Mexican Style Pizza

So - It appears this blog has languished in disuse for far too long! I've finally cooked something interesting, and also had the initiative to update!

Last night, I pulled a wad of frozen whole wheat pizza dough from my local grocery store. I think I purchased it on a whim, threw it in the freezer, and then promptly forgot about it. I also put a bowl full of black beans on to soak overnight.

So today, after getting home from work, I had to figure out how to use both items.

I figured Mexican Pizza could be tasty- since I also had red bell pepper, avocado, yellow squash, and red onion hanging about.

The recipe is as follows:

Approximately 1/2 cup of cooked black beans ( I cooked dried beans for a few hours with some garlic cloves - if you don't put garlic in here you will need to either cook some raw cloves quickly, or substitute garlic powder to taste)

1/8th cup store bought salsa
1 thinly sliced tomato
1/2 thinly sliced bell pepper
3/4 thinly sliced small yellow squash
1/2 thinly sliced avocado

1 Tbs adobo spice
2 tbs olive oil
Pinch of fresh cilantro
1 cup shredded cheese of choice ( I used cheddar, its what I had) 
I pizza worth of pizza dough (or pre made pizza crust.. or make your own dough)


Prepare the pizza dough according to the instructions. Lightly spread some olive oil on top. Puree black beans, salsa, and 1-2 cloves of cooked garlic. Puree until "saucy" consistency. I retained the black bean cooking water to add so that the salsa flavor didn't become over whelming.

Sprinkle adobo spice over sauce. Carefully layer toppings. Sprinkle cilantro and cheese on top of toppings.

Layer toppings of choice on the pizza

Bake according to pizza crust instructions.

When pizza comes out, add sliced avocado. (You don't want to cook the avocado, it will turn bitter)

Slice, and Enjoy with some cervesas!