I love appetizers! There is something fun about little finger foods that makes me happy. Maybe because the recipes are usually fairly easy or maybe it’s because you don’t need utensils? Either way…I have been known to do appetizer-only dinners on more than one occasion! Obviously I have passed down my appetizer love to my boys because they will specifically request their favorites to be made as a main dish or side dish with dinner a few times each week!
A big family favorite is stuffed mushrooms. I have at least 6 or 8 different stuffed mushroom recipes but this one is probably the top requested recipe! As you can see…these are my OVERstuffed mushrooms — this recipe is made with Jimmy Dean sausage and cream cheese and it’s fantastic.
Now I have a habit of changing up recipes based on my needs. The original recipe on the Jimmy Dean recipe page makes a huge number of servings…like the amount you’d need if you were throwing a party. I have made that recipe many times and it’s fantastic…but it just doesn’t work for my 4-person-dinner-on-a-Thursday-night meal. So I just modified it a bit and came up with a version that does work. It’s super easy and just as delicious. Instead of Jimmy Dean roll sausage, I use Jimmy Dean Crumbles. The Crumbles are super convenient! It’s fully cooked so you cut down on your prep time and you can just use a little bit of the bag and then zip up the rest to save and use for your other recipes/meals.
Just toss the sausage in with the chopped mushroom stems and it takes maybe 5 – 8 minutes to heat the sausage and cook the mushrooms. That’s usually how long it takes my oven to pre-heat! Then mix in your cheeses and parsley and then stuff it in those mushroom caps. A quick sprinkle with some cheesy breadcrumbs and you are ready to toss them in the oven.
Be aware that the smell will draw a crowd. I usually have to pop my husband’s hand as he’s typically reaching for one right as I am pulling them out of the oven.
Remember Jimmy Dean Sausage is on sale right now at Publix so you can whip up this recipe at a great price. Take advantage of the sale and be sure to grab your coupon too. There’s a Publix coupon in the current Advantage Buy flyer AND in the Family Celebrations booklet. Use either coupon to get a phenomenal deal on the fully cooked sausage at Publix. You better believe that I am stocking up…I have been waiting for this sale!
Jimmy Dean Sausage, Assorted Varieties, 9.6 to 16 oz, 2/$7
-$0.55/1 Jimmy Dean Fully Cooked Items, exp. 9/18/15 (Publix Coupon Green Grocery Flyer) [9.6-oz.; Excludes turkey]
–$0.55/1 Jimmy Dean Fully Cooked Sausage Product, exp. 9/30/15 (Publix Coupon Family Celebrations) [9.6-oz.; Excludes Turkey]
–$0.75/1 Jimmy Dean Fully Cooked Sausage (Ibotta Deposit) [Any variety – Any size]
As low as $2.20 after coupon and cash back!
Grab your coupons and stock up then give this recipe a try. I hope you like it as much as we do!
- 8 oz baby bella mushrooms, stems removed and chopped
- 6 oz Jimmy Dean Sausage Crumbles
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 ounces cream cheese, cubed, softened
- 2 tablespoons Seasoned Panko bread crumbs
- 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese, divided
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh parsley
- 1/4 teaspoon olive oil
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Place mushroom caps, rounded-sides down, in lightly greased shallow baking pans.
- Add sausage, chopped mushroom stems and garlic powder in large skillet and cook over MEDIUM-HIGH heat for 5 – 8 minutes or until mushrooms are soft.
- Add cream cheese, 1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese and parsley; mix well. Spoon into mushroom caps.
- Combine breadcrumbs, remaining Parmesan cheese and oil; sprinkle over mushrooms.
- Bake 20 minutes or until mushrooms are tender and stuffing is lightly browned.
This post is brought to you by the folks at Hillshire Brands. All comments and opinions are my own!
Hi Michelle,
I don’t know if anyone else has this problem, but when I receive an email from you with a recipe you’ve done or a link to someone else’s recipe, the email is so large that I have to scroll from side to side to see it. Strange…..hmmmm……I suppose it has something to do with how those emails are formatted or maybe it’s just my email program? I can come to the website and view it as normal. No biggie, just wondering why it comes in with a lot of blank space on either side of your post, with your post positioned right in the center, lol. I use Windows 7 and Windows Live Mail 2009.
Thank you for all your hard work in helping us save $$. Hope you have a great weekend!