Oh get stuffed...

For the record, this was probably the first red meat I've eaten in, oh say, 2 years.  Red meat + my kidneys don't always get along, so I have avoided it for the most part.  This was organic ground beef (From a farm near Rocky Mountain House) that I bought in Save on foods.  It was expensive so I made 3 meals out of it. 

This was one. 

The Meat:

1 lb of organic beef
1/2 red pepper, cut into small cubes.
1/2 small white onion chopped finely
3-4 sprigs of kale, steamed and then chopped
1 tbsp of italian seasoning (that bag from save-on)
1 egg
4 portabellas (If you want that many, I made 2 and turned the rest of the meat into meatballs for the next night)

Directions:

1.) Mix the meat, pepper, onion, kale, spice and egg till well mixed. 
2.) Cut the stem out of the portabellas and stuff them - pack the meat in tight, but not too thickly. 
3.) Grill on the BBQ until cooked through (flip the mushroom and meat sides too, like a burger patty).  Remember, your burger is done at 71.
4.) Serve with a salad or some grilled veggies (since you're out there).  If you're really ambitous, cook a grilled caesar salad.  I will at a later date and let you know how that goes. 

Substitutions:
-Meat can be any ground meat of your choosing (except fish...  I don't think that will work for this quite the same).  I've made it with ground chicken, and ground pork with good success. 
-These can be alternatively baked in the oven if you're too wimpy to go outside in the cold and BBQ (admittedly, it was warm out when I did these, if it had been cold it would have been my oven) 
-Kale can be subbed for spinach, fresh parsely, or really any other dark leafy you want to. 
-Mushrooms can be subbed for stuffers or anything like that, just change your cooking accordingly (like a bunch of large white stuffers could make a lovely little bunch of meatball types)


I love these.  They were so bloody good, I made them a week after.  Plus, they're easy and look fancy.  Talk about bonus points.