Vegetarian Apple Pizza

Apple on a pizza?

Umm...yeah! Don't knock it 'till you've tried it. This vegetarian pizza is the perfect no meat meal.  It's easy, quick and super good for you!  If the pic alone doesn't make you want to at least try it, I will be amazed.  The apple has just enough sweetness to balance out the mustard and pepper.  Try it and let me know what you think!

I like to make my own pizzas bases but feel free to use store bought, gluten free is the best kind. Or use a wrap as your base for a crispy thin crust type of pizza.

Ingredients - 

1 apple, handful of fresh spinach leaves, a handful of corn kernals, 1/2 cup of roughly chopped cashews/almonds/walnuts, sprinkle of sunflower seeds or pepitas are great too, few slices of chopped pineapple, crumbled danish feta to your taste, 1-2 tablespoons mustard depending on the size of your base, drizzle of olive oil/coconut oil, and lemon juice, pepper to taste.

Method -

Preheat oven to 180 degrees.  

Roll out your pizza dough if you've made it yourself.  Spread mustard all over evenly.  Core and slice your apple, soak them in a small bowl of water with a little lemon juice added, this will stop them going brown when cooking.  

Layer your spinach first, then the heavier ingredients on top, that way when you eat it, it won't fall apart. Sprinkle over the nuts/seeds.  Add the apple and feta last.  Add freshly ground pepper and drizzle olive/coconut oil over the top.

Bake in the oven for 15- 20 minutes depending on your base used.  It will be golden brown when its ready.

Notes* I like to use cranberries instead of pineapple sometimes.  I think it's always best to use what you have on hand, experiment with the flavours, add some spices.  Or make a garlic dressing to drizzle over the top.  This pizza can easily be vegan if you leave off the feta, and use a vegan friendly sauce instead of mustard.

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xx Kaylene

Zucchini & Apple Fritters

ZUCCHINI & APPLE FRITTERS

Healthy, vegetarian, 4 veg & 1 fruit for dinner?  Ummm....yeah!

​​I'm sometimes so uninspired when it comes to cooking dinner for myself, because my house is full of fussy eaters!  So it's 3 different things for dinner most nights.  I think my 3 yr old would live off "chocolate bread" (hazelnut spread sandwiches) I if let her and the man loves his meat & I love my veges & fruit, that means a lot of dishes and a lot of planning when it comes to dinner.  And last night was no exception.  So with the usuals on the go for my people I wasn't loving the idea of salad.  I normally would have whipped up a batch of Indian Chickpea Fritters ( you can find the recipe on the Food Fix Up App, which I highly recommend you buy, it it a wealth of healthy goodness!)  but I wasn't feeling it and I had some zucchinis that needed using.  I mean how hard is it to whip up some fritters, they main thing is that they stick together!  So here is my Apple & Zucchini Fritter recipe!

Recipe - 

1 zucchini

3 medium potatoes, peeled

1 leek 

1 apple, cored

1 free range organic egg

rock salt

fresh cracked black pepper

1/4 cup besan (chickpea flour)

2 tablespoons of coconut flour

Coconut oil

Method - 

Grate your potatoes, zucchini, leek & apple into a large bowl.  Add your egg, salt & pepper, besan & coconut flours.  Mix really well.  Now is a good time to add any extra things you might like, for example add carrot or finely chopped up celery, or go for the indian influence and add some tumeric & ground cumin.

Heat your coconut oil in a pan and add a large spoonful of fritter mix, spreading around and pressing it together a little.  Depending on the thickness of your grated veg they only need a few minutes on each side until they are nice and golden brown.  The juice from the apple will give them a nice crispy outside.

Drain on paper towel if you like.  Serve immediately topping with whatever you like.  But I used Danish feta crumbled, a few pepitas & dried cranberries (craisins) and a dollop of mint jelly on the side.  Eat them as a standalone fritter stack or plate them up with some fresh salad, and a  squeeze of lemon juice.

Enjoy!