Pizza
Eating pizza is not a common thing in our home. However, we recently got the bug for it when we saw a Six-Grain Pizza Crust for sale at Graves. Be VERY careful when selecting any kind of grains, even though it looks very healthy. Stay away from "enriched" flour and most "wheat" flours. (You'll find that this crust and several Kashi cereals we eat have some wheat product; avoid all wheat anyway. I'll explain the difference when we come to recipes in which that is necessary.) The six grains in the crust are organic whole grains, the best if you MUST have grains. On to the cooking:
Pizza
Prep time: 20 minutes
Bake time: 20 minutes
Serves: 4
3 tbs extra virgin olive oil
1 can diced roma tomatoes in water (make sure the ingredients are tomatoes and water only)
2 small to medium cloves of garlic
1 Six-Grain Pizza Crust (the number of grains doesn't matter much; avoid enriched flour!)
1/4 cup each of various chopped raw vegetables, according to your taste (baby spinach, broccoli, peppers, mushrooms, etc.)
1/3 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese (you grate it from a good block with minimal processing)
1/3 cup freshly grated havarti cheese (you grate it from a good block with minimal processing)
1. Heat oven to 425 degrees Farenheit. Pour olive oil into large skillet over medium high heat. Press the garlic cloves into the olive oil and stir until bubbly. Add the tomatoes with their water to the pan, stirring occasionally. (Use the cooking time to prepare your other ingredients.) Continue heating until the tomato chunks break down and a marinara sauce is formed.
2. Place your pizza crust on a large round stone (or pizza pan). Brush pizza with 1 tbs olive oil. Spread marinara sauce over the pizza crust.
3. Sprinkle half each of the two cheeses over the sauce. Set aside the remaining cheese.
4. Evenly sprinkle all the vegetables over the crust. You'll find that the pizza heaps a little bit. This is normal. Top the vegetables with the remaining cheese.
5. Bake at 425 for 20 minutes (or to your desire). The cheese should be melted and browning, and the crust should be golden.
(Note: For protein we'll occasionally chop up some previously baked chicken and add it with the vegetables. This is a tasty and healthy option.)
Pizza
Prep time: 20 minutes
Bake time: 20 minutes
Serves: 4
3 tbs extra virgin olive oil
1 can diced roma tomatoes in water (make sure the ingredients are tomatoes and water only)
2 small to medium cloves of garlic
1 Six-Grain Pizza Crust (the number of grains doesn't matter much; avoid enriched flour!)
1/4 cup each of various chopped raw vegetables, according to your taste (baby spinach, broccoli, peppers, mushrooms, etc.)
1/3 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese (you grate it from a good block with minimal processing)
1/3 cup freshly grated havarti cheese (you grate it from a good block with minimal processing)
1. Heat oven to 425 degrees Farenheit. Pour olive oil into large skillet over medium high heat. Press the garlic cloves into the olive oil and stir until bubbly. Add the tomatoes with their water to the pan, stirring occasionally. (Use the cooking time to prepare your other ingredients.) Continue heating until the tomato chunks break down and a marinara sauce is formed.
2. Place your pizza crust on a large round stone (or pizza pan). Brush pizza with 1 tbs olive oil. Spread marinara sauce over the pizza crust.
3. Sprinkle half each of the two cheeses over the sauce. Set aside the remaining cheese.
4. Evenly sprinkle all the vegetables over the crust. You'll find that the pizza heaps a little bit. This is normal. Top the vegetables with the remaining cheese.
5. Bake at 425 for 20 minutes (or to your desire). The cheese should be melted and browning, and the crust should be golden.
(Note: For protein we'll occasionally chop up some previously baked chicken and add it with the vegetables. This is a tasty and healthy option.)
posted by Erskine at
7:35 AM
2 Comments:
pineapple on a healthy pizza is yummy too!!
By
Unknown, at 7:10 PM
I must testify that I have had the privilege of eating this pizza or one like it and it is SPECTACULAR! And Extremely Delicious!
By
Kate Patterson, at 12:07 AM
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