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Spinach and Bacon Stuffed Mushrooms stuffed with sautéed baby spinach, chopped mushrooms, bacon, bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese – a lighter alternative to traditional stuffed mushrooms yet loaded with tons of flavor!
Spinach and Bacon Stuffed Mushrooms
The stuffing is so good, I could eat it by the spoonful! More mushroom appetizers you might also like Philly Cheesesteak Stuffed Mushrooms, Mushroom Ceviche or Lasagna Stuffed Mushrooms.
Here are some tips and variations:
- I prefer the flavor of real bacon, so I buy center cut which is a bit leaner than regular bacon and I drain it well after cooking. Can you make them with turkey bacon? Sure, if you don’t eat pork that would work.
- To make these vegetarian, replace the bacon with a little Feta cheese and chopped fresh herbs.
- Can you make them ahead of time? Yes, you can prepare the stuffing ahead, then fill and bake them right before serving.
More easy to grab appetizers:
Spinach and Bacon Stuffed Mushrooms
Spinach and Bacon Stuffed Mushrooms stuffed with sautéed baby spinach, chopped mushrooms, bacon, bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese – a lighter alternative to traditional stuffed mushrooms yet loaded with tons of flavor!
Yield: 11 servings
Serving Size: 1 mushroom
Ingredients
- 14 oz 1 package fresh mushrooms, stems separated
- 2 garlic cloves, sliced thin
- 4 cups fresh baby spinach
- 4 slices center cut bacon
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1/4 cup Italian seasoned bread crumbs, or GF
- 2 tbsp shredded Parmesan cheese
- Smart Balance cooking spray
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F. Lightly spray a foil lined baking pan or baking dish with cooking spray.
- Remove stems from mushrooms and mince fine.
- Heat a medium sized skillet. Rinse spinach and add to the skillet; cook until it wilts, about 2 minutes.
- Remove from the pan, squeeze excess liquid and chop fine. Set aside.
- Dry skillet, add bacon to the skillet and cook on low heat until bacon is cooked through. Set aside on a paper towel. Coarsely chop.
- Clean skillet and add olive oil to the pan. Add garlic and saute until golden, about 2 minutes.
- Add minced mushroom stems and saute until soft, about 2 minutes.
- Remove from heat and combine mushroom stems with sauteed spinach, bacon, bread crumbs, and parmesan cheese.
- Season mushroom caps with salt. Fill mushrooms with spinach mixture, rounding tops off.
- Place on an oven safe dish and lightly spray the tops with oil.
- Bake 20 minutes or until golden. Eat warm.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1 mushroom, Calories: 34.5 kcal, Carbohydrates: 3 g, Protein: 3 g, Fat: 1.5 g, Saturated Fat: 0.5 g, Cholesterol: 2.5 mg, Sodium: 58.5 mg, Fiber: 1 g, Sugar: 0.5 g
Grade: A.
These were good and I’d make them again. However, I still like the spinach dip stuffed mushrooms better because of the creamines.
This recipe was really amazing! New family favorite.
WOW. After having really rich, decadent, delicious stuffed mushrooms for Thanksgiving, I have been craving them but wanted to cut calories. As I was making these I was not expecting much because the stuffing was so dry and crumbly with nothing to bind it. I really expected it to be a fail, but NO! I should not have doubted, because every recipe I make from this site it great. The stuffing did not fall all over the place after baked. They were not the moistest, or gooiest but they were not dry, and they were a little crunchy. My husband had raved about the Thanksgiving mushrooms, but said these were better because they were less heavy.. We had these for dinner with a chef salad. Awesome!
Glad you both enjoyed them!
Has anyone used pinko instead of breadcrumbs?
I have made these several times and my family loves them! The only thing is I find they come out watery…any tip or suggestions on how to resolve this?
So anxious to make and eat this recipe. Just curious on the green 1 point – is that for one mushroom?
Love this recipe! The portions are perfect and you can switch out with things you already have on hand. Made own bread crumb with leftover wheat bread, then used kale and Asiago cheese. Yum!
This looks delicious. Do you think, fine chopped. toasted pecans, or walnuts with iItalian seasoning might be a good GF replacement for the breadcrumbs? I am finding not all GF products are as good tasting as their wheat counterparts, so I am trying to get more inventive. I have just been put on GF lifestyle.
Easy and very good! Great add on to a bbq.
Could these be made ahead and frozen?
Strange question. I would LOVE to make these, but my son can’t have mushrooms. Any alternative to stuff?
This stuffing is delicious. My family loves this recipe. I have actually made it and stuffed both chicken breasts and pork chops with it. I think it would work well with a baked potato, also.
