Our weekly brunch date was canceled this week. It tends to be the only time I make something breakfasty, but this could easily be a dinner sidedish. The zucchini in the garden has been raging, so I'd been plotting on how to use it. This started out as zucchini pancakes but they weren't holding together when fried so I moved onto plan B.
Zucchini Pancake Pizza
2 cups shredded zucchini
1/4 diced red pepper
1/2 minced onion
2 minced cloves of garlic
3 slices chopped bacon
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh rosemary
2 tablespoon finely chopped fresh thyme
1 cup instant mashed potato flakes
2 beaten eggs
1/2 cup shredded hard goat cheese (I used "Sooty Clementine" by my local Oak Moon Creamery)
salt and pepper to taste
1 cup shredded Havarti
1 thinly sliced tomato
Brown bacon in a large frying pan
add onion and garlic towards end
in a large bowl combine zucchini, peppers, herbs and drained bacon mixture
add half of the Havarti cheese, the goat cheese, eggs and potato flakes
stir until blended
pour mixture back into frying pan (if you don't have a metal handled pan, go for a pie pan or casserole dish)
broil on low for about 20 minutes or until the edges start to brown
crank up to high to brown the top, turn off oven
once browned, cover in remaining cheese and tomato and put back into the oven to melt
slice like pizza and dig in!
We also had:
Citrus and Mint Smoothie
1 cup homemade roasted peach ice cream
1/2 a mango
2 tablespoons fresh chopped mint
1 cup orange juice
6 ice cubes
blend mint with juice and mango in blender
add ice cream and ice
blend until fully combined
garnish with mint sprig
