Roasted Zucchini mini "Pizzas" (What I ate Aug 28, 2016)

I know this idea is all over pinterest and the internets. . . I just thought I'd take some pics and offer my own recommendation.

It's a super easy recipe/concept.
Although you may find variations and tips all over for how to do it, I basically sliced up a zucchini, arranged the slices on a baking sheet, basted them with a little olive oil and sprinkled with salt and pepper and then roasted them at 40 degrees F for about 10 minutes.

Then pulled them out and added some shredded cheddar and sliced grape tomatoes (which by the way were amazing! My friend gave them to me fresh from her garden!) with some more salt and pepper. . . .

Then popped them back into the oven until the cheese was sufficiently melted.

It was a delicious, comforting meal for me. Though honestly, nothing like pizza.
they didn't hold together once I started cutting into them, as the olive oil made the cheese were slip off; but the fact that they didn't look as pretty was really not a concern for me, because I was hungry and they were tasty. :}

Update: October 13, 2016

I made these again today, and used a little less oil. I also cooked them a bit longer and let the cheese get a bit crispy, and I added italian seasoning on top of the tomatoes before I put them back into the oven. All these changes made it even tastier than last time!
Thanks for reading and let me know if you try it!
~Julie :}

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What She Ate: 08-07-12

The other night Jake was gone. Kate had crashed and was not likely to wake up again before morning. That left Lily and I to have dinner by ourselves. Of course, in such situations I tend not to feel very motivated to do anything very involved for dinner when the hubs is not going to be there. Lily however really begged me to make her a "Julie Surprise" instead of just a pbj or what-not. So I told her she had to stay in the other room while I concocted something. I made her a personal pizza, using the carb free recipe I found a while ago. (Carbs are not so much the issue with me, just a P.s. I am avoiding non-organic wheat products more and more because of GMO issues. Anyways, this is a ton faster than traditional pizza dough.)

As I was making it, Lily kept popping into the kitchen trying to catch a glimpse of what I was doing, but I wouldn't give her any hints since it was supposed to be a surprise. Since I wouldn't satisfy her curiosity she began using her imagination and trying to "suppose" what surprise I must be making for her. She started to talk about if I could make her food that looked like a unicorn. I was like, "Umm, that would be kinda hard. Plus, I've already starting something else so sorry, you'll get what you get." Yet, she kept talking about the unicorn idea. (She's a little obsessed lately) so finally as I adding toppings I decided to try making a unicorn for her out of carrots with some broccoli foliage. Usually if I put carrots on pizza I slice them super thin with a peeler, but I figured it wouldn't matter if they were thicker this time. She was so excited when she saw her personal unicorn pizza. She ate every bite of that nine inch pie, all but the last one which she generously bestowed upon me so that I could taste how it had turned out.

Pretty good.

What I Ate: 05-10-12

My Mother had a recipe called Impossible Pie that we kids just adored when we were younger. Though now the ingredients I prefer have changed, it's one of those deliciously customize-able recipes that can really turn into anything you want.  Like an omelette you can flavor your pie however you chose. It's called impossible pie because it doesn't require you to make a crust. Otherwise, it's basically a quiche.

The night before this, on the 9th I had a lot of ingredients that needed to be used so I ended up making four of these pies in two flavors. One of them is more of an Italian theme in which I threw in the last bit of some pasta sauce and some broccoli and mozzarella with some parmesan sprinkled on top.

The other two pies were green bean and mushroom flavor with some mozzarella in there as well I believe.

Sorry I don't have exact recipes. It's been a while. Basically you put all the ingredients you want into the pan and then pour an egg mixture over it and then put it in the oven for about 30 minutes at 400 degrees or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean.

In my Mom's recipe the egg mixture (per 9"pan) is:
* 2 cups milk
* 2 Eggs
* 1/2 baking mix.

I don't buy cows milk anymore so I usually substitute organic rice milk which works just as well in any recipe I've tried.

I think I did use some baking mix in these, though I don't intend to buy more now that it's used up. It was one of those. "Let's just use it up so we aren't being wasteful" moments.

Since then I've found this carb free pizza recipe that turns out somewhat similar in consistency, so I'm pretty sure you could just skip the baking mix if you want it gluten free and use cream cheese instead.