Tomato, Kale, and Goat Cheese Pizza

by Stephanie on May 9, 2012

in main dish,recipes,vegetarian

I loved pizza night growing up.  It usually fell on a Friday since our family was so big, and we had approximately 10,000 activities between the 5 kids.  My dad swung by our favorite pizza place, picked up a few pizzas, and we ate a quick dinner at home before taking off everywhere.

In college, I ate a lot less pizza, but every so often {read: late on Friday or Saturday nights}, my sorority sisters and I would swing through the late-night cafeteria on campus for a quick slice of very mediocre pizza.  Even mediocre pizza is better than no pizza.

Since we’ve been married, I have been making pizza with regularity.  It usually pops up on our menu once or twice a month.  I love experimenting with new combinations and figuring out what sort of flavors go together.

This is one of my new favorites.  Goat cheese is very popular in this house.  Especially with the toddler.  When I was able to get some local goat cheese I couldn’t pass it up.  It made its way into this delicious pizza with all local ingredients.  Shop local, kids!

Tomato, Kale, and Goat Cheese Pizza

Ingredients:

  • 5 minute pizza dough
  • 5-6 sweet basil leaves
  • 1/3 green bell pepper
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 10 cherry tomatoes
  • 3/4 cup mozzarella cheese
  • 4 oz crumbled goat cheese
  • 1/2 cup red kale
  • 3/4 cup tomato sauce {I used homemade, but store-bought would be fine.}

Directions:

1. Make the 5 minute pizza dough.

2. Chop the basil and garlic into small pieces.

3. Cut the bell pepper into bite size pieces.  Cut the kale leaves into fourths.

4. Cut the tomatoes in half.

5. Top the pizza in this order: sauce, goat cheese, garlic, green bell peppers, tomatoes {cut side down}, kale, and mozzarella cheese.

6. Cook on 450 degrees for 15 – 20 minutes.

7. Serve!

Found my camera cord, but not until after I took this photo!

Grade: A

Comments: I love kale.  I love tomatoes.  I love pizza.  I especially love them all together.  This pizza is delicious, and it has a great mix of flavors.  The goat cheese isn’t strong, but it does a great job of subtly making the pizza better.  I wish I had made two of these so we had more leftovers!

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Edible Chocolate Peanut Butter Playdoh

by Stephanie on May 8, 2012

in homeschool,recipes

Things have been wonderfully busy around here.  We are finishing up our year of “tot school” before we start preschool in the Fall.  The weather has been gorgeous, and I’ve gratefully been spending hours upon hours outside with the kids and Nathan {when he is available}.  We’ve been painting, planting, drawing, playing…the works.

Homeslice loves his trucks.  They play second fiddle to his trains, and they get almost as much playing time.  This morning he wanted me to let him outside with a container so he could get dirt from the garden to put in his dump truck.  I decided against that.  While he was asking for dirt we just happened to be playing with some playdoh.  I decided to whip up some edible dirt.

It was a hit.  He thought it was the coolest thing ever, and we both thought it tasted pretty good.  He played with it for over an hour.  Then I just wrapped it up and threw it in the fridge for later!

{Note: This doesn’t make that much, so if you have more than one or two kids you probably need to double or triple the recipe.}

Edible Chocolate Peanut Butter Playdoh

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar
  • 2 tbs cocoa powder
  • a few drops of milk {literally…just drops. maybe 2-3}

Directions:

Throw it all in a bowl and mix together using your hands.  Let it sit for a minute or two, and then get to playing!

{still can't find my camera cord or card reader}

 

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