Portobello mushrooms are perfect little containers for vegetables and cheese. If you're eating breakfast on the run, keep in mind that these fit perfectly onto toasted English muffins, and can thus become a sandwich. And if you pack a lunch, these are a great choice. The finished, cooked pizzas pack up -- and reheat -- beautifully. Store them in a tightly covered container in the refrigerator, and bring to room temperature before reheating in a 300-degree oven or a microwave.
The "Mushroom Treatment" (see recipe) is a way of cooking portobellos that greatly firms them up and condenses their flavor. Mushrooms prepared in this manner can be used in many ways beyond Portobello Pizzas. Keep prepared mushrooms in your refrigerator (for up to a week) for a great convenience food that can perform double duty as both something to eat and something to "hold" other food, such as scrambled eggs or tofu, cooked grains, potatoes, or beans -- or any kind of leftovers.
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