May 6 2013

Pizza bites and Cookie Dough

Who knew that pizza and cookie dough, two of the best food groups, could be re-created in a healthy way?

Mini Polenta Pizza

Start with cooked polenta (I cooked mine in olive oil over the stove)

Top with veggies — Add sauce and veggies

I used veggies from a salad with Greek yogurt — Add additional toppings like Greek yogurt

Top pizzas with cheese (excuse the messy plate!) — Top with cheese

Enjoy a piece of cheese while waiting for the pizzas to heat up :) — Enjoy a piece of while waiting for the pizzas to heat up 🙂

Drool over the melted cheese Enjoy! — ~~Drool over the melted cheese~~ Enjoy!

I created a big salad mix that I used for pizza toppings. A salad mix is great to have to add to meals and it’s so versatile.

The greens were a little wilted come Sunday so I used the veggies as a topping for my dinner that evening.

And now for dessert!

Just kidding, kind of. I made Averie’s raw vegan chocolate chip cookie dough balls. They were really easy and only required 6 ingredients- my kind of cooking.

The recipe called for 2/3 cup raw cashews, 1/3 cup oats, 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract, and 1/4 cup of chocolate chips. Averie used 2 tablespoons of agave and 1 tablespoon of maple syrup, but I swapped these ingredients for 2 tablespoons of honey.