My apologies for being such a slacker-blogger. Nursing school is in full swing lately and that along with family takes up most of my time! Therefore cooking in general has been placed on the back burner and with the exception of my toaster-oven-lunch-food-creations, I haven't had much to share!
This post is comprised of a White Bean and Spinach Pizza I made a couple of months ago. Since the kitchen has been closed most days, when I do cook I have been trying to focus on healthy options. This recipe was found on the site eatingbetteramerica. They send out e-newsletters and this recipe caught my eye! I LOVE pizza - and if it is sans the red sauce, I am more than willing to try it!
I start out with the food processor (next to the spatula - it's my favorite kitchen tool). I mix together white kidney beans, garlic and fresh ground black pepper. I also added some water to help with the dryness factor.
I spread the white bean and garlic mixture on a prebaked pizza crust (Boboli). Next comes a sprinkle of dried oregano.
I then top the pizza with fresh baby spinach and some sliced sun dried tomatoes.
And finally the cheese goes on top!
The pizza goes in the oven and comes out beautifully! My only complaint is that it was a bit on the dry side. The beans were the culprit. I'm not sure what could be done to remedy this problem besides using less bean mix on the pizza. I also thought some type of dipping sauce could fix the problem. But the type of sauce is beyond me at the moment. Maybe just a simple marinara?
I am off school this week so I am hoping to post some more food-fun! Last night we made mini black bean nacho pizzas (very VERY tasty) and I also whipped up a batch of vegetarian tortilla soup for lunches this week. Later this week I'll be making Italian quesadillas, vegetarian melts, and Matt and I are going to try and recreate Myra's Dionysus's Spicy Black Beans and Rice (we all dig black beans in my family). We'll see if I can get one or more posts up this week!
HAPPY COOKING!
1 comment:
NOM! That sounds amazing. I think if you added some olive oil to the bean mixture, that would help with the dryness factor.
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