Healthy recipe: Blue cheese portobello burgers

Yield: 4 servings

Servings: 4

Active Time: 1 hour

Total Time: 1 hour

Recipe Description:

Blue cheese and slow-cooked onions turn a grilled portobello into an indulgent portobello burger. Ruby port—a sweet fortified wine—gives extra depth of flavor to the caramelized onions.

Recipe Ingredients:

1. 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided

2. 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar

3. 3 cloves garlic, minced

4. 4 large portobello mushrooms, stems removed

5. 3 cups thinly sliced red onion

6. 2 tablespoons water

7. 1/4 cup ruby port

8. 1/2 teaspoon salt, divided

9. 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper, divided

10. 1/2 cup crumbled reduced-fat blue cheese (2 ounces)

11. 4 whole-wheat hamburger buns

12. 1 cup baby arugula

13. 4 thick slices tomato

Recipe Steps:

1. Whisk 2 tablespoons oil, vinegar and garlic in a bowl. Brush the mixture all over mushrooms and let stand for 30 minutes.

2. Meanwhile, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over high heat. Add onion and cook, stirring frequently, until beginning to brown, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low, add water and cook, stirring frequently, until the onion is browned and very soft, about 15 minutes. Add port; cook, stirring occasionally, until mostly evaporated, about 3 minutes more. Stir in 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Remove from the heat and cover.

3. Preheat grill to medium.

4. Sprinkle the mushrooms with the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Grill, gill-side down, for 5 minutes. Turn over and top each with 2 tablespoons cheese. Grill until the mushrooms are tender, 4 to 5 minutes more.

5. Toast buns. Divide the onions among the mushrooms. Serve (cheese-side up) on buns with arugula and tomato.

Recipe Nutrition:

Per serving: 359 calories; 16 g fat (4 g sat, 9 g mono); 8 mg cholesterol; 42 g carbohydrate; 3 g added sugars; 12 g protein; 7 g fiber; 676 mg sodium; 816 mg potassium

Nutrition Bonus: Potassium & Vitamin C (24% daily value), Folate (19% dv), Magnesium (18% dv)

2 Carbohydrate Servings

Exchanges: 1 1/2 starch, 1 vegetable, 1/2 high fat meat, 2 fat