A nutrition dense tasty pizza combining bbq sauce, toppings, and a crust made out of pizza dough + kale + other healthy ingredients. We call it GREEN BBQ pizza!
1cuppizza dough (annie's organic pancake and waffle mix is what I use)
¼cupblended kale + water mix
2teaspoonoil (avocado, coconut, olive, flax, etc)
1teaspoonflax seeds
1teaspoonchia seeds
1teaspoonhemp seeds
1teaspoonitalian seasoning (optional)
red chili powder (optional)
all purpose flour for dusting
Pizza Sauce
⅓cuppizza sauce of choice
⅓cuppureed carrots (about 6-8 steamed carrots will get you this measurement)
⅓cupbbq sauce (trader joes organic has less sugar than the leading brands and tastes great)
Pizza Toppings
¼red onion
1cupdiced, cooked chicken (skip or replace with options listed in the blog for a vegetarian version)
½cupbutton or bella mushrooms
¼cupchopped bacon (optional)
serrano chili peppers (optional)
Instructions
Pizza Dough
Place a handful of kale leaves and about 3 tablespoon of water in a blender and finely puree the kale into a smoothie type mixture.
Add oil, flax seeds, hemp seeds, and chia seeds to the mixture and blend again for a few seconds. You can add other similar ingredients at this point if you would like. (Italian seasoning and red chili powder can also go in at this point if you choose)
Combine the blended mixture and dough and knead until smooth and soft.
Oil your hands and knead again to smoothen the dough so it is no longer sticky.
Dust the surface of a countertop with some all purpose flour.
Roll out the dough into a pizza. Thickness depends on your liking, but I roll it to about the size of a pizza pan and ½ inch thick.
Transfer the dough onto a pizza pan. TIP: fold in half and then half again to form a triangle and then transfer it onto the pizza pan.
Put a few holes on the dough to prevent it from rising when cooked.
Place in a 350 degree oven for about 10 minutes.
Remove from the oven and slather with the bbq pizza sauce.
Pizza Sauce
Blend the steamed baby carrots with the pizza sauce and bbq sauce together.
Mix about 1-2 tablespoon of sauce with the diced chicken or meat alternate.
Set both the chicken and the sauce aside.
Pizza Assembly
Once the dough is cooked slather the pizza sauce onto the cooked crust.
Spread the shredded cheese mixture evenly leaving about 2 tablespoon for later.
Top with chicken/alternate, mushrooms, onions, green chili peppers, and bacon.
Now sprinkle the remaining cheese over the toppings.
Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes or until the cheese begins to brown. Feel free to broil on low until the cheese browns.
Remove pizza from the oven and let it cook for about 5 minutes before cutting. This will help keep the cheese intact.