I don’t often eat a lot of vegetarian meals, but lately I’ve been more conscious of cutting back on my meat portions.  In doing so, I’ve found that it’s not always that easy to achieve.  I found this great recipe that is not only a tasty vegetarian option, it also has tons of nutritional benefits, with mushrooms to make up for the protein you would normally get from meat.

Spinach is also one of the best vegetables you can eat to get your daily dietary requirements of many vitamins and minerals (so Popeye was right all along!).  Enjoy…

Ingredients for Fresh Tomato, Spinach and Mushroom Pizza Recipe

Tomato, Mushroom And Spinach Pizza

150g Spinach
1 medium Plum Tomato
80g Mushrooms
1 tb Olive Oil
1 Pizza Base dough recipe
100g Mozzarella Cheese; Shredded (Caboolture cheese is best)
20g Caramelised Onions
1/2 ts Dried Oregano
1/2 ts Black Pepper

Fresh Tomato, Spinach and Mushroom Pizza Preparation

Preheat oven to 250C.  Preheat your pizza stonefor at least 30 minutes prior to putting your pizza in the oven.

Wash and thinly slice spinach leaves. Cut tomatoes into 1/2cm thick slices; thinly slice mushrooms.

In a frying pan over medium heat, cook mushrooms in olive oil until tender.

Sprinkle the cheese over your pizza base. Top with sliced spinach, tomatoes, and mushrooms. Sprinkle with onions, oregano, and pepper.

Sprinkle a little semolina on your pizza stone (or just use a piece of greaseproof paper) and place pizza on your pizza stonein oven for 7-10 minutes or until crust is golden.

Remove the pizza from the oven when cooked, cut into slices and serve.

Ingredients for Garlic Chicken Pizza Recipe

4 oz Light cream cheese; softened
1/4 c Non-fat sour cream
2 Cloves garlic; mashed
1 c Boned and skinned chicken breast halves; cooked and diced
1/2 Red onion; cut in rings
1/2 Tomato; chopped
1/2 c Mushrooms; sliced
1 c Mozzarella cheese; shredded
1 Pizza base (see recipe here)

Garlic Chicken Pizza Preparation

Preheat your oven to 250C.

Mix together cream cheese, sour cream and mashed garlic until smooth. Spread on pizza base, top with chicken, onion, tomato and mushrooms and cheese.

Bake in a 250C oven for 10 minutes or until crust is done and cheese is melted. Top with parmesan cheese.

Recipe Preparation: bake (with Pizza Baking Stone)

Cooking Temperature: 250C
Recipe Serves: 1

Ingredients for Grated Zucchini-Pesto Pizza Recipe

1 16-inch pizza base
2 lb Zucchini*
3/4 c Pesto
2 Garlic cloves, peeled/minced
1/2 lb Mozzarella, shredded

Grated Zucchini-Pesto Pizza Preparation

*washed, trimmed, grated or shredded, and squeezed dry in a dish towel.

1. Preheat oven to 250C for 30 minutes for a pizza pan or 60 minutes for pizza tiles or stones.

2. Combine the zucchini, pesto, garlic, and mozzarella in a large bowl. Spread the mixture over the pizza base.

3. Bake in a preheated 250C oven for 10 to 15 minutes, or until the crust is golden.

This pizza is delicious hot or cold.

Recipe Preparation: bake

Recipe Serves: 4

Ingredients for Halibut Citrus Amandine Recipe

Halibut Citrus Amandine

1/3 c Slivered almonds
1 tb Olive oil
1/3 c Thinly sliced green onions
1 ts Minced garlic
1 ts Grated grapefruit peel; ruby or pink
4 Skinless halibut fillets (about 6-oz each)
3 Ruby or pink grapefruit
Salt and pepper; to taste

Halibut Citrus Amandine Preparation

Preheat oven to 425F.

In medium non-stick skillet over medium heat, toss almonds in oil about 2 minutes until lightly browned.

Remove from heat; mix in onions, garlic and peel. Arrange fish in shallow baking pan.

Juice one of the grapefruit; pour juice over fish, then top evenly with almond mixture.

Bake in centre of oven 10 to 12 minutes until fish flakes when tested with a fork and is opaque throughout. (Baking time will depend on thickness of fish.)

Meanwhile, peel and section remaining grapefruit. Season fish with salt and pepper and arrange on platter.

Pour over any pan juices and surround with grapefruit sections.

This is a really easy recipe, and something just a bit different that I thought would be great to share with you!

