Spinach and cottage cheese pizza

More often than not pizza is catergorized under "junk food". But who says pizza can't be healthy? I say let's eat pizza and feel good about it:)

What you will need:

Pizza bases

Put in a bowl:

1 and 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 and 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
2 tablespoons margarine rubbed into flour mixture

Make a soft but not sticky dough with a mixture of 1/2 cup water and 1/2 cup milk. You don't have to use all the mixture.

Roll out dough onto a floured surface. Cut circles/ flowers with a big sized cookie cutter. Bake in a pre- heated  oven on 180c just the the bottom of the base is slightly brown.

Tip: This makes a large quantity of bases. after baking transfer bases you don't need to an airtight container and freeze until you need it.

If you are not up to making the bases yourself you could purchase ready bases without the tomato base.

Topping

coriander and chilli sauce/ pesto
blanched spinach
cottage cheese
cheddar cheese/ mozzarella cheese
origanum
chip spice/ salt & pepper/ veg spice

How to blanch spinach

Fill a dish 3/4 way with ice. Fill water to the top. Keep aside. Bring salted water to a boil. Add cleaned, cut spinach and boil for about 2 minutes till bright green in colour. Remove spinach and transfer immediately to ice bath to cool down. Remove the ice and water. Drain spinach leaves.

Tip: The next time you purchase spinach after you clean/ cut and rinse it put it in an airtight container and freeze it until you need it. That way you always have fresh spinach on hand.

Method:

Spread coriander and chilli sauce on the base. Top with drained spinach. Season with chip spice/ salt & pepper/ veg spice. Add blobs of cottage cheese. Add grated cheese over. Sprinkle origanum and bake in the oven at 180c until cheese melts.

Food groups incorporated: 

Veg: spinach
Dairy: cottage cheese/ cheddar cheese
Grains: pizza base