free recipe friday: loaded pizza sauce
josiah is getting to that age where he prefers to pick food apart before he eats it. the problem? sometimes he doesn’t eat everything he picks off, and the first to be forsaken are the odd looking veggies. i have taken a cue from the sneaky chef and created this pizza sauce with all picky kids in mind. this has been, for me, the best way to get josiah to eat kale. today’s recipe: loaded pizza sauce!
2T olive oil
1medium sweet onion, sliced thin
1cup each kale and spinach leaves, washed and dried
1whole roasted red pepper, seeded and stemmed
2cloves garlic, minced
28oz can diced tomatoes
1/4cup tomato paste
1/2tsp sugar
1T red wine vinegar
salt & pepper to taste
In a large soup pot, heat olive oil to medium. add onion and cook 5 minutes. stir in remaining veg and saute about 3more minutes, until greens are lightly wilted. pour in diced tomatoes, tomato paste, sugar and vinegar. simmer a few minutes more, then use your stick blender to puree into a smooth sauce. season with salt and pepper to taste and use as you would any pizza sauce. (should be enough for one large pizza or two smaller) if you do not have a stick blender (get one!), you can puree this in batches in your food processor or stand blender, but you’ll need to let in cool a little first.
*kale & spinach – high in many minerals and a great source of vitamin A
*red bell pepper – lots of vitamins C & A, also a healthy dose of vitamins E, K, and B6.
*garlic – high in calcium (bet you didn’t know that!), it is also a great source of vitamin C.
