This pizza has a secret. It looks like a pizza, it tastes like a pizza, but would you believe it is actually loaded with vegetables? Trying to get children (and some adults) to eat their veggies can be an impossible task, but what they don't see can't hurt 'em right?
What you'll need for these scrumptious stuffed pizzas:
1 bag whole wheat pita bread (6 pitas)
tomato/pizza sauce
shredded organic mozzarella cheese or crumbled goat cheese
1 jar roasted red peppers, sliced into strips (for heart topping)
pizza toppings of your choice
One or more of the following:
sautéed spinach
roasted butternut squash, mashed
roasted sweet potato, mashed
roasted red pepper, chopped fine
steamed and mashed carrots
thinly sliced zucchini, sautéed or steamed
broccoli or cauliflower florets, steamed or sautéed and chopped fine
Preheat oven to 350º.
Carefully cut a 3-4 inch slit in the side of each pita. With your hand, separate the pita to open the ‘pocket’. Stuff the pita with the vegetable or combination of vegetables of your choice, spreading them evenly inside the pita.
Place all the stuffed pitas on a cookie sheet. Top the pitas with a thin layer of vegetables and cover with pizza sauce, cheese and pizza toppings.
Take two strips of the roasted red peppers and form a heart on each pizza.
Bake them at 350º for approximately 15-20 minutes or until cheese has melted and the pita is lightly brown and crisp.
Serve with your favorite salad.
Watch them gobble down their pizza, vegetables and all!
Serves 6
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