If I could eat pizza every day, I absolutely would. There are so many delicious combos and ways to personalize your pan. But usually, I try to stay away from it due to its’ high fat and calorie content. Every now and then though, I find a recipe that’s hard to pass up. Tonight I tried a unique roasted butternut squash pizza with caramelized onions and gorgonzola cheese. I was inspired by a recipe found on The Kitchen of a Runner’s website. The only changes I made were adding chicken and using a pre-made wheat crust.
Step number 1: cutting up the butternut squash. I was having terrifying flashbacks of peeling the squash from last week, so I decided to use a knife instead. That went well up until I cut myself.
It’s okay I’ll live…”it’s just a flesh wound.” (For those of you who appreciate the Monty Python and the Holy Grail reference….a treat for you: Black Knight Fight.)
Eventually, I had all the squash and onions chopped up. Next step was cooking them before actually throwing them on the pizza. I tossed the squash and onions in some olive oil, salt, and pepper and baked them at 400 degrees for about 20 minutes or until soft.
While the veggies were roasting, I cooked up some chicken for the pizza. I knew if I served Cliff, my carnivorous husband, pizza with no meat, he would eat it and then ask, “what’s for dinner?”
After everything was cooked, I poured some olive oil over the prepared pizza pie crust. Then I started layering all the goodness on!
First came cheese:
Then the squash and onion mixture..
Finally, the chicken and thyme…
The final product…
This was definitely a delicious and satisfying pizza! I’m pretty sure Cliff enjoyed it too as we finished off the entire thing in one sitting. You can find the original recipe here. Enjoy!
this was an insanely good pizza!
Glad you liked it!