Hi folks. I have to say I am really enjoying being part of the Vintage Recipe Swap. Christianna of Burwell General Store uses vintage cookbooks and every month she chooses one recipe for the group to adapt. There about 30 of us right now and some changes are coming to the swap. I have to admit to being really excited to see what's in store for us next. It is so rewarding to take a recipe and turn it on it's head, make it something else. Some months it's easy, some months it's hard. This month's recipe was an intriguing one. We were to take a wild rice dressing and make it something else. I went around and around trying to think of something unique. Should I do this, what if I did that? Then it came like a bolt of lightning. Pizza. It's where my mind always goes. I had done a pizza with a previous recipe so I really did not want to do it another time. But the pull was too great. The last one was a dessert, so I figured a savory was acceptable. Then I'll never be able to adapt another into pizza again. Yikes, there's some pressure. Am I up to the challenge? Of course I am, I love playing with food. Just consider me 5 years old and always in trouble at the table. It's who I am.
Once I made the decision to make pizza it became how and what to use. I had done a rice pizza eons ago when I was on a health kick. Seems like a lifetime ago. I had no recollection of how I did it or what kind of rice I used. I wanted to do a Hawaiian pizza as Hawaii has been playing on my mind lately. I figured ham would be kind of a bad choice with rice though. So I did just straight up pineapple on it. I was lucky I had any left. Once I chopped open a fresh pineapple I could not stop eating it. I must have eaten half a pineapple while making the pizza. Lucky for me pineapple is good for you. Addictive but healthy.
I think if you are a healthy eater this will appeal to you big time. It's a bit outside the box, pizza but a healthy spin to it. I cannot do whole wheat flour so this is a good way to make it healthy without having to use that. My son who usually likes anything did not care for it. Not sure if that's a bad sign or not. Hubs thought it was good. I thought it was okay. I'll be honest, I'd rather have normal crust. But then I'd also love the world to be drizzled in chocolate so there you go.
Ingredients
- 3 cups cooked wild rice blend
- 2 eggs
- Salt to taste
- 2 tablespoons butter melted
- ¾ cup pizza sauce
- 1 and ½ cups shredded mozzarella I like the new pizza mozzarella's on the market, they melt perfectly
- ¾ cup chopped fresh pineapple
Instructions
- Cook up your wild rice first. Bring 6 cups of water to a boil. Add some salt. Toss in 3 cups of rice and let boil for a few minutes. Turn down to a simmer and cook for about 40 to 50 minutes. Fluff with a fork and simmer about 3 to 5 more minutes.
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Add beaten eggs and butter to the rice and mix well.
- Press the mixture into a pizza pan that you have already sprayed with non stick spray or lined with parchment.
- Spread your pizza sauce over top the rice.
- Sprinkle with the mozzarella cheese.
- Top with chopped pineapple.
- Place the pizza in the oven on middle rack and cook for about 10 to 12 minutes.
- Remove, cut and serve with a smile.
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If you are looking for a healthy alternative to pizza dough this is for you. Well except for all that mozzarella cheese slathered all over it. Whatever. Food police! Pfftt!
If you want to learn more about the vintage recipe swap hear on over to Burwell General Store. Please check out my fellow swappers and enjoy their creative and lovely recipes. See you next month when the next challenge will be the anti-pizza.
Toodles and smoochies. xx
Kim Bee
Thank you so much!
Kim Bee
Thanks! Cheese rocks!
Kim Bee
My mind always seems to go to pizza. I can't help myself. Glad you liked it Christianna. Look forward to the next adventure. I am having a blast.
Kim Bee
Thank you so much. I really had fun with this one.
Kim Bee
Thank you so much. I could cook all day every day and never get bored.
Kim Bee
Lol, I was leaning towards veggies due to the wild rice but the hawaiian pull was too great to resist. Thanks so much.
Kim Bee
Lol, it is a bit out there. You can also use cauliflower as a pizza base. And cookies. Chocolate chip even. There's one on my blog back in December I did for one for one these challenges. You'd love it.
Kim Bee
I love rice. I do have to be careful with the brown and brown blends though due to the IBS. Let me know if you try this for her.xx
Jennifer
What a great idea! I never would have thought about using wild rice instead of pizza dough. Can't wait to try it.
Kim Bee
I find I have to be "in the mood" to cook to go at these challenges. If I try on an off day it is not going to be a good one. Lol. Glad I am not the only one who rollercoasters with inspiration some days.
I am gluten sensitive but really have yet to delve too deep into research. I have wicked IBS and find whole wheat flour kills me. I tend to avoid anything using it. On occasion I give in and use something in the same family and usually pay the price for it. I love that you are gluten free yet you cook like an angel. It's very inspiring.
And thanks.xx
Kim Bee
With the two eggs in it we could. I think had I have used one we couldn't. I always eat pizza with a knife and fork myself though. It's a habit from my braces years. And thank you. It's a pretty out there idea. I used to make them more often when I was working out and watching my diet more.
Kim Bee
Thanks so much. Let me know how it turns out. Some of us liked it and some did not.
Kim Bee
Thanks so much. I remember doing them with white rice too and using lots of veggies on top. Let me know how it turns out.
Kim Bee
Thanks Julia. I had Hawaii on the brain this weekend so just was a natural progression. I must have eaten half a pineapple all by myself while making this. Lol!
Cucina49
It wouldn't have occurred to me to use rice, much less wild rice, for pizza crust. I love it! This looks just fantastic.
Kim Bee
Thanks Kiri. You are so sweet.
Kim Bee
Thanks Carolyn. I had a blast with this one.
Kim Bee
You must try it out. Half of us liked it, half didn't. I used to do it more with basmati in the past. But this was a cool experiment.
Kim Bee
Thanks so much. Hope you like it.
Kim Bee
Thank you. It is an old fave from my workout/health nut days. Possibilities are endless.