Like A Big Pizza Pie

We had the BEST dinner tonight.

Remember this?

Well it turned into this:

Rosemary-Potato Pizza with Caramelized Onions and Goat Cheese

• 1 Tbs Olive Oil
• 1 Tbs Butter
• 1 Red Onion, Thinly Sliced
• Salt & Pepper
• 1 tsp Sugar
• 2 Tbs Balsamic Vinegar
• 1 Russet Potato, Peeled
• 2 C Shredded Mozzarella
• 1 Tbs Herbes De Provence
• 1/2 C Goat Cheese, Crumbled
• Garlic Powder
• 1 Whole Wheat Pizza Crust

1. Preheat oven to 450.

2. Place potato in a large saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil and cook until potato is soft when pierced with a fork. Remove potato from water and set aside to cool.

3. In a large skillet over medium heat, combine butter and olive oil. Once butter has melted, add onions and stir to coat. Season with salt and pepper. Cook for 10 minutes, stirring very frequently.

4. Add sugar and balsamic vinegar to onions, scraping browned bits from bottom of pan. Continue to cook, stirring almost constantly, until onions have caramelized. This could take up to 30 minutes. Be careful not to burn onions. Once they reach a golden brown color, remove pan from heat and transfer the onions to a bowl.

5. Once potato has cooled, cut into 1/2″ slices. Then cut each slice in half so you end up with semi-circles.

6. Place pizza crust on a pizza stone or pan. Top with 1 1/2 C mozzarella.  Cover cheese with potato slices, then top with caramelized onions. Sprinkle herbes de provence evenly over pizza. Next, crumble the goat cheese over the top, then sprinkle on remaining 1/2 c of mozzarella. Finally, sprinkle on garlic powder (I used about a teaspoon- use more or less depending on your taste).

7. Bake for 15 minutes, until cheese is bubbly and starting to brown. Remove from oven and serve.

This pizza was insane. I’ve always loved the Rosemary-Chicken-Potato pizza at California Pizza Kitchen, but judging from the drips of garlic butter I’m guessing it’s probably horrible for you. This one is much healthier and tastes almost the same. Next time I’m going to roast a few garlic cloves for the top.

Let’s see, the rest of the day is kind of a blur…

Breakfast: Cheddar Muffins and an apple.

Snacky snack- 100 cal pack of almonds. I love almonds.

I tried to take Jack on a walk this morning but he was having NONE OF IT. We got two blocks and he started wailing. I think he’s going through a growth spurt or something. Last night he slept from 9-7:45, then napped for an hour and a half (RECORD!!!) at 9:30. And he took two more naps this afternoon with only an hour in between.

Not that I’m complaining. Well-rested baby = Well-rested mama. Er, at least a mama with a slightly more organized house. I didn’t know what to do with myself while he spent all that time sleeping, so I reorganized our bathroom cabinet.

BAD:

GOOD.

Lunch was a curry-chickpea wrap using last week’s leftovers.

After lunch we played for a little while. I bought Jack new blocks at Target, and for some reason Chloe thought they were delicious. She wouldn’t stop licking them. At first Jack thought it was funny…

But then he was like, “GET OUT OF MY FACE, PUG.”

I know the feeling, dude. I know the feeling.

I guess that’s pretty much it for the day. Oh, I got an awesome run in this evening!!! I normally hate waiting that late to run (not to mention that it got up to almost 90 today) but this felt really good. Three sweaty miles in gorgeous weather. So woohoo to that.

Alright, I’m off to shower. Catch you guys tomorrow.