Veggie Deluxe Pizza

Hello Everyone,

So if you have been reading regularly you might remember I have given up meat for lent. I guess it has been two weeks now, the time has just flown by. The one, single occasion where I even considered wanting meat was the day after St Patrick's day. I wanted deep fried chinese food SO bad!

After my roommates original protest they have been fairly supportive. There have been some tasty stir-fries and this epic pizza!

Veggie Deluxe Pizza

Directions:

On Fleishmanns pizza yeast there is a pizza crust recipe; I follow that but used whole wheat flour. It is super easy and delicious.

Roll out the dough and give it a thin coat of olive oil, then cover in your sauce. We used Newmanns Own marinara sauce on one and a mix of that and BBQ sauce on the second one (I preferred the mix).

Now top with your favourite veggies:

- onion

- spinach

- broccoli

- asparagus

- tomato

- carrot

Top with some sharp cheddar cheese

Bake at 350 C for about 15-20 minutes, until the cheese is melted and the crust is crispy.

Before baking......

Fresh out of the oven... it didn't last long

What are your favourite pizza toppings?

Liquid Diet

Hello!

I have been MIA in the blog-o-sphere for a while. I got a nasty bug over reading week and had no voice! In my opinion it is the worst week to get sick, but at least I didn't have to teach like that.

This was just the perfect excuse to make soup! I wanted something easy on the throat but also have some nutrition hidden in there somewhere (queue dirty jokes).

Broccoli, Potato, Leek, Chickpea Soup

Ingredients:

- 2 leeks

- 2 bushles of broccoli

- 1 can of chick peas

- 2 large potatoes

- 1 Tbsp olive oil

- 8 cups soup broth

-season to taste with Cayenne pepper

Directions:

- In a pot saute leeks in olive oil until tender

- add cubed potatoes and cook for 5 minutes

- cover with soup broth and boil until potatoes are cooked (~30 min)

- add broccoli and chick peas and boil for 5 minutes

- use immersion blender to puree the soup until there are no chunks left.

Sauteed leeks with potatoes added

Everything in the pot before the immersion blender made an appearance.

(I couldn't wait for the steam to calm down hence the poor quality picture)

The finished product.

Please note this was a huge batch of soup, you might want to adjust according to your needs.

What is your favourite sick food? I really like Liptons chicken noodle, but I am pretty sure it is just a huge pile of salt.