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Sweet Potato And Corn Pizza

I discovered a great new tasting pizza made with sweet potatoes, corn, and rosemary. Buca De Beppo makes a pizza with potatoes, corn, and rosemary which I love so I decided to try making it with sweet potatoes. The flavor of the sweet potatoes made this pizza wonderful. Rosemary and salt give the pizza a wonderful taste too.

I make homemade pizza at least a week as it is so easy to make the dough in my bread machine. You can use store-bought dough if you want.

Sweet Potato and Corn Pizza

one batch pizza dough( recipe at end of page)

one large sweet potato cooked and cut into pieces( I microwaved mine)

1 cup corn

1 tablespoon fresh or dried rosemary, cut in small pieces

1 teaspoon garlic

salt and pepper

2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

Place your dough on an oiled stone on a pizza pan and form it with your hands into a circle. Then poke the dough with a fork all over the dough. This is so your dough will not be puffy when it bakes.

Then place sweet potato pieces and corn all over the dough. Sprinkle the rosemary and garlic over potatoes and corn. Then sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste. The salt will bring out the potato and rosemary flavors. Spread cheese over the toppings. Bake at 400 degrees for about 20 minutes or until crust is lightly brown.

Pizza dough recipe

2 cups flour 3/4 cup warm water

1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon oil

1 tablespoon sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons yeast or one yeast package

combine all ingredients in bread machine and set on dough setting. If making by hand combine all ingredients in a bowl and stir until dough forms a ball. Knead on a floured surface into a ball. Let dough rise in a warm place for an hour.

Do you have a different way to make pizza?

Feel free to leave your recipe in the comments.

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Bob's Red Mill Grains of Discovery And Spelt

A while back Bob's Red Mill sent me a wonderful box of grains from around the world. I am having a blast trying them all out. My next discovery is a grain called Spelt.

Spelt is a grain from Germany and has a chewy texture with a sweet nutty flavor. It also is high in fiber and a good source of iron, magnesium, and B-12. For more information about Spelt go to

bob's Red Mill.

Spelt needs to soak overnight in water before you cook it. You then drain the water and cook it. You can use Spelt in any dish that calls for rice.

Spelt

1 cup Bob's Red Mill Spelt (soaked overnight and drained)\

3 cups water

chicken bullion cube for taste

Bring the water to boil and add the Spelt. Cover and reduce to a simmer for 60 minutes. Drain the Spelt after cooking. Makes 2 cups.

I then used the cooked Spelt to make a wonderful dish.

Spelt Egg Casserole

4 cups cooked spelt (double the above recipe)

1 package frozen spinach (thawed and drained)

1 cup parmesan cheese

1 teaspoon garlic powder

6 eggs

Grease a 9 X 13 pan and set aside. Combine in a bowl all the ingredients except eggs. Then put the mixture into the greased pan. Use a large spoon and make evenly spaced holes in the spelt mixture. Carefully cracked each (one at a time) egg into each hole. Season each egg with salt and pepper. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes or until egg whites set and yolks are still runny. allow the dish to set for 5 minutes before serving.

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"These opinions are my own and I was sent a 8 X 10 canvas print to help write this blog post."

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