Pizza Rustica
I announced in the afternoon that I would be making pizza for dinner. It was met with cheers, hugs and general excitement.
Until they saw the pizza.
“That isn’t pizza!”
“Where is the cheese?”
“It has broccoli on it”
“Is that spinach?”
“Why is the crust brown?”
In an effort to reduce Bills genetically and dangerously high lipid levels, in addition to medication, we have gone all anti-cheese, anti-trans fat and are eating so healthy I have dropped a butt load of weight. I will not reveal just how much, until I am back at my pre-4babies5miscarriages weight.
I introduce to you “Let’s Keep Daddy Alive” pizza (sorry, I didn’t get cooked photos):
Marinara, zucchini, black olives and broccoli with whole wheat crust
Pesto, spinach, red peppers and roasted garlic with whole wheat crust
The kids? Well, they actually liked it. Even with zucchini “pepperoni”.
Wow, those look awesome!!
Mary
Jody,
Those look yummy. Congrats on the weight loss, too! Teaching your children to eat in a healthy way is a gift that pays such great rewards for the long run…
they look really yummy! My kids love anything if you call it pizza. We even made “breakfast pizza” with hash browns mixed with a little egg as the crust and chicken sausages on top. mmmmm….
I make a great dairy-free white sauce that covers up for the lack of cheese on lasagna, this is a great reminder it could work on pizza too – thanks! I need to make pizza this week.
Those look yummy to me. I’m not sure if my kids would go for them, but they have been surprising me lately.
I think if we were to call it, let’s keep daddy alive pizza, they might just try it.
Look good to me. I’ve taken to making three pizzas. I have the vegetable laden adult and vegetarian dd pizza, the soy cheese pizza (for the 5 and 7 yo) and the turkey pepperoni and soy cheese (shhh they don’t know) “regular pizza for the 2,10 and 12 yo). My kids often complain that we eat “weird” but they eat it none the less.
Hmmm . . . I can see why the kids were complaining! Just kidding! They look very healthy and delicious. Very creative of you!
You live la dolce vita, Jody!
Recipes, please?
Keep Daddy ALive Pizza… who wouldn’t love it based on that name alone. LOL
Looks delicious. I can’t eat cheese anyway so that is how I have my pizza all the time.
that looks so yummy. we dropped trans fat and highfructose corn syrup years ago. Its hard. Good for you !
I still eat cheese though. maybe we should drop that too.