Sunday, January 24, 2010

Necessity is the Mother of Invention

I had a major dilemma this afternoon.

I'm currently on the South Beach Diet phase one (for two weeks) during which I am not eating any carbs or sugars. Then, today's lunch came along and threw a wrench into the works. Mama wanted to make a nice hot *delicious* lunch of homemade pizza, one of our favorite meals. I can't have pizza crust, it's a carb.
Thus: DILEMMA.

Mama was not to be swayed by a little problem like that, (harhar) so she set her mind to work on how we could make a pizza that I could eat. She began pondering what we could do as a substitute for her crunchy, amazing whole wheat crust... *drool* ... and came up with a happy alternative.

We opened up a can of black beans and heated them up on the stove. Then we threw in some leftover cooked chicken to give it a little more body. We spread out a layer of the black beans/chicken (using about half of the pot) in a glass pie pan, and topped that with tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, and my favorite pizza toppings.. pepperoni, black olives, and pickles. :D Yummmm.


And, we sprinkled the whole thing with parmesan cheese, garlic, oregano, and basil. Then, into the oven it went!


We broiled it for about 6 minutes, watching it carefully to make sure it didn't get too crispy. Then... out it came. I wasn't sure how the black beans would taste, topped like a pizza. But then I took my first bite.
Oh. My. Word.
It was AWESOME! I loved it! All my favorite pizza flavors were combined with a delicate chicken taste, subtly underscored by the mild black beans. Ooooooh. :)

I was only able to finish about half of this filling dish, and wrapped up the rest and put it in the fridge for tomorrow.

Hurrah for inventive mothers!

8 comments:

  1. OMW! YUM YUM YUM!!!! I am so hungry now! That looks absolutely delicious! <3
    Blessings :)
    Katy

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  2. OH, YUM!!!!!! :D That looks fabulous! You'd never miss "real" pizza with that! ;D Look so delicious! Yes, Hurrah for mom's! :D

    So proud of you for sticking with your dieting sweetie! I know it's tough...keep at it girl! ;D Love you lot's! HUGS!!!!!

    ~Rachel~

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  3. Julia, as a suggestion, you could share this over on your cooking blog too! ;D

    Love and Hugs!
    ~Rachel~

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  4. That sounds delicious! Your mother is very imaginative. :)


    Abby

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  5. Yum! :-) That sounds super delicious as well as carb-less! :-)

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  6. WOW!!! I might need to try that. :)
    You have a great mother. :D
    Lidia

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  7. That looks so yummy!! What a wonderful and creative mother you have, Julia. :)

    Sorry I haven't commented in a little while. I have been reading your posts though! I really liked that one you wrote about the guy in the music store. ;)

    ~ Much Love,
    Lindsay

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  8. Oh, Julia! That looks so good. I have been experimenting with bean recipes. I am going to try this one!

    Blessings,
    Mrs. Sisk

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