Spinach and Tomato Pizza

I was at Costco the other day and the large bags of Naan Bread were on for $3.99, these are the Naan breads that I use for my Onion Pizza so I decided to grab a bag. At the same time a super large bag of Spinach was on for $2.99 and I figured I could make some spinach salads this week. When I started on dinner that evening I saw the large bag of spinach and thought "I can make a spinach pizza!" I did some quick googling, saw some images and decided to go for it. This is what I came up with.

Excuse the lack of photos, I had to make this in a hurry as everyone was hungry and I was making my onion pizza and the kids plain pizza's at the same time.



Ingredients:
1 - Naan Bread
3 - handfuls of spinach, chopped
1 - Tomato
1 - Cup of shredded cheese (I used 1/2 cup old Cheddar and 1/2 cup Mozzarella)
1 - Tbsp Olive Oil
1/2 - Tsp dried basil

Directions (1 Pizza):
Pre-heat the oven to 350. Cook the chopped spinach on the low-medium heat until wilted a little bit.

Slice up your tomato.

Using a small bowl or container combine the olive oil and basil, mix together. Brush the mixture onto your naan bread.

Top the naan bread with spinach, tomatoes and cheese. Place in Oven for 10 - 12 minutes.

Remove from oven, cut into pieces and enjoy :)

Fusilli with Basil, Tomatoes and Avocado Sauce

One of the cool things about my Runners World subscription is that there are often recipes that are simple to make and taste good. The August 2014 addition featured a dish called "Fusilli with Basil, Tomatoes and Avocado Sauce". This is my attempt at it.

Ingredients:
1/2 - Box of Fusilli Pasta
2 - Cups of Cherry Tomatoes, halved
1/4 - Tsp Salt
1 - Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 - Cup packed Fresh Basil leaves, chopped
2 - Avocados, halved and pitted
3 - Large Cloves of Garlic, chopped
1/4 - Cup lemon juice
1/2 - Cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 - Tsp Pepper

Directions:
Bring a large pot of water to boil and cook pasta until tender. Remove from heat and reserve 1 cup of the cooking water. Drain pasta, cover and set aside.

In a large bowl, add tomatoes and sprinkle then with salt.

Add basil and oil, toss to coat then set a side.

Scoop the avocado into the empty pasta pot and mash with a potato masher. The avocado should be ripe or it won't mash very well (that's what happened to me...)

Add garlic, lemon juice, pepper and stir in the pasta water until you create a light sauce. Careful as you don't want it to be too runny. I think I only ended up using about 1/4 - 1/2 a cup of the pasta water.

Add in the tomato basil mixture.

Add pasta and mix everything together

Scoop onto a plate and top with Cheese.

Because my kids have a habit of not liking something new just because it's new, I cooked up some chicken breasts to go with it for my dinner,

The funny thing is that the kids liked this salad (I was really surprised!)