Butternut Squash Pizza
Earlier for lunch I used some of the pesto I made yesterday to make a toasted HSTP sandwich =hummus, spinach, tomato, pesto. On the side I had some purple cabbage:
This sandwich was really tasty. I love pesto on sandwiches now! I went to the gym – I am now loving the arc trainer. Then went shopping with Isaac’s mom at Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods. We decided to have a girls day while Isaac and his dad watched football.
On to the highlight of tonight’ post:
This is my first time entering the blogger secret ingredient and I searched long and hard for a good recipe that incorporated Jenn’s pick of Butternut Squash. At first I thought I might do soup or maybe a roasted dish, but I finally found something perfect – PIZZA. Well, like usual I waited until the last minute to get everything together and I ended up having Butternut Squash Pesto Pizza tonight for dinner. I used this recipe as a guide, but of course modified it a bit. I made pesto yesterday, which worked out perfectly because it was included in the pizza recipe.
Ingredients
- Slices baked, peeled butternut squash (about 1/2 pound)
- 1/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded Gouda cheese
- Whole Wheat pizza crust (whole foods brand)
- 1 (14.5-ounce) can finely chopped tomatoes, drained
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh oregano
- 1/4 cup pesto
- 1/2 cup (2 ounces) grated Parmesan cheese
Preparation
Preheat oven to 400°.
Sprinkle gouda over dough, leaving a 1/2-inch border; top with squash mixture, tomatoes, and oregano. Drop the pesto by level teaspoons onto mixture; sprinkle with Parme. Bake at 400° for 20 minutes or until lightly browned.
The recipe had rave reviews on cookinglight.com so that was a good sign and the review were correct. This pizza combines unique flavors that you might not normally pair together but is OH SO GOOD! I had two slices of this pizza pizza and then had a baked pear for dessert courtesy of Isaac’s mama.
I hope everyone had a great weekend…
Yum! I thought that pesto looked good by itself, but combined with butternut squash on a pizza?! Genius
It looks incredible – I love the combination with the gouda cheese, it’s very unique.
I’ve added it to the list! Thank you so much for using this week’s ingredient!
Yummy baked pear!
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I love your use of pesto today! I want both the sandwich and pizza. Yum!
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WOW! That pizza sounds and looks amazing! So creativE!!
happy mondaaaaaaaaaay!
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Sandwich + pizza + baked pear = HOLY YUM!!!!!
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Fabulous use of the BSI!
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Oh my goodness – that pizza looks AMAZING! I can’t wait for the results to come back!
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That pizza looks fantastic! Yum!
Love the dessert too!
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This is a definite SAVE! must.make.soon.
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Oh man that looks delish.. ineed to try the Whole foods pizz dough which is great to have in the freezer
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Your comment only said “Did you Forgetting Sarah Marshall?” – so I’m going to assume you meant – did you LIKE it? I just wanted to explain so you didn’t think I was nuts!
I did like it – it cracked me up. Although – the extended version did seem to take forever – I would stick with the theatrical version!
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the pizza looks amazing!!! and that sandwich looks like you bought it somewhere.. i love pesto!
have a great nights!
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wow, that pizza looks amazing.
and i just threw out a pear cause it was mealy. i should have baked it. dang.
Kelly Turner
http://www.groundedfitness.com
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Oh wow! What an innovative use of the secret ingredient!
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I am making this!
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