Happy St Patrick's Day. I think I have had the greenest St Pat's Day for years. Those who are regular readers and those who have just read the name of my blog will all know that I love green. Today has been full of green pizza, green cupcakes and a St Pat's fete. It has been a pretty busy weekend so I will just quickly tell you about the pizza and save the rest for another day.
I have tried green pizza before but this is my most successful to date. Before it has been a matter of piling it under cheese. Today I had the epiphany that I could add greens after the pizza was cooked. I was inspired by this
vegan greens pizza. I think this one would work with
cashew cream but for now I have only tried cheese. I baked the pizza with cheese on top, then spread it with cream cheese and pesto and topped it with greens. Delicious.
E said it was like a shoot out in a grocers shop. I told him that if my brother could sing
Baby Shark to a crowd (nicely accompanied by my 6 year old niece) than anything goes with pizza too. Actually, as well as wanting to create a green pizza for St Patrick's day, I wanted to get some vegetables into us. It is easy to just do a Margherita pizza if we are tired.
After a day of eating chips and cakes at the fete, it was really lovely to eat a pizza loaded with green vegetables. It was possible not the easiest pizza to cut and eat but mostly it was fine. I also chose vegetables that would reheat because we often have pizza leftover for the next day. I am hoping I might heat up a slice of this pizza for my lunch tomorrow.
Check out more
St Patrick's Day green food if you are into green or more
pizza toppings.
And I am hoping that Shaheen will accept this for to
Allotment to Kitchen and
Veg Hog for Eat Your Greens.
Healthy Greens Pizza
Serves 2-4
1 batch of dough for a large pizza (we used half
this recipe)
Olive oil
Grated cheddar cheese
Cream cheese (about 2 dessertspoons)
Pesto (about a dessertspoon)
Baby spinach (a handful or two)
Broccoli, cooked and chopped (about 1/2 to 1 cup)
Peas, cooked
Press out dough into large pizza tray (I line mine with baking paper but you could use polenta to line the tray). Drizzle with oil and cover with grated cheddar cheese on top. Bake until cooked but not too golden. I baked mine at 220 C for about 15 minutes on the middle tray of the oven so it did not crisp too much.
Mix approximately a couple of dessertspoons of cream cheese with a dessertspoon of pesto. Add a bit more pesto if you want a greener colour. (NB my pesto was home made and had been the in the freezer.) Spread over cooked pizza. Don't worry if it melts slightly.
Arrange baby spinach, chopped broccoli and cooked peas over cream cheese spread. Cut into wedges and eat hot. It should also taste good at room temperature or reheated but I haven't tried it.
On the Stereo:
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Happy St Patrick's Day to you too. Wow that green pizza looks really Amazing and super health. I am so pleased that you are sharing it with #EatYourGreens this month. I must confess Baby Shark did not mean anything to me recently, until a friend shared a clip of a toddler shaking its little butt to its song. Made me smile.
ReplyDeleteThanks Shaheen - it seems the perfect Eat Your Greens recipe (even though a very loose and flexible sort of recipe) so am glad to hear it will be accepted. I only heard of Baby Shark on the weekend. Gave us a laugh.
DeleteI tweeted this on Sunday as way to encourage others to join in #EatYourGreens, its turned out that your green pizza was popular with my followers as I got lots of likes and RTs.
DeleteThanks for sharing it Shaheen - great to know one of my greenest recipes is out there on twitter
DeleteHappy St Patrick's Day Johanna! I love roasted broccoli so I think I'd roast it before topping the pizza. It sounds like a good choice after fete food.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lorraine - I thought about baking broccoli on top of the pizza so it would crisp up but I wanted it really green and once the broccoli crisped I thought it would lose some colour. But I agree roasted broccoli tastes fantastic.
DeleteWhat a terrific, fresh looking pizza - and the perfect colour for St Patrick’s Day!
ReplyDeleteOh yum this green pizza looks so delicious and delightful.
ReplyDeleteThis pizza looks absolutely gorgeous! It's a good idea to bake the base with cheese and then add fresh and vibrant veg on top. Thank you also for sharing this great recipe with Eat Your Greens!
ReplyDeleteThanks Veghog - putting toppings on after baking pizza is usually limited to a pile or spinach or rocket but this has worked so well I feel there are lots of ideas in my brain I would love to try
DeleteI'm becoming a bit of a pizza convert recently, and I tend to order the 'white' pizzas if I'm out, but I didn't know about green pizzas! I think with all those veggies piled on top, it's definitely ripe for a vegan version! I like the roasted broccoli idea too (though not Baby shark!)
ReplyDeleteThanks Joey - I want to try more white pizzas when I bake pizza but tomato based is my one I make when on auto and tired. I think that baking the dough with cashew cheese on top and then adding some toppings might work with just a bit of pesto mixed with oil between the cashew cheese and greens - maybe I will have a go one day - love to see if you do! And I think I am the last person in the world to have heard of baby shark just a week or so ago - they even mentioned it on a favourite tv show in the last week (The Last Leg).
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