• 22 whole button mushrooms (11 for each team!)
• 1/2 lb spicy pork sausage
• 1/2 medium white onion, very finely diced
• 3 garlic cloves, finely minced
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup almond meal
• dash of salt and pepper
• 1 tsp basil
• 1/2 tsp paprika, 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 to 2 small red chili peppers,
• 1 to 2 small yellow chili peppers (you could substitute any color of small, round peppers that you have)

Preparation

Remove stems from mushrooms and dice, set mushroom caps aside.

-Heat a pan over medium heat. Once hot, add sausage and brown for 3-4 minutes until no longer pink, making sure to break up the sausage into small crumbles as you cook.

-Add diced onions, garlic and mushroom stems to the pan. Cook with sausage until sausage is completely browned and veggies are soft.

-Pour contents of pan into a bowl and stir in egg, almond meal, salt, pepper, paprika and basil.

-Toss mushroom caps in a bowl with 2 tbsp of olive oil

-Spoon an equal amount of the mixture into each mushroom cap, about 1 heaping tablespoon. Place mushroom caps in a large glass baking dish.

-Slice one of the red peppers into 11 thick rings (if you run out of pepper, start cutting up a second one in the same color), place one ring on top of 11 of the stuffed mushroom caps

-Slice one of the yellow peppers into 11 thick rings (again, if you run out of pepper, start cutting up a second one in the same color), then cut the rings in half and place them on top of 11 of the mushrooms in an “x” formation (see picture for detail)

-Bake at 350 F for 20-25 minutes

-Turn heat up to broil and bake for an additional 3 minutes, until a nice crust begins to form

-Remove from oven and let cool 5 minutes.

-Once mushrooms are cool enough to handle, place them on a platter in opposing team formations.

-Who will win? “X’s” or “O’s”? Everybody is a winner!