Showing posts with label kale. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kale. Show all posts

Monday, January 5, 2015

Sweet Potato Kale Pizza

I've made this recipe a few times in the past so I've kind of perfected it. Although tonight, I made it using a wheat free pizza crust and not only was it delicious, but it was filling (I had two slices).

Ingredients:
Pizza Crust

  • 2 1/2 cups All-Purpose Baking Mix
    • 4 cups almond meal/flour; 1 cup ground golden flaxseeds; 1/4 cup coconut flour; 2 tsp baking soda - mix everything together. This makes enough all-purpose baking mix to last a few days.
  • 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 1 egg
  • 2 Tbsp EVOO 
  • 1/2 cup water 
Topping
  • 2-3 medium sweet potatoes
  • Shaved parmesan cheese
  • Fresh kale
Materials:
Directions: 
  • Peel potatoes, slice and boil until fork tender. Drain when finished and return to pot. Using an electric hand mixer, whip the potatoes. Add a splash of EVOO to give them a smooth consistency (making them easy to spread).
  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. 
  • To make the crust: In a medium bowl, combine the baking mix and mozzarella cheese. 
  • In a small bowl, mix together the egg, oil and water. Pour into the flour mixture and combine thoroughly.
  • Lay the dough on the pizza stone and, with moistened hands (I added some water to the bowl which had the dough in it so that I could dip my fingers/hands as needed), press into a 12" circle, forming an outer edge. Bake for 10 minutes. Reduce the heat to 350. 
  • Spread the whipped sweet potato on the crust. 
  • Add parmesan cheese (I have tried a few cheeses/cheese blends and find the parmesan works the best with the sweet potato and kale) to taste. 
  • Top with a generous amount of fresh kale, ripped into small pieces. 
  • Bake for 10-15 minutes or until cheese is melted and kale is crispy. 



Enjoy!

Day 2

It's day 2 of my new Wheat Belly lifestyle.

Baby J is still sick - her cough and snot bubbles are breaking my heart - and up a lot at night. So there was no running or gym for me today because I just couldn't get my butt out of bed at 6am (I had been up from 3:20-4:00am).

My second wheat free day looked like this:

Breakfast: Leftover steel cut oats and raisins

Lunch: Cream of mushroom soup with a piece of herbed focaccia bread (wheat free)
             *This soup wasn't bad, but I just didn't love it so I'm not going to bother posting the
               recipe. If you really really want it, shoot me a message and I'll post it.

Dinner: Sweet potato kale pizza

Snacks: Orange

Drinks: morning cup of coffee, ice water

Exercise: None unless cleaning the house counts for something.

Overall: I'm really terrible when it comes to lunch. If I'm not going out to lunch or if there are no leftovers in the house, I usually won't sit down and have a healthy lunch. Today I popped over to the library and I swear I heard Chick-fil-a calling my name on the way home. It's just so easy! And as for leftovers, those are hard to come by during the week since the hubs always takes them to work.

So if I can make it a point to eat a healthy lunch every day, I will consider myself successful.