DIY Eats: Veggie Pita Pizza

Today we have a fun and healthy recipe to share with you: veggie pita pizza! Pizza used to be our once-in-a-blue-moon guilty pleasure, but now that we make yummy pizza at home we can control what goes in. Now, we make it pretty often! This is a very simple recipe which you can customize with your favorite toppings. To make the guilt a little less, we loaded our pita pizzas up with a ton of delicious sauteed veggies. This is perfect for a quick meal; we made ours for our lazy Sunday movie dinner! 

Give it a try and let us know how tasty your pizza is! 

Ingredients

Whole wheat pita (6)

Tomato sauce (1.5 jars)

Mozzarella cheese (One bag, shredded)

Olive oil

Kale (1.5 bunches)

Onions (1 large)

Bell peppers (3-4)

Mushrooms (1 box)

Red crushed pepper

Oregano

Parmesan

Steps

1. Preheat over to 350 degree. 

2. Saute your veggies! Start with a little olive oil, and add in the onions. Cook until translucent. 

3. Add in mushrooms and pepper. Cook until soft. 

4. In a separate pan, saute kale until limp. 

5. Prepare baking sheet, lined with aluminum foil, and place pitas on top. 

6. Spread tomato sauce over each  pita. 

7. Add veggies to each pita (we really loaded ours up!)

8. Add cheese to the top (We're not going to specify an amount, but just know that we LOVE cheese!)

9. Sprinkle with  Parmesan, oregano and crushed pepper. And drizzle with a little oil. 

10. Bake for 20 minutes. 

11. ENJOY! 

DIY Eats: Barley Salad

Hi, everyone! 

It's now almost two months into the new year and we at DD are continuing with our healthy eating! Because we've found so many delicious and nutritious recipes, we don't even miss meals slathered in butter and cheese. We know, we're shocked, too!  

Today we want to share a new recipe we found a couple of days ago that turned out fabulous! It's a super quick and easy barley "salad" that you can eat hot or cold. It makes a fantastic light lunch and the flavors will leave you satisfied. 

Ingredients:

1/2 cup uncooked barley (We used the 10-minute quick cooking barley from Trader Joe's)

1/2 cup sweet corn 

1 bunch of kale

1/2 onion

1 tsp olive oil

1/4 tsp garlic powder (or fresh garlic)

salt and pepper to taste

1/4 cup low fat feta crumbles
Lemon

Directions

1. Fill a large put with water and set to boil; once it is boiling, add barley. 

After about 5 minutes, add in corn. 

2. In another pan, heat oil; once it is hot, sautee onions until translucent. 

3. Add kale and cook for about 5 minutes. 

4. Drain barley and corn, once they are cooked. 

5. Mix together and add the spices.

6. Add in feta crumbles
7. Squeeze lemon to taste

8. ENJOY! 

Let us know how you like it!