Grilled Broccoli Pizza

Been having a really crazy life lately, working on a move/house prep and sale, school started back, boys started school, Mike started school, we evacuated for a couple days from Hurricane Isaac (no damage!) etc. So we were a bit stressed - enter: pizza!

Pizza is almost always one of my main default comfort foods, and this one really hit the spot. Dear Hubby said it's the best I've ever made... yay!

I know you'll enjoy it equally.


Grilled Broccoli Pizza

1 Whole Wheat Pizza Crust, I used "MamaMia"
½ jar pizza sauce
⅔ cup broccoli
1 small onion
2 tablespoons cilantro
½ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon oil
½ can ripe green olives
1 cup mozzarella cheese, my favorite is "Daiya"

1. Preheat oven to 475.

2. Heat oil on high. Chop broccoli small and use all the way up the stem. Cut onion into wedges. When oil is very hot, toss in onions, stir, and cover. Stir about every minute until onions begin to brown. Stir in broccoli, cilantro, and salt and continue covering, then stirring, covering, then stirring for about 3 more minutes. Set aside.

3. Chop olives and set aside.

4. Spread pizza sauce as far out to the edge as possible, and then sprinkle broccoli mixture and olives evenly over pizza. Then top with cheese. Bake for 6-8 minutes at 475.


The ripe green olives are very different from regular green olives. They're milder (and, in my opinion, more delicious) than either green or black olives. For years they were nearly $4 a can at finer grocery stores, but this year I noticed that Walmart has started carrying them for $1.66 a can - much improved!

Daiya cheese is my very, very favorite, but you can use whatever mozzarella you can find! http://www.daiyafoods.com/

This definitely would be great gluten-free if you have a favorite crust, and for my calorie-gals, it's much better than store bought pizza, but still not a sixteen-slice favorite. :-)