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Creamy Mushroom Puffs

Mushroom puffs in crisp puff pastry with a rich, creamy, cheesy filling are a perfect handheld appetizer for a holiday party, dinner party, or cocktail party! Mushrooms caramelized and folded in a cream sauce, filled in pastry and baked! Options for Soyfree nutfree glutenfree

close-up of mushroom puffs on a white serving plate

These are incredibly easy, crispy mushrooms puffs stuffed with this creamy, cheesy mushroom filling. They are perfect appetizers for any party, whether you’re hosting Thanksgiving, Christmas, Diwali, or any other party where you need some delicious finger food.

I took my mushroom sauce that has caramelized mushroom folded in creamy herbed delicious sauce. I thickened that sauce up with a bit more cashews and tofu then put that thickened mixture in rolled out puff pastry sheet and baked it. These creamy mushroom pouches are creamy, crispy, and packed with umami. They’re just ridiculously delicious!

These are amazing when served immediately, while the creamy sauce is still bubbly and the puff pastry is the most crisp, so it’s best to make these just before serving. You can make these ahead and freeze, if needed.

side angle of mushroom puffs on a baking sheet, so you can see more of the filing

Why You’ll Love Creamy Mushroom Puffs

1-pan creamy mushroom filling is creamy and delicious!
stuffed into crisp puff pastry
easy to make ahead and freeze
easy to make gluten-free, soy-free, or nut-free

More Puff Pastry Appetizers

Jalapeno Popper Pinwheels
Indian-Spiced Spinach Puffs
Chilli Garlic Tofu Puffs
Samosa Pie
Kachori Pinwheels

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Summer Spinach Salad with Chickpea Olive Crumble

A fully loaded, flavor packed, protein rich summer spinach salad with an umami-packed crisp chickpea hemp seed olive crumble, nutrient dense greens, and creamy, vibrant tahini lemon dressing. A perfect hot weather dinner. (23g protein and 15g fiber per serving, (gluten-free, soy-free, nut-free, high protein)

This is a fantastically hearty summer spinach salad. It has so many textures and flavors, and it has 80 grams of protein for the entire salad. That’s 20 grams of protein per serving. For a salad!

There is protein from the chickpeas, from the hemp seeds, and from the nutritional yeast in the chickpea crumble. There’s also protein from the tahini in the dressing, the non-dairy yogurt (depending on the brand), as well as a little protein from the greens that you use in the salad. You can amp up the protein even more by sprinkling it with some hemp seeds before serving or adding some of my tofu bacon bits, or other high protein toppings.

fork taking a bite of summer spinach salad with chickpea olive crumbles

The salad has this creamy texture from the dressing, the crunch from the fresh veggies, and crispiness from the chickpea crumbles, which we bake until they’re crispy-crunchy. The umami comes from the olives and the sun-dried tomato, and the refreshing, fresh flavor comes from lemon zest, the cucumbers, and any other crunchy veggies and greens.

It’s just a fabulous combination of flavors and textures. The combination of tahini and yogurt helps mellow tahini’s strong flavor and makes for a rich, creamy dressing.

Why You’ll Love this Summer Spinach Salad

incredible combination of flavors and textures! Crunchy veggies, creamy dressing, and savory, crisp chickpea-olive crumble.
easy to make in about 30 minutes
packed with veggies and protein
naturally gluten-free, soy-free, and nut-free