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Crab-Filled Mushrooms

This is a very versatile filling you can also stuff into cherry tomatoes or zucchini or yellow squash "boats" (cut 2-inch pieces of squash and scoop out the middle).

Type: Vegetables
Serves: 10 people

Recipe Ingredients

20   Fresh mushrooms caps - cleaned, and (large)
  Stems removed
6 oz 170gCanned or fresh crabmeat - rinsed, drained
  And flaked
2 tablespoons 30mlChopped fresh parsley
2 tablespoons 30mlDried bread crumbs
2 tablespoons 30mlFinely-chopped green onion
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
1/4 cup 36g / 1.3ozChopped pimentos
3 tablespoons 45mlOlive oil

Recipe Instructions

In a small mixing bowl, combine the crabmeat, parsley, bread crumbs, green onion, and pepper.

Place the cleaned and stemmed mushroom caps in a 13- by 9- by 2-inch baking dish crown-side down. Stuff some of the crabmeat filling into each cap. Place a little pimento on top of the filling. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

Drizzle olive oil over each cap. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 17 minutes. Transfer to a serving platter and serve hot.

This recipe yields 10 servings. Serving size: 2 mushrooms.

Exchanges Per Serving: 1 Fat, 1 Vegetable.

Nutrition Facts: Calories 66; Calories from Fat 41; Total Fat 5g; Saturated Fat 1g; Cholesterol 15mg; Sodium 53mg; Carbohydrate 3g; Dietary Fiber 1g; Sugars 1g; Protein 4g.

Source:
American Diabetes Association at http://www.diabetes.org

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