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Healthy Pants Pizza

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Some days you crave fatty pants pizza, some days you settle for lazy pants pizza, and the other days?  Well the other days you just need healthy pants pizza.

A few weeks ago during one of my all too frequent grocery store trips, I stumbled upon a sample stand.  And if you’ve been with me to the market, you know that by stumble upon, I mean ran to.  Rarely do I ‘stumble upon’ a sample stand and think “I’m happy I just ate that”.  In fact, before that day, it had never happened – a scrunched face and search for the nearest paper towel is more like it.

To create your own healthy pants pizza, you’ll need:
– 1 Eggplant
– Pizza Sauce
– Mozzarella Cheese, shredded
– Typical Toppings (I chose spinach, mushrooms, and onions)

Thinly slice eggplant.  Cover a baking sheet with aluminum foil and place eggplant disks.  Broil eggplant on each side for about 4 minutes or until browned.  Watch closely as they burn easily, especially the ones in the back!  Cover with sauce, cheese, and toppings, and broil another minute or two until the cheese is bubbly.

Barley & Eggplant, Oh My!

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To aid in sticking with my “high fiber, low glycemic index, minimal animal, minimal wheat” diet, I’ve created a meal plan for the first week of twenty ten. I spent entirely too much time, especially for a Saturday night, picking out recipes, downloading a blackberry shopping list app, and then using the app for my lengthy grocery list. My shopping cart was nothing short of beautiful – I could feel envious eyes wandering from carts filled with processed cardboard to my cart filled with lush produce. And even if that image was all in my head, I loved it just the same.

Oh what a dish, my first home cooked meal of the new year: Barley Basilico and Garlic Eggplant from “The Flexitarian Diet” cookbook. It was refreshing, hearty, and uncomplicated. I must add that I thoroughly enjoy simple meals, meals where you can understand the purpose of each ingredient in your first few bites. This meal was not only pleasant to the buds, but fulfilled the fundamental plan (as you can see below).