Grilled Portobello Sandwich With Roasted Red Peppers from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

Grilled Portobello Sandwich With Roasted Red Peppers Recipe

Recipe Ingredients:

6 medium portobello mushroom caps, cleaned, stemmed
1 large red onion, cut six 2" slices
1 tbsp olive oil
Grilled Roasted Red And Yellow Peppers, (see recipe)
6 whole-wheat pita breads - (2 oz ea), opened to form
pocket
=== GARLIC LEMON MAYONNAISE ===
1/2 cup low-fat mayonnaise
3 garlic cloves, finely minced
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
1 tbsp capers
Freshly-ground black pepper, to taste

Recipe Instructions:

Prepare an outdoor grill with an oiled rack set 4 inches from the coals. On a gas grill, place the setting on high.

Place the portobello caps and red onion slices directly on the grill and brush with the olive oil. Grill, turning once, for a total of 10 to 20 minutes, until mushrooms are soft and onions are caramelized.

Prepare a recipe of the Grilled Roasted Red And Yellow Peppers.

Remove the vegetables from the grill. Add the pita bread and grill on both sides, for a total of 2 to 3 minutes. Slice the peppers into strips.

In a small bowl, combine all ingredients for garlic lemon mayonnaise.

To assemble: Open the grilled pita bread and spread with 1 tablespoon of the mayonnaise per sandwich. Slide in the portobello cap. Top with the peppers and red onion slice.

This recipe yields 6 servings. Service size: 1 sandwich.

Exchanges Per Serving: 3 Starch, 3 Vegetable, 1 Monounsaturated Fat.

Nutrition Facts: Calories 278; Calories from Fat 71; Total Fat 8g; Saturated Fat 10g; Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 322mg; Carbohydrates 50g; Dietary Fiber 5g; Sugars 12g; Protein 9g.

Comments: This sandwich will taste like a burger! Thick meaty portobello mushrooms sit inside pita bread, topped with roasted red peppers and grilled red onions and spread with a light garlic lemon mayonnaise.

Source:
"Diabetes Forcast - Jul, 2000 at
http://www.diabetes.org/main/community/forecast/default.jsp"
S(Formatted for MC6):
"08-17-2002 by Joe Comiskey - jcomiskey@krypto.net"
Copyright:
"© American Diabetes Association, 2000"

Servings: 6

“That's something I've noticed about food: whenever there's a crisis if you can get people to eating normally things get better.”

~ Madeleine L'Engle (1918--) American author.

 

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