Identifying healthier foods that your family deserves,
and your kids will love!
Identifying healthier foods that your family deserves,
and your kids will love!
Kids love cheddar cheese and they love pizza. Theses fun pizzas are decorated for Halloween - Frankenstein, spider webs, ghosts, and jack-o'-lanterns!
Oven to 400 degrees F
Cutting board & knife, cookie sheet or pizza stone, cheese grater or food processor
14-45 minutes depending on design and number making
15 minutes
4 depending on ages
PIZZA CRUST:
4 small (6-inch) whole grain pitas
2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
1/8 tsp garlic powder
Place pitas on cookie sheet or pizza stone. Brush each with 1/2 tsp oil and sprinkle with garlic powder. Place in oven for about 10 minutes or until golden and starting to crisp. Remove from oven.BASE PIZZA TOPPING:
1/2 cup spaghetti sauce (reduced sodium)
1/2 tsp dried oregano
1/2 cup fresh spinach, finely chopped
Divide spinach, sauce, and oregano evenly among pitas. On 3 pitas sprinkle first with spinach and oregano, then sauce. On other pita (Frankenstein): add sauce first then oregano and spinach in a rectangular shape (the green will show through the cheese).1 block Cabot Sharp Light Cheddar Cheese
Lengthwise, cut off a little less than 1/4 the cheese. Slice into long thin strips for the spider web. Shred the rest in a food processor.SPIDERWEB:
Black olives
Use the strips of cheese to create a web. Slice a black olive in half lengthwise for the spider's body and use small olive slices for legs.FRANKENSTEIN:
Black olives
Green olives
Red bell pepper
Green bell pepper
Small fresh mozzarella balls
Add shredded cheese in a rectangular shape for Frankenstein's face and outline with green bell pepper. Decorate face as pictured using the decor items. Or, create you own version.JACK-'O-LANTERN
Black olives
Red bell pepper
Green bell pepper
Sprinkle shredded cheese evenly over another pita and decorate with black olives for jack-o'-lantern face. Add red bell pepper outline and green bell pepper stem.GHOST:
Black olives
Sprinkle cheese in the shape of a ghost over another pita. Add black olive halves for eyes and a large olive half for mouth. Place all pizzas in the oven about 5 minutes or until cheese is melted and pizzas are hot. Serve immediately.
Hand grate the cheese if you don't have a food processor. Make your own crust or use ready-made pizza dough or crust rather than pitas. Use other veggies for toppings such as eggplant for the ghost's mouth, mushrooms for the bolts in frankenstein's neck, zucchini strips instead of green bell pepper, etc… Get creative using uncured turkey pepperoni or sausage for decorating. Let your kids decorate! (Though you'll have to do the chopping unless they cut shapes out using small cookie cutters.) Make all 4 pizzas one design for simplicity. If you are pressed for time, the ghost and jack o'lantern are easier to make.
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