Zucchini Pizza Dough Recipe - Updated

FYI - I topped this pizza crust (this mornings post) tonight with a garlic herb sauce, fresh tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, bell peppers, and the leftover grated cheese. It was fantastic. Even the homeboys (who, lets face it, think that if it doesn't have meat on it can't be any good) really liked it.

P.S. I'm trying to convince them that eating more meatless meals will reduce their carbon footprint. They're not buying that! They think I'm just being cheap. I am but least they could humor me.

It's zucchini season out there and any gardener worth his or her salt has planted way too much of it. Of course anything more than 2 plants is way too much! But what do you do with all that zucchini.
It would be a shame to let it go to waste.
You can't give it to the neighbors because they have their own stock pile.
When you put anything remotely green on the table the kids run screaming from the room rending their clothes off. There is nothing worse that running, screaming naked children. That can give you a headache and you are still left with a mountain of zucchini.

So my idea is to hide it in something they are sure to like.
Pizza!
Or more correctly the pizza dough.

Here's what you start out with:

(Don't mind all those wine corks. We are starting a collection. You know a craft project. Right, a craft project. OK, OK we drank all this wine but it was over a course of six months and there are three of us drinking it. Honestly it wasn't all me! OK mostly me but it was over a long period of time.)

Back to the ingredients

3 ½ cup zucchini, grated
1/3 cup flour
3 eggs, beaten
½ cup mozzarella cheese, grated
½ cup Parmesan cheese, grated
2 Tablespoons basil, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
Salt & pepper to taste

Please don't throw these little gems away. The rinds of Parmesan cheese is absolutely wonderful in soups. (Oh, don't forget to pick them out when you are ready to serve. Not like I've forgot or anything. I'm just looking out for you that's all)

Now, toss everyone into the pool.
(ignore the chipped metal mixing bowl. Like the recipe it was my mother-in-laws. Like I did her; I love it.)


It looks something like this when mixed up.

Spread out onto a greased and floured pizza pan or cookie sheet if you prefer.

The recipe calls for you to brush with oil.
Me, I'm lazy, I drizzle.
(and like garlic I can never get enough olive oil. Is that an addiction?)


Out of the oven it looks like this.

Dress it up with toppings and the kids/husband will never know.
Or maybe they will but who cares.
Enjoy

Love,
M

Zucchini Pizza

3 ½ cup zucchini, grated
1/3 cup flour
3 eggs, beaten
½ cup mozzarella cheese, grated
½ cup parmesan cheese, grated
2 Tablespoons basil, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
Salt & pepper to taste

Combined all ingredients.

Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20 minutes

Brush with oil & put under the broiler for 5 minutes or until browned.

Build pizza and bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes or until all the toppings are hot. Shouldn’t be more than 25 minutes.