Black Bean Nacho Pizza
Whether you’re a starving college student or a hungry Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, the pizza is becoming one of the main food groups. With its delicious layering and appealing crust (thick or thin), who could possibly resist a good pizza when they see one?
Many Americans prefer to order their pizza hot and ready-to-go, or prepared to be cooked at their own convenience. However, with great pizza comes great responsibility, because the best kind of pizza is one you can cook yourself.
Although we all have our favorite pepperoni or cheese pizza recipes, this unique recipe adds a whole new twist to your favorite weekday meal. 50% nacho. 50% pizza. 100% healthy.
This tasty whirl of tasty vegetables will leave your taste buds screaming for more, without packing on the extra calories.
Black Bean Nacho Pizza
Cook Time: 40 min:
Ingredients
• 1 cup black beans (rinsed)
• ½ cup chopped red peppers
• 1 medium clove garlic (cut in quarters)
• 1 Tablespoon chili powder
• ¼ Teaspoon salt
• Yellow cornmeal (for dusting)
• 1 pound Easy Whole-Wheat Pizza Dough (recipe will be provided in next post)
• 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
• 2 medium plum tomatoes (diced)
• 4 medium scallions (sliced thin)
• ¼ cup black olives (chopped and pitted)
• 2 tablespoons pickled jalapeños (chopped)
Directions
1.: Preheat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit
2. : Place beans, peppers, garlic, chili powder, and salt in a food processor. Mix until smooth, scrape down sides if necessary.
3. :Sprinkle cornmeal onto a large baking sheet (or pizza peel if you have one). Roll out dough and transfer to baking sheet. Be sure that dough is completely coated with cornmeal.
4.:Cook dough until lightly browned (about 3 to 4 minutes).
5. : Take the crust out of the oven, and flip the crust with a large spatula. Make sure the underside of the crust is completely coated with cornmeal before adding toppings.
6. : Spread the bean mixture onto the crust, leaving approximately 1 inch around the border. Then proceed to layer on cheese, tomatoes, scallions, olive, and jalepenos.
7. : Place pizza and cook until the cheese has melted and the bottom of the crust has turned a golden brown. (Approximately 12 to 15 minutes).
Final Thoughts
What more can be said than a simply, “pizza please.”?
Just like people, recipes come in all shapes and sizes. From the extravagant feast to the on-the-go meal, I like to find fun foods for all occasions. However, recently it’s come to my attention that many of these foods are fattening (albeit flavorful) concoctions that the ordinary dieter would have to shun on principle, as if they could gain weight simply by staring at the picture.