Kale is back this week and making a dinner time appearance on Eat Fit Not Fat. This pizza came together in about an hour and was delicious! Get creative and choose your own healthy toppings. I even found gluten free pizza dough at my market, so all you gluten free people can have your pizza and eat it too ๐ Happy Friday.
Serves 6
Ingredients:
1 large onion 1 large sweet potato 1-2 bunches of fresh kale whole wheat pizza dough 1/4 cup goat cheese 2 tbsp parmesen cheese 2-3 garlic cloves, minced 1/4 tsp thyme juice of 1/4 ย lemon 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes 1 tbsp crushed walnuts Approx. 2 tbsp olive oil1) Cut onion into slices. Wash and peal skin off of sweet potato. Slice into 1/2 inch cubes.
2) Bring large pot of water to a boil. Boil sweet potatoes for approx. 5-7 min or till fork tender. Drain potatoes and let them stand for 5 min to cool off. Heat medium to large skillet on medium heat with 1 tbsp of olive oil. Saute garlic till fragrant. Add onion to pan and stir to coat. Cook onions for 40-50 minutes or till onions turn a beautiful golden brown. You are going to want to take the time to caramelize the onions. The process of caramelizing ย completely changes the flavor and texture of the onion. Its ohhh so delicious! If onions aren't browning, add a pinch or two of sugar to pan.
3)Place sweet potatoes into a food processor. Add 1 tbsp of olive oil, red pepper flakes, thyme and a pinch of salt. Pulse to combine.
4) Crumble goat cheese. Chop walnuts. Thank you Tutu for my great nut grinder !
5) Sprinkle some cornmeal on a clean flat surface (this will help prevent sticking). Role dough out ย into a circle. This process takes some patients. So hang in there and keep rolling!
6) Toss kale with 1/2-1 tbsp of olive oil, lemon juice and a pinch of salt. Transfer dough to cookie sheet of pizza stone. I threw some additional cornmeal down on the pizza stone before placing my dough. Spread sweet potato puree on top of crust to cover dough.
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7) Add kale to onion pan after onions are caramelized. Toss to combine and remove from heat.
8) Sprinkle goat cheese sporadically on pizza. Place kale/onion mixture on top of dough. Top with parmesan cheese. Bake in oven at 425 degrees for approx. 15 minutes. (oven times will vary). Last 2 minute sprinkle walnuts on top and con't baking.
Remove from oven. Cut into 6 pieces and enjoy! We enjoyed our pizza with a side salad. ย The pizza made for some great leftover lunches as well ๐
Approx. 330 calories, 10 grams of fat per slice
Recipe adapted from: ย http://www.self.com/fooddiet/recipes/2013/09/sweet-potato-kale-pizza
Looks good Suz! I forgot to tell you I made the kale smoothie – three times this week. It was delicious and you are right, it did hold you all morning. I’m a little nervous now though looking at your photos tonight. My kale did not look like yours. It was really dark green and the leaves were really wrinkly. I wonder what I ate?
The kale I used for the pizza recipe was prepackaged “ready to cook” at my grocery store. I gave it a try for convience reasons. In the future i’d probably stick with the curly dark leaves ๐ Don’t worry, you were def. eating kale. I agree the kind I used does look different ๐
Glad you liked the smoothies!
That’s a crazy nut grinder/chopper thing!
I love the idea of sweet potato puree/mush instead of traditional tomato sauce. Looks delicious!