Bacon/Tomato/Avocado Pizza

Wow, it's been almost a month since the last time I posted! I've just been busy gettin' married. I wanted to make this post about all the awesome vegan food we had at our wedding, but the photos aren't ready yet. In the meantime, I'll share with you all this awesome pizza Michael and I made the other day. We occasionally get BLTA (bacon, lettuce, tomato, avocado) sandwiches at local eateries so I thought I'd make it into a pizza instead! This is without the lettuce and with added onions and red peppers. It was awesome. I used the avocados from the centerpieces from the wedding (yes, our centerpieces were all veggies!). We don't usually eat fake meat products but this bacon doesn't really taste like the real thing. It's actually pretty darn good! I can't remember the brand but it's the kind in the red box.

Here's a preview of our wedding photos. Chuk Nowak is such an awesome friend and photographer. I recommend checking out his work.

I hope everyone is having a fantastic day! I know I am!

Pizza Style Stuffed Peppers

Sorry for the delay, everyone! I have been busy with family visiting, working, wedding planning (!), etc. I am back and ready to post again!

As you might remember, I posted about eating some delicious stuffed peppers. I promised the recipe and, no worries, I haven't forgotten! We were in the mood for some pizza but I really didn't want anything so... doughy. I came up with these peppers and they were equally as good as pizza and definitely healthier!

Ingredients:
4 large green peppers, hollowed out
1/2 c. tomato sauce
1 c. dry lentils (you could use any filler here -- rice, quinoa, etc.)
1/2 c. vegan sausage crumbles
1/2 c. chopped spinach
1/2 c. red onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
Parsley, oregano, and garlic powder, to taste
vegan cheese, grated

Instructions:
- Cook your lentils! If you don't know how already, wash lentils, toss into a pot, cover with 2 cups of water, bring to a boil. Turn down to simmer and let cook until soft -- usually about 30 minutes but this all depends on how old your lentils are.
- When lentils are done cooking, sauté your sausage crumbles, onions, and garlic in a tiny bit of olive oil for 5 minutes or so. Use a large skillet!

- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

- Stir in lentils and remaining ingredients into your skillet with the sausage mixture. Let cook for 3 minutes or so.

- Place your hollow green peppers on a lightly greased cookie sheet, and spoon mixture into each pepper carefully. You might have leftovers depending on the size of your peppers. Don't worry, this is delicious as is!

- Cook for 20 minutes or until pepper is just starting to soften.

- Grate vegan cheese on top, and cook for another 5 minutes to slightly melt your cheese.

- Eat up!

Why did I only make 4 of these?! We ate these things up so fast! They are not only mouth watering but also very filling. I also didn't feel bad after eating these as I usually do with greasy, salty pizza. This is definitely a fun way to eat up any leftovers you may have, too. I just recommend doing it this way -- pizza style!

Veggie Pizza

What I ate for dinner last night...

And what I did...

(yes, this is homemade dough)

Mmm so good! Here is Michael enjoying our delicious pizza (and looking surprised)

I love nights that include homemade pizza, Dexter AND Weeds, Michael, and the cats. Can't get any better than that.