Have you ever tried Pizza Bianco?  Are you wondering what in the world it is?  It’s white pizza, or, in other words, sauceless pizza.  This is not your ordinary pizza recipe.  Not only is this a healthy pizza recipe, this pizza bianco will start a party in your mouth, it’s so good!  You will feel like you are eating at a gourmet Italian café!

Do you want to know the secret?  There are two:  feta cheese and homemade Italian dressing.  Yep, on this white pizza recipe, feta is what adds a burst of flavor.  Even if someone in your family doesn’t ordinarily like feta, they might on this white pizza recipe.  It’s super easy to prepare, and I have found it to be a great “company” meal.

This pizza bianco recipe is a result of me playing around with a few recipes to create this yummy feta-licious pizza and we have all been happy with the results!

Ingredients:

Homemade pizza dough (the easy whole wheat bread recipe I use)

Homemade Italian Dressing (the recipe for Italian salad dressing mix I use)

1 green pepper, diced

1 red pepper, diced

2 green onions (scallions), diced

16 oz. organic mozzarella cheese (If you can find raw mozzarella, this is ideal!)

½ c feta cheese

Handful of raw spinach leaves, optional

1 small tomato, diced, optional

cooked bacon, optional (this makes it extra tasty!!)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425.
2. Sprinkle a pizza stone or pan with cornmeal or flour.  Roll out pizza dough.
3. Top dough with as much or as little Italian dressing as you prefer.  I use about 2-4 tablespoons.
4. Layer pizza with half of the mozzarella cheese, peppers and onions, and then remaining mozzarella cheese.
5. Sprinkle feta on top and add spinach and tomatoes if desired.
6. Bake in oven for 10-15 minutes or until cheese is golden brown and bubbly.

My family devours this pizza, and I have never had anyone who has tried it say they didn’t like it! I have not found any other pizza recipes that even compare to this one.

If you try this pizza bianco recipe, please let me know how you like it and how it stacks up against other white pizza recipes you may have tried in the past!

This post is part of Tasty Tuesday Parade of Food.

Source: Casual Cuisine

I have recently begun making all of my own salad dressings in an effort to avoid genetically modified ingredients (among other things).   It has been hard to find good, tasty recipes and mixes!  I love to use this versatile recipe for Italian salad dressing mix on pizza bianco, as a marinade for chicken, and on salads.

My hunt for a good recipe for Italian salad dressing mix came to an end recently when I found this one from Donielle.  I have modified it slightly only because I have been out of garlic salt!

1 T of garlic powder

1 T dried minced onion

½ T organic sugar (I don’t use this every time)

2 T dried oregano

1 tsp ground black pepper

¼  tsp dried thyme

1 tsp dried basil

2 T salt

I actually usually double this recipe and keep it stored with my herbs and spices in a glass jar.

For salad dressing, I mix it together 2T of the mix with ¼ c vinegar, 1/3 c extra virgin olive oil, and ¼ – 1/3 c water.  Store in a glass jar in the fridge!

Are you looking for a delicious whole wheat bread recipe that is also easy?  I don’t know where you are in your bread making endeavors, but it took me a good two years to finally have success.  I still would not call myself a master bread baker, but I have learned a few things!

After many trial and error sessions with several delicious whole wheat bread recipes that just weren’t rising, I went back to the drawing board.  I stumbled upon Sue Gregg’s site (www.suegregg.com) and experimented with her recipe (found in her Soups & Muffins Cookbook).  It was an instant hit in our home!  This has become my standard whole wheat bread recipe (when I don’t use a soaked bread recipe-stay tuned for an upcoming post about soaked grains!).

Note:  I make this recipe in a Bosch Universal Mixer which has a kneading hook.  If you don’t have a good mixer, I would highly recommend looking into purchasing the Bosch!

Ingredients for 2 loaves of easy whole wheat bread:

6 c freshly milled flour (I use even amounts of hard red wheat, hard white wheat, and soft white wheat)

2 ¼ c warm water (110-115)

1/3 c raw honey

1/3 c oil (I prefer Virgin Coconut oil but olive oil or safflower oil is fine, too)

2 tsp sea salt

1 T yeast

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 170.
2. In mixer, add water, honey, oil, and salt and mix until combined.
3. Add 3C of wheat and mix until just blended.
4. Add yeast and mix in until just blended.
5. Add remaining flour and mix until just blended.
6. Turn off mixer and set a timer for 10 minutes and let dough rest.
7. Knead for 6 minutes.
8. Turn out into loaves and put into greased pans.
9. Allow bread to rise in the oven for 45 minutes.
10. Without removing bread from the oven, turn the temperature up to 350 and set the timer for 20-25 minutes.  Bread will be done when the bottom of the loaf is golden brown.
11. Loosen the edges of the bread with a butter knife and remove from the pans.  Place on cooling racks on their sides.  Using a pastry brush, lightly butter the tops (this makes for a soft crust!).

That’s it!  This easy whole wheat bread recipe will probably be lighter than most other recipes you’ve tried due to mixing the three different types of wheat.  With only one rise, it makes the whole process pretty simple and less time consuming.

This recipe is also very versatile.  I also use it for pizza dough, cinnamon rolls, and dinner rolls.

Enjoy!

If you try out this easy whole wheat bread recipe, let me know how it goes!