Robbie's Recipes: Spinach Pizza like Applebee's®


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Spinach Pizza
like Applebee's®

Serves: 3
Prep. Time: 0:40

1/4 cups rice milk
4 Tbls. all-purpose flour
1/3 cup nutritional yeast a.k.a. Brewer's Yeast
10 oz. pkg. frozen spinach - thawed, squeezed
1 med. onion - chopped
4 cloves garlic - minced
1 Tbls. olive oil
5 med. plum tomatoes - cored, diced
8 ozs. fresh mushrooms - diced
1 tsp. dried basil
1 tsp. dried parsley
1 tsp. cayenne pepper
3 pita bread

-Heat milk in saucepan until hot, but not boiling.
-Stir in flour and continue stirring until sauce begins to thicken.
-Reduce heat and add nutritional yeast and spinach.
-Stir constantly until thick and gooey, about 3-4 min.
-In separate pan, sauté onion and garlic in oil until onion is tender.
-Stir in tomatoes, mushrooms, and spices; sauté until hot throughout; drain out any liquid.
-Using a very sharp bread knife, split each pita bread in half to make 2 round, flat pieces.
-Place each piece of bread on a cookie sheet or pizza pan; spread spinach sauce over each; top with tomato mixture.
-Bake in a 425 degree oven for 5-7 minutes, watching closely to ensure the edges of the pita don't burn.