My husband, Todd, came up with this veggie pizza recipe years ago and we have had it over and over and it doesn't get old. The good news is it's super, super easy. This pizza is another way that makes veggies attractive for those who are a little less than enthusiastic about 'em. Here's what you'll need:
2 small gluten-free pizza crusts or 1 large pizza crust. (We use Udi's)
A container of fresh pesto (If you want the pizza to be vegan, you can buy or make dairy-free pesto)
A can of artichoke hearts
1/2 package of grape tomatoes
Optional: Greek olives and/ or roasted zucchini, yellow squash, eggplant, red onion
Cover the top of the pizza crusts with about 2 tablespoons of pesto. (Trader Jo's is the favorite around the Pickett household.) Then drain the artichokes hearts and cut them into small pieces. Next cut the baby tomatoes (and any other veggies you are going to use) into small pieces. You then cover the the top of the pizzas with the veggies and cook as directed on the pizza crust package. You may be thinking "Cheese-less! what's the point?" Try it and you'll see surprisingly that it's better sans cheese.
Cooking Tidbit: The main difference between roasting and baking is that with roasting the temperature is 400 or over; therefore, roasting has more of a browning and dehydrating effect.
Organize Organically
Every year the EWG (Environmental Working Group) comes out with a list of produce that we should buy organic and produce we don't have to. I wrote about fruits in my recent blog, titled "All American Trifle". With fruits there seems to be a rule of thumb that those with hard skins (or inedible skins) have much less pesticides than those that don't. With vegetables there isn't as much rhyme or reason. For instance: white potatoes have been found with lots of pesticides while sweet potatoes haven't. Regular corn has more pesticides than sweet corn. Go figure.
Some of the Foods You Should Buy Organic:
Celery, tomatoes, leafy greens such as spinach and lettuce, potatoes, peppers of all kinds and cucumbers
Some of The Foods You Don't Need To Buy Organic:
Onions, asparagus, sweet corn, eggplant, sweet potatoes and cauliflower
