Let's start the week off with a tasty recipe and a giveaway, shall we?
The folks at Birds Eye approached me a few weeks ago regarding their new campaign - in conjunction with Disney - to get kids to eat more vegetables. In celebration of their Step Up to the Plate program, Birds Eye asked me to come up with a kid-friendly, vegetable-packed recipe.
And, what food do most kids love? Pizza. So, I created a cheesy, delicious pizza that successfully makes all of the green vegetables on top of it not seem so...kid-unfriendly.
White Pizza with Asparagus and Peas
Yields: 1 pizza (about 4 servings)
-1 tablespoon olive oil + 1 clove garlic, minced
-6 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
-9 asparagus spears, trimmed and cut in half
-1 teaspoon olive oil
-1/2 cup Birds Eye Sweet Garden Frozen Peas, defrosted
-2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
-Salt and black pepper
Directions:
1.) Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
2.) Brush crust with olive oil and garlic; top with shredded mozzarella cheese.
3.) In a small bowl, mix asparagus with 1 teaspoon olive oil. Top mozzarella layer with asparagus spears and peas. Sprinkle with Parmesan and a little bit of salt and pepper.
4.) Bake for 15 minutes, or until crust is golden brown and cheese is melted.
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This perfect-for-spring pizza was packed with flavor thanks to the peas, asparagus, garlic oil, and cheeses. If I fed this pizza to my nieces and nephew, they wouldn't even notice the "green stuff" on top (especially after they took their first bite!).
Now, how about that giveaway? Birds Eye wants to challenge you, too, to step up to the plate and create your own healthy and kid-friendly veggie dishes. In order to help with that, Birds Eye is giving one lucky EE reader FIVE coupons for free Birds Eye products! To enter, simply leave a comment on this post saying what dish you'd make with these coupons. I'll pick a winner Thursday, 4/10 morning.
Good luck!
I received the same five coupons in order to create my kid-friendly recipe. All opinions are my own.
This giveaway is now closed.
Definitely would use the steamed veggies for a soup!
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ReplyDeleteI'm a big fan of cold pastas in the summer - I'd make some sort of chicken and veggie pasta salad :)
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your pizza looks so good!! I had this amazing dish with peas once that i've been wanting to recreate, it had cilantro, olive oil, and a poached egg on top of the peas.
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Either my corn chowder or broccoli potato soup! YUM!!
ReplyDeleteI'd make soup, stir fry or chicken pot pie!
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ReplyDeleteI'd make this pizza - looks delish.
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ReplyDeleteI love pea salad.
ReplyDeleteI'd make a nice veggie omelette.
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