Very good and “company” worthy! Easy to prepare, though the filling has quite a few steps. Will make again!
Made these tonight and they were very good. Easy!
Hi,
Looking to use big portobello mushrooms. Any info how I can adjust the ingredients and still remain relatively healthy?
I may make these but i will have to skip the garlic father in law doesn’t like it
Question………can frozen spinach be used? And, if you make the stuffing ahead, how far ahead can it be made?? Love your website!!
Made these this weekend, They are delicious.
I made these last night and they were wonderful. I'm not going to lie, it's a lot of work. I think I might cheat next time and use some of that pre-packaged bacon crumbles from the salad aisle.
I am wondering if I can make the filling; stuff the mushrooms, but freeze them. Then bake once I'm ready to serve them… ?
Cyndi, Did you try this? I want to do the same and I'm wondering how it turned out.
My mom is from India and makes the most scrumptious and addictive stuffed mushrooms. Spinach, cilantro, green onions, jalapenos, garlic, parmesan. Everything in the food processor – stuff, bake, serve. Basically it's chutney in a mushroom. Delish!
Yum!
I made these today for our Super Bowl party and everyone LOVED them! I doubled the recipe, but forgot to double the amount of spinach I bought, so that stayed the same. There was more than enough filling for the 29 mushrooms that were in the two packages I bought. I sprinkled a pinch of shredded parmesan on top of each one just to make it a little "pretty." I was able to make them in the morning and keep them in the fridge until it was time to bake. They were fantastic and I'll definitely make them again!
I made these not to long ago and they were WONDERFUL! I can't wait to make it again.
I made these for a holiday party I hosted for my co-workers and they were all disappointed that I didn't have more! I guess next time I'll have to double the recipe. They were delicious!
Love it!
Can you freeze these stuffed or cooked then warmed?
I made this recipe yesterday for a family dinner celebrating my brother's birthday. I substituted chopped pecans for the bacon. It worked out really well. I also added one teaspoon of basil and one teaspoon of lemon dill seasoning. They were fantastic!!!
We made these for Super Bowl and absolutely loved them. I had extra filling so I decided to make stuffed chicken breasts. I put the extra filling inside each slit breast and the remaining over the tops. I covered them in 1/4 inch of cooking wine, cooked at 400 for 20-30 minutes, and served over couscous. My husband was IN LOVE and ate every last crumb!! We're definitely keeping this recipe!
I made these last night–another winner! Had to use frozen spinach, added half a shallot to the garlic, and to make the stuffing stick together more, I tossed in the leftover cream cheese/jalepeno/bacon stuffing I had from making your jalapeno popper chicken the other night. I will add these to the Superbowl menu, thanks again!
Superb! I had only turkey bacon in the house, and they were delish. We are planning a dinner of these one day soon – soooo good!
Gina,
I know you said you could make the stuffing ahead and stuff before cooking them. I'm short on time this week and want to make these for Saturday. Do you think on Thursday I could make the stuffing and let it cool, then assemble them cold on that night (keeping them in the fridge in the meantime) and just cook and serve them on Saturday? I really want to make these!
Thanks!
Made these tonight and they were great. I had 2 oz of fat free cream cheese I needed to use up so I added that to the mix and they were creamy and delicious.
Made these as an appetizer on Thanksgiving, and EVERYONE loved them… including my hubby who doesn't like mushrooms OR spinach! 🙂 Thanks for another delicious recipe.
I made these for Thanksgiving & they were a total hit! Delicious! Thanks Gina.
I made these with Baby Bella mushrooms and they were a total hit! everyone loved them! Thanks Gina!!
hi there! could i use shitake mushrooms?
I made the stuffing, adding the (chopped) mushroom caps and omitting the bacon, and made baked stuffed swai fillets. YUM!
I add Laughing cow cream cheese wedges to mine..YUM!! 🙂
Cooking now, about to make my usual stuffed mushrooms for my family that are stuffed with a cube of fresh mozzarella and then topped with the seasoned breadcrumbs that are mixed with olive oil. Then decided to check your site….and voila! I am now making these for me!
these are fantastic! bf approved! planning on using the stuffing mixture for stuffed chicken breasts… mmmmm, so delicious
I have a bunch of frozen spinach.. would this recipe work with thawed, squeezed frozen spinach?
Would have loved to see the reply to this question. Too late for tonight, but still would like to try. What say you Gina??? 🙂
I dont see why not
OMG…I made these last night. I used portabello mushrooms. DELICOUS!!!
Made these tonight with cremini mushrooms. I substituted soy bacon and it was excellent. I made it with roasted acorn squash (substituted Agave for brown sugar in that dish) and vegetable stuffed talapia with dill butter. Great dinner, real healthy and low in PointsPlus value for those of us on Weight Watchers.
