Long considered a nutritional underdog, mushrooms are finally getting the attention they deserve in the wellness world. With wide-ranging benefits like stress management, energy support and cognitive and gut health, these functional fungi are worth getting to know.

Nutritional researcher and board-certified family physician Joel Fuhrman, MD, explains the disease-fighting and immune-boosting powers of 6 healing fungi.

Skillet-fried using minimal oil, our country steak has all the makings of its artery-clogging contemporaries with a fraction of the fat. Serve it swathed in mushroom gravy.

For Thanksgiving traditionalists, skipping the stuffing is out of the question, so we upped the nutrition content with whole-wheat sourdough bread and meaty portobello mushrooms.

Meaning "little pizza" in Italian, a pizzetta is light in size but big on taste. Peppery arugula and crisp radicchio complement the creaminess of the mushrooms and goat cheese.

We lighten up the traditionally rich Mexican appetizer queso fundido, Spanish for "cheese fondue," with Greek yogurt and cream cheese.