Monday, July 11, 2011

Meatza! Meatza!

I have tried several 'paleo pizza' recipes with the modified crusts and have never been in love with any of them.  The solution: meatza!  I have made this several ways and this is my favorite (and Whole 30 approved).  Veggies are the main ingredient here so use as many as you possibly can.  I'm listing the ones that I use most often, but use whatever you prefer and as many as you can.  Use any seasoning combo you like, this is the one we have found gives the most flavor but experiment and find what works best for you.

You can make this with all ground meat to keep it Whole 30 or you can use 1 lb sausage in place of 1 lb of the meat (it's almost impossible to find 'clean' sausage).  If you use sausage, eliminate the taco seasoning and make sure that you combine the sausage and meat really well. 

2 lbs ground beef (pork, turkey, or any combination)
2 Tbsp taco seasoning (be sure to read the label to check for added sugar.  Add more or less to your taste)
Tomato Sauce (this is your preference, I use about 3/4 C and that's not much but I don't like saucy pizza)
1 onion, diced
1 Tbsp oil
1 zucchini, chopped
1 carrot, chopped
1 pkg sliced mushrooms
1 red bell pepper, chopped
1 yellow bell pepper, chopped
several handfuls of spinach or kale, roughly chopped
pepper, garlic powder to taste
Meat shrinks down a bit
  • Preheat oven to 400
  • Put meat on cookie sheet and sprinkle with seasoning.  Mash, knead and mix meat until seasoning is well incorporated.  
  • Pat meat out until it fills entire baking sheet and is same thickness everywhere.
  • Bake for 15 minutes or until meat is cooked through.
  • While meat is cooking, cook your veggies.
  • Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat.  Add onion and saute until carmelized about 7-10 minutes
  • Add the other veggies (except the spinach) and saute until they're as tender as you like
  • Sprinkle veggies with pepper and garlic powder to taste
  • Add spinach on top of other veggies and allow to wilt
  • Remove meat from oven and drain off excess grease (the meat shrinks quite a bit)
  • Cover with tomato sauce, leaving about a 1 inch 'crust' around the edge
  • Spread veggie mixture evenly over top of sauce
  • Bake for another 10-15 minutes or until veggies are heated through and at your desired level of 'done'
  • Cut into slices 
Enjoy! 
Yum! Great leftovers.  I eat it cold out of the fridge although we rarely have any left.

2 comments:

  1. We made this last night for dinner, and it was so good. I found it to be even better this morning for breakfast with an over medium egg on the top. YUMMMM

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  2. It was really awesome! Wish my side of the pizza looked like Rachels. Damn I am soo picky.

    Junior

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