Pumpkin and Tofu pizza

This is a pretty simple pizza which me and Mr. Monster love, if you love pumpkin... and you love tofu... give it a try!

You will need (per pizza):
1 pizza base of choice - I prefer thin
1 cup of bite sized pieces of butternut pumpkin

1 cup of shredded fresh spinach
1/4 cup of extra firm tofu, crumbled
1/4 cup of sliced red onion

Tomato Paste for base (I usually get one with garlic added... or add some minced garlic)
oil for roasting
1 teaspoon of dried mix herbs

Place diced pumpkin in a bowl and lightly drizzle with oil
lay out pumpkin on an oven tray and roast at 180C for 15-20 minutes or until pumpkin is roasted nicely
While pumpkin is roasting, throw crumbled tofu and spinach into the same bowl with mixed herbs - very lightly drizzle with oil and toss to coat - set aside (it should look like the picture below)

Cover pizza base with tomato paste and top with red onion
gently place cooked pumpkin on pizza and throw spinach mixture on top
bake in oven at 180C for roughly 15 minutes or until spinach has wilted.
Crack some sea salt and pepper over the pizza
slice and serve - enjoy!

Thai peanut pizza

So I saw this on A Profound Hatred Of Meat yesterday and just HAD to have it for dinner!

(this is my picture, not as presentable as the other blog)

It turned out absolutely amazing! I was keen for left overs... but Mr. Monster ate all of them :'(

I'm  not going to bother re-posting the recipe as you can check that out on the other blog, but I will post my thick - base recipe.

You will Need:

1 1/2 cups of plain flour
1 1/2 tablespoons of active yeast
3/4 cup of warm water
1 tablespoon of brown sugar
2 tablespoons of oil
1 tablespoon of salt
(lime flavoured toasted sesame mix) - I only used it for this particular recipe, but it would have been amazing without it)

1. Mix warm water with yeast and sugar and let sit until fully dissolved and foaming slightly (5-10 minutes), then add oil to mixture
2. Mix remaining dry ingredients together, form a well in the center and add wet ingredients, using a wooden spoon/spatula mix until combined, and then kneed with your hands to form a dough, it should be slightly sticky - add more flour if needed
2. set aside in a large oiled bowl covered in glad wrap of a damp warm cloth until doubled in size (takes about an hour or two depending on the temperature outside)

Once this has happened, punch the dough to let the air escape, then knead, and roll into a ball, roll out to the size of the pizza you wish to cook, either with a rolling pin or your hands. if you want a thicker crust, form the edges to be slightly higher than where your toppings are going, it will rise in the oven.

I found my base cooked better if I placed it in a thick slightly oiled frying pan in the oven, that way nothing was still soggy and it had a nice crunchy outer coating, but you don't need to do this. (I made it to the size of my frying pan)

My pizza took about 20 minutes to cook.

Not so meaty animal-lovers pizza

Last nights dinner was pizza, and Mr. Monster wanted something different on his, so I put together a faux-meat-lovers pizza, it turned out pretty damn good if I don't say so myself!

I reckon I could fool a meat-eater :P

So the base is just pita pocket bread based with BBQ sauce and some herbs, and ontop we have: Onion, Mushrooms, Capsicum, nut-meatballs (sorry guys, there's going to be a few nutmeat recipes until I get through the whole tin!) and a sourcream/aioli I made.

Nut-meatballs were just made using the recipe on the side of the Sanitarium nutmeat tin, and shaped into small meatballs and shallow fried.

Sourcream/aoli

1/2 cup of firm tofu (silken firm would be fine too)
teaspoon of apple cider vinegar
teaspoon of minced garlic
teaspoon of agave nectar (or any sweetner)
teaspoon of lemon juice
mixed herbs, salt and pepper for seasoning.

Blend the above ingredients into a sauce-like paste, if you want it to be a little more watery add a teaspoon of oil, if you require it to be more runny, I'd suggest some soy milk.

compile the pizza - drizzle with sourcream/aioli (and some more bbq sauce) and bake in the oven

wha la! (Mr. Monster and I's pizza/movie night treats!)