Confetti Pizza

Did you all have a good Mother’s Day? I sort of celebrated my day last Monday when I got a few surprises in the mail for my sweetheart of a husband. Of course my daughter is too small to even know what Mother’s Day is, so we didn’t really do anything yesterday. I, of course, called my Mom and we had a good chat. There is something so calming about talking about the complexities of life with your Mom. I used to think we were so different when I was growing up, but since becoming a mother myself, it’s like all of a sudden I totally ‘got it’. I understood what being a Mom was all about…or so I thought. The longer I do this, the more I love it. It’s probably THE hardest thing I have ever done, however, it is the most rewarding and fulfilling….more then I ever thought it would be! I really don’t want my sweet little girl to grow up! Can anyone make time stand still? Please?

Besides celebrating this weekend, I also took the plunge and bought a car. Talk about overwhelming…especially doing it for the first time without my husband. Who knew it would take so long and be so stressful! Geeze. But the deed is done and I have a purdy new vehicle. I’ll be taking it on the road to go to Utah and Idaho to visit some friends and family. I’m so excited to see my sister. She is awesome x 1000. Maybe I could convince her to do a ‘how to make your own fondant’ post….and a follow-up ‘how to cover a cake in fondant’ post. She’s a very talented self taught cake decorator. For reals. Would you guys want to learn about fondant stuff?

Ok, enough of that.

Let’s talk pizza. Namely, this pizza.

First, a little background: my daughter’s favorite food is pizza. If you put something she supposedly doesn’t like on a pizza, she will eat it. It took my a while to figure this one out but once I did, it was miraculous. A great day in the Brennan household.

With this in mind, I have been making pizzas a little more regularly from scratch. Last week, I came up with this little gem. I topped this pizza with a ton of southwest healthy goodness that is on the ever growing no eat list– salsa, turkey taco meat, black beans, corn, cheese, peppers, onions, tomatoes, cilantro, etc.. And guess what? She ate it! A whole entire piece.

What a rascal.

Moral of the story: it is possible to trick your kids….and eat more pizza!

That’s what we’ve been doing and dinner time has become more of a happy time. Plus my little one has gotten really good at saying ‘pizza’.

Improving appetites and vocabulary skills one slice at a time. What a motto…..works for me!

Happy Monday, folks!

Confetti Pizza

yield:4-6 servings
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Ingredients:

1/2 pound pizza dough
1 cup chunky salsa
1/2 pound turkey taco meat
3 cups grated cheddar cheese, divided
1/2 cup black beans
1/2 cup sweet corn
1/4 cup diced onion
1/2 green bell pepper, diced
1 tomato, diced
1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
lime wedges

Directions:

Place pizza stone in oven and preheat to 500 degrees. {If you don’t have a pizza stone, use an upside down baking sheet that is large.}

Stretch pizza dough out to be 12-14 inches in diameter. Spread salsa, taco meat, half the cheese, black beans, corn, onions and peppers over pizza. Top with remaining cheese.

Bake on hot pizza stone for 10-15 minutes or until crust is cooked to your liking.

Remove pizza and top with fresh tomatoes and cilantro. Serve hot with lime wedges.