Baked Stomboli

Stomboli

Baked Stromboli

Ingredient List:

1 roll refrigerated whole wheat pizza dough

3 tomatoes ( I used celebrity tomatoes from my garden)

10 large pitted olives ( I used a mix of kalamata and green olives)

2 tbsp olive juice from jar

1 C fresh spinach

1 small package of sliced baby bella mushrooms

1 jalapeño sliced (deveined and seeded)

1 Red bell pepper sliced

10 slices of provolone cheese

Olive oil (to brush bread with)

Sea salt

Dried Thyme

Method:

Prepare and line baking sheet

Spray with non-stick spray

In a food processor mix tomatoes, olives and juice

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On the baking sheet roll out the pizza dough

In the center of the dough spoon on the tomato-olive mixture, leaving a 2” border that will be folded over

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Add spinach, mushrooms, jalapeno, bell pepper, and provolone cheese

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Fold edges over so no cheese is showing (mine was not pretty, but that is okay!)

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Brush with olive oil or spray olive oil

Sprinkle top with sea salt and thyme

Bake for 30-35 minutes until dough is browning and cooked all the way through.  If dough is browning too quickly cover with foil

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Enjoy!

Serves 4

Vegetable Soup with Vegan Sausage

Vegetable Soup with Vegan Sausage

What you’ll need:

1/4 C extra virgin olive oil
1 Leek chopped (only use the white and light green part of the leek, cut length wise then in
1/4 inch strips)
3 Celery stalks chpped
3 cans of beans, whatever you prefer (I used black, pinto and kidney) drained and rinsed
1 Box of vegetable stock
1 TBSP soy sauce
1 TSP red pepper flake
1 TSP cayenne pepper (you can leave out if you don’t like spice)
1 TSP sea salt or to taste
1 TSP ground black pepper or to taste
1 TSP ground coriander
Chives to garnish (fresh and chopped)
2 Links of vegan italian sausage cut into bite size pieces

What you do:
In a large pot heat olive oil over medium heat
Add chopped leeks and cook for about 5 minutes until soft
Add all spices and continue cooking for another 1-2 minutes
Add vegan sausage, brown both sides
Add vegetable stock, beans and soy sauce
Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for about 10-15 minutes uncovered
Taste and adjust seasoning if needed
Add chopped celery and cook for an additional 5 minutes
Spoon into a bowl carefully and add chives on top
Chive muffin goes great with this, see my blog post for recipe

Enjoy!!