I try to meal plan and most of the time I do a pretty good job. I find that it helps both my sanity and my grocery budget, but every once in a while I run a day or two behind and have to get creative. You know that feeling when it's 5 p.m., everyone is hungry, there's "nothing" in the fridge, and you find yourself standing in the kitchen desperately in need of inspiration and grasping for a dinner idea? That was me last night. Fortunately my desperation produced one of the most successful dinners I've offered my family and will definitely be a frequent "go-to" meal! When I have NO idea of what to make I usually start by inventorying what I DO have. Last night I had loads of veggies that were on the verge of going bad, so I started there. I didn't want to waste them. I also realized that I had a frozen gluten-free (vegan) pizza crust in the freezer from months ago (
www.outsidethebreadbox.com) and a leftover chicken breast. Viola - inspiration! Sometimes it's when there's "nothing" for dinner, that you enjoy your greatest cooking triumphs! I hope this inspires you to get creative tonight!
Refrigerator Dump Pizza
- Pizza crust (frozen, fresh, whatever you have, get creative)
- I had a TINY bit of left over spaghetti sauce so I mixed that with a healthy portion of hummus and slathered it on the crust - YUMMY!
- Any and all veggies - I literally used any veggie I had that needed to be eaten. I food processed into thin slices broccoli, zucchini, and spinach. (The beautiful thing was there were extras! I tossed those babies into my eggs the next morning!)
- Then topped with a couple Roma tomatoes, fresh basil that was wilting, arugula, and black olives.
- One thinly sliced chicken breast
Make your own refrigerator dump pizza and let me know how it turns out!
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