed Mushrooms ~ Southern with a Twist