I lost the link…
http://mattstasty.blogspot.de/2012/08/bbq-2012-08-11-stuffed-mushrooms.html
Thanks for the inspiration. I hope my version is suitable for the Olympic Games 😉
I make something really similar to this that I truly think you would love.
Chopped mushroom stems,
garlic reduced spinach,
bread crumbs,
diced bell pepper
and reduced fat cream cheese (you can add a tiny bit of feta cheese for some flair)
It gives it a Mediterranean twist.
They are in the oven!
I added extra garlic and a tad bit of chopped jalapeno! I can't wait to eat them!
Love this site, Gina!
Marie
OMG I love your recipes, these are awesome and my mom loves that i cook now lol. I love cooking now even more and my whole family loves my cooking and these are healthy things to eat during the week with our busy schedules
Thanks for this recipe; I also have never made stuffed mushrooms before. I added low-fat semi-sundried tomatoes and they are DA BOMB!
AND your website is amazing !
Thanks again!
I made these using canned chopped clams instead of bacon , upped the garlic and added some sofrito.
They were ridiculously good. I never made stuffed mushrooms before-thank you for making this so easy !!
I have made these several times and they are amazing!!! I use the Hormel Real Bacon Bits that come in bag (cuz' it's all I had in the house). 2 Tablespoons are only 1 point so I use them in a lot of recipes that use bacon.
I could seriously make a MEAL out of these wonderful mushrooms! I make them at least once a week now. Thanks for sharing this one!
I made these tonight with turkey bacon. They were super filling and delicious!
I have made these several times so far and each time they have disappered. I add extra garlic and served them also as a side dish with my italian dishes. These mushrooms are tate soooo gooood!!!!
My husband made these for the Superbowl and they were SO good. Luckily the other people at the party weren't mushroom people so we got most of them to ourselves 😉
I made these today and all I can say is THANK YOU for the recipe!!! they were awesome!!!
I made these for the Superbowl and I could have eaten the whole plate!! I forgot how good stuffed mushrooms were!
Made these yesterday and they were pretty good. Made mine with turky bacon. I think pork bacon would have been way better, but they were still good!
Wow!! These were incredible!! My entire family absolutely loved them. Needless to say, there were NO leftovers!! Thank you so much for what you do Gina. My husband is on Weight Watchers and is already down 19 pounds. You make it sooooo easy. Thank you.
What a recipe! I am loving all the flavors in this. Yum!
So happy you all liked them 🙂
Fantastic! I could have eaten them all! I loved the filling! I left out the bacon (I have a son who is vegetarian) and added just a little bit of feta like you suggested. I am thinking of making the filling and using it to do a stuffed chicken breast.
Made with turkey bacon. Absolutely delicious!
I made these tonight as a healthy alternative for the Super Bowl. They were fantastic. I look at you website all the time but this is the first recipe i have made. It was great! Thanks!
Made 'em…love 'em…taking a big batch to the Super Bowl party in 15 minutes! Love your blog!
These are delicious!!! I have made these twice in one week. They have been a hit both times. I made them with feta cheese instead of bacon. Definitely a keeper!
Made these today as an appetizer before the Super Bowl…all I can say is WOW!!! These were fantastic!!
These sound great….so glad and excited that a friend recently told me about your website! You have put so much time and effort into your recipes….so thank you, thank you, thank you!!
I have a good stuffed mushroom recipe I was given a couple years ago (by a friend who also does WW). It calls for 3 cups mushrooms, 12 wedges of Laughing Cow Creamy Garlic & Herb cheese and 1/2 cup Italian style breadcrumbs. It's so simple, just mix the stems, cheese and breadcrumbs and stuff in the mushroom caps. I believe it was 3 mushrooms for 1 Point (but don't quote me on that). Thought I'd share…..they are super yummy! 🙂
Thanks for this recipe for skinny spinach and bacon stuffed mushrooms. They pictures are great.
Sounds YUMMY!! I LOVE anything with mushrooms and/or cheese!!! Preferably BOTH!
I made these tonight and they were FANTASTIC! I don't even like mushrooms, but these, these were winners. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
If I take the bacon out of it, will it still be one point? What about a bacon substitution.
This would be great filling for either red bell peppers or tomatoes stuffed with it! Thanks!
Mmmmm. Going to make these for Superbowl Sunday this weekend. Thanks for the recipe.
Omg..they sound amazing! Thank you!
Kristen, I should be a spokesperson for Tuttoroso because I really think using their tomatoes make a difference. They often go on sale and I purchase a bunch to stock up.