Recipe Preparation: boil

Recipe Serves: 6

Ingredients for African Spinach and Peanut Butter Stew Recipe

2 Onions
2 Tomatoes (peeled or tinned)
2 lb Spinach
4 tb Peanut butter (not sweet!)
Salt
Pepper
Oil for frying

African Spinach and Peanut Butter Stew Preparation

Slice the onions and fry in oil until soft. Peel the tomatoes in boiling water (or use tinned tomatoes). Slice and add to the onions.

Wash, trim and chop the spinach coarsely. Add to the stew and cook, covered, over a medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring to prevent sticking.

Thin the peanut butter with hot water to make a smooth paste. Add to the stew.

Season with salt and pepper and cook for another 5 – 10 minutes, stirring and adding water if necessary to prevent sticking.

Recipe Preparation: bake

Recipe Serves: 6

Ingredients for Mexican Eggplant Recipe

Mexican Eggplant Recipe

1 lg Eggplant
1/4 c Veg. oil
1 cn (15 oz) tomato sauce
1 cn (4 oz) chopped; mild green chillies
1/4 c Chopped green onion
1/2 ts Ground cumin
1/2 ts Garlic salt
1 c Grated cheddar cheese 4 oz.
6 Ripe olives; sliced
1 c Sour cream 8 oz.

Mexican Eggplant Preparation

Peel and slice eggplant. Brush both sides of each slice with oil.

Place in a single layer on a greased baking sheet and bake at 450F for 20 minutes.

Combine tomato sauce, chiles, green onion, cumin and garlic salt in a sauce pan.

Simmer uncovered for 10 minutes. In a greased 9 x 13 casserole dish layer the eggplant, sauce and cheese.

Top with sour cream and olives. Bake at 350F for an additional 20 minutes.

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I’m not entirely sure why this is called Idiot Bread Pizza, maybe because it’s so easy to make that anyone can do it… anyway, enjoy!

Recipe Preparation: cooking and baking

Recipe Serves: 1

Ingredients for Idiot Bread Pizza Recipe

Idiot Bread Pizza

DOUGH:—–
1 pk Yeast
1 tb Sugar
4 c Flour
2 c Hot water
1 ts Salt
TOPPING:—–
1-1/2 pt Tomato (pizza) sauce
12 oz Mozzarella cheese
1 lb Hamburger
Or sausage or pepper

Idiot Bread Pizza Preparation

Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add sugar, salt and flour.

Mix well with spoon and spread in two greased 9×13 pans. Let rise for one hour.

Spread about 1 1/2 pints of your favourite tomato (pizza) sauce on top. Add 12 ounce shredded Mozzarella cheese and one pound cooked hamburger (or sausage or pepperoni).

Put pizza in oven preheated to 500F (as hot as you can possibly get it); reduce heat immediately to 400F and bake 35 minutes or until cheese is melted.

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Recipe Preparation: boil

Recipe Serves: 4

Ingredients for Green Jade Soup Recipe

Green Jade Soup

3 Dried Chinese mushrooms
4 c Vegetable stock
1/3 c Carrots; peeled and cut in1-inch matchsticks
1/4 c Thinly sliced green onions
1/2 c Thinly sliced mushrooms
10 Spinach leaves; approximately
3 tb Soy sauce

Green Jade Soup Preparation

Soak dried mushrooms in 1 cup hot water for 20-30 minutes, until soft. Drain and reserve stock.

Slice mushrooms in thin strips. Bring reserved mushroom stock and vegetable stock to a boil in saucepan.

Add carrots, green onions, and both kinds of mushrooms and simmer for 3 minutes.

Add spinach leaves and soy sauce and cook for a few more minutes, until spinach is wilted. Taste for seasoning.

Serve this simple, clear soup with nori rolls or tempura. You may also add Japanese noodles for a more filling soup.

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Recipe Preparation: cooking and baking

Recipe Serves: 1

Ingredients for Beer Bread Recipe

Beer Bread

3 c Self-raising flour
1 tb Sugar; optional
1 can Beer; at room temperature
1 Egg; beat w/ 1 Tb water

Beer Bread Preparation

Combine flour and sugar, pour in beer and stir just until dry ingredients are moist.

Pour batter into greased and floured loaf pan and let sit for about 15 min. to rise.

Dough will be very gooey. Brush top with egg mixture and bake in pre-heated 375 F oven for about an hour or until pick comes out clean.

When done, brush top with butter. I like to add things like 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese and 2 tblsp. caraway seeds, or the cheese and some fresh chopped jalapenos or just use your imagination.

If you add these things, add them to the flour and mix well before you add the beer.