all hail kale
December 31, 2010 at 6:09 am 6 comments
The detox day 2 started with Vans toaster waffles and a wonderful 4 mile run. I felt super speedy! The treadmill running I did last week paid off. There were a lot of branches down and my legs got a little bit scratched up but nothing too bad. It felt great to get back into outside running after nearly two weeks “on the inside”. Outside > treadmill but I can see how the treadmill has its benefits.
I’ve been on vacation for two weeks now and I’m having a strong desire to spend time in my kitchen. Just you wait. I have so so so many cooking plans brewing for the next week. It’s so nice having nothing else to do other than putter around my kitchen cooking. No readings to worry about and no deadlines. Today in the spirit of my post holiday detox I puttered around and made Skinny Bitch Kale and Sweet Potato Pizza!
Because I’m a lazy bitch I used Trader Joe’s Whole Wheat crust. I checked, and it is vegan! Then I gathered and chopped my ingredients and preheated the oven.
I give you a heart of kale. Am I the only one who thinks Kale is glorious? Not to mention it was only $2 a bunch at the FM!
I chopped kale, sweet potato, onion, and garlic. The recipe called for leeks but I didn’t have any so I omitted them.
I cooked down the onion and then added the kale, sweet potato and some seasoning!
A little bit of cumin makes all the difference in taste! Love me some cumin.
I let all the ingredients heat up and cook together. I love how green kale gets.
I added in the garlic and let the kale mixture cool. While it cooled I rolled out the pizza dough.
One thing I really liked about the Skinny Bitch recipe was that she recommends coating the pan in grape seed oil instead of flour. This made the crust extra crispy and I liked it a lot better then simply cooking the pizza on flour. I didn’t have grape seed oil so I just brushed canola oil on the pan.
I have canola that I rarely use because I’m so devoted to EVO. it was nice to use it up a little.
Time to construct the pizza!
And let it bake.
Plus two traditional add ons to top it off…
Ta Da!
This pizza was delicious! The pizza made 8 slices at 210 calories a slice. It was completely vegan. The kale made the pizza hearty but the sweet potato added so much flavor and played well off the kale. This is definitely going to become a staple of my kitchen. If you read this blog while I was training for my half marathon you know that homemade pizza is my favorite recovery meal! This pizza was nourishing and left my system feeling clean. I also had left overs to munch on all week which is good because I have an aversion to making lunch.
I have some kale left and I think I’m going to make kale chips. Before today I hadn’t really done too much on my own with kale but I will be using it more from now on. It’s good and good for you!
Do you cook with Kale? If so, what do you like to do with it?
Entry filed under: Uncategorized, Veggie. Tags: Local, pizza, skinny bitch, vegan.
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amy | December 31, 2010 at 6:45 am
yum! i definitely want to try this out.
my fave kale recipe is from sporkfoods: crispy kale with caramelized shallots and currants. i think you would love their classes! you should come with me sometime!
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whatkateiscooking | December 31, 2010 at 4:15 pm
This looks sooooo good! I’ve never put kale on a pizza before, but I love kale chips. It’s been a while since I’ve had them
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actorsdiet | January 1, 2011 at 2:42 am
when kale is cooked right, it really is delicious. but if done wrong, it’s torture to chew!
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