Colleen, not sure if the spinach would be to watery for the wonton?
Wow these look so good! I loveeeeee stuffed mushrooms and I usually make them the traditional way, with just garlic, chopped stems, breadcrumbs and olive oil…so if your reduced cal ones are 34 calories each..i can only imagine what the regular ones are..but the problem is that I'll eat about 6 of them..oh no! i better just stick to your recipe from now on! thanks so much Gina!
These look so good! I may add some garlic, I'm Italian it's a staple :O) Do you think this filling would work folded and baked in a wonton & served w/ marinara?
I cannot wait to make these!
These look so good! Definitely making these on for the Superbowl!
On a side note, I make a lot of your recipes but I am in college and on a super tight budget so I often substitute ingredients for cheaper alternatives. When you post a recipe that uses canned tomatoes, I always buy the store brand because they are much cheaper. My local Food Lion is going out of business and everything in the store is 50% off so I snagged up a few items that I normally don't buy including the tuttorosso tomatoes that you always recommend. I used my first can a few days ago in a creamy tomato soup and wow…it totally made a difference in the taste of the soup. I'm carefully deciding what recipe to use my other can on…there are so many good ones! You have definitely converted me on the tuttorosso!
Tracy, very funny!
Melanie, would be awesome in a potato skin!
Cincy, yes I season the mushrooms with salt, then spray them after they are stuffed.
This sounds great and looks delish. I make the caps with Spinach, sauted onion, bits of ham and swiss cheese and they disappear. This is a nice change
Stupid question here but are you salting & spraying the outside or inside of the mushroom caps?
Yes, I often do.
My goodness this is going to my new favourite disk. It combines every food I absolutely LOVE! Gina you are seriously the best!
Yum! These look so good!
These look so good! I don't like mushrooms, so I am going to find a different vessel for the filling. Maybe a baked potato??
EAT THE DAMN MUSHROOMS
So weird…I just posted about the dinner I made last night, Stuffed Baby Portabella's lol Great minds? 🙂 These looks good…I love bacon!! 🙂
Just made these…they are soooo wonderful! I used real bacon bits because I didn't have bacon but it still tasted wonderful!
Thanks Gina!
You could probably leave the crumbs out of gluten free.
Kay, these are a package of larger mushrooms they sell for stuffing.
I haven't tried them with zucchini, I would grate it, and saute it with garlic first so it's not too watery.
This is fantastic!! I was looking for a healthier stuffed mushroom recipe for Super Bowl Sunday and here you anticipated my needs. Fabulous. Just fabulous.
Wow, these look great! Always looking for more ways to eat spinach.
That's an awful lot of stems from just 11 mushrooms!
These are gorgeous! At 34 calories a pop, I think I'd eat them all and call it a meal 🙂
Perfect for this weekends super bowl party!! I'm so glad, you make it so easy to eat well without forgoing flavour 🙂
Gina,
Do you think grated Zucchini would be an acceptable sub for the spinach or would it be too bland?
I am thinking it would be very bland and smushy!
I'd keep the spinach ( or Kale) because a super-food is still a super-food and why would you substitute it out? – you could use Zucchini if you a garden full of them and are trying to use them up! but… I would slice thinly – salt them ( to help extract the excess water) blot dry with paper towel after about 10 minutes and grill them lightly – then cut into small dice — that could work – but easier and quicker to use spinach ! either way add some garlic to add flavour and boost the immune system 🙂
maybe sub grated parm for the breadcrumbs?
I always used ground up Rice Chex to make things that call for breadcrumbs GF.
Oh yummmmmmm I AM ADDICTED to your website. I am definitely making these tonight. Thanks for helping to make my Weight Watchers journey successful!!!!
To make them gluten-free, I think you could use some almond flour to help bind the filling instead of bread crumbs or you might try ground pork rinds. Or they might work just without the bread crumbs or anything else 🙂
I use Udi's gluten free bread chopped finely for any recipe asking for bread crumbs, works great!
and add italian spices to make it just right!!
I use an egg or egg white and leave out the breadcrumbs. Tastes amazing! Also nice to throw in a pinch of crushed red pepper flakes for a kick!
oh…my…word…will make these today. they look scrumptious! thanks!
Any ideas for making these gluten free? They look fab!!
gluten free cornbread perhaps
I used almond flour
Skip the bread crumbs and just add some Italian spices.
I'm going to use rice crackers, rice crackers, or gluten-free crackers of another type. I might add nuts too.
I used some left over quinoa and fresh Italian herbs – not because I have a gluten intolerance – but because I had left over quinoa 🙂 Was YUM !
4C makes a GF breadcrumbs that is so versatile
Looks wonderful !