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Power Sauce – Hidden Greens for Kids of Every Age

By Denise Pare-Watson

Kid of a Chef Series

Kid of a Chef gave me this recipe concept for Power Sauce on a recent visit.  Her reasons for making this sauce are simple:  as she laughingly says, she has three kids (one adult and two wee ones) who are not enthusiastic about eating their greens.  Hence, this brilliant method of hiding greens in a delicious pizza sauce.

This is what she wrote about her Power Sauce:  “I made it to hide greens from the boys in the house.  They are all carb-hungry and are more likely to eat the pizza crust than anything else.  Even if they pick the pizza apart, they still get the veggies.  I also put the ground power greens in shakes, or use the sauce as a dressing for sandwiches or a panini instead of mayonnaise.”

Power Pizza ready to eat | urbnspice.com

Power Pizza ready to eat

Power Sauce has excellent flavour – it is the best pizza sauce that I have ever tasted.  While I find most pizza sauces too sharp, this sauce is perfectly balanced. Kid of a Chef freezes the ground greens and uses the frozen greens to make delicious smoothies and shakes.  She made a strawberry shake while we were there and the little ones were asking for ‘more shake please, Mommy, more shake.’  Her version of the Power Shake had banana; frozen strawberries; some of the frozen ground power greens; yogurt; protein powder, vanilla, and milk to thin out the shake consistency, and a little maple syrup if needed for sweetening.  When she covertly adds a little more ground greens to the shake ingredients, the boys call it Leprechaun shake.

Power Shake | urbnspice.com

The Power Shake: strawberry, banana, ground power greens, protein powder, vanilla, a little maple syrup, yogurt and milk.

POWER SAUCE

CHEF TALK: The key to making Power Sauce is the use of organic greens, which are available at most grocery stores. The greens that I used were a blend of baby spinach, baby kale and baby red and green Swiss chard. You can also use arugula or any other of your favourite greens. Both my daughter and I pre-roast garlic cloves and freeze them for use in everything, including the Power Sauce recipe that follows.  The sauce is gluten free, dairy free, grain free, refined sugar-free, egg free and nut free. My herb garden is currently flourishing, so fresh basil, oregano, rosemary and other fragrant herbs make their way into the Power Sauce.

For the purpose of this post, I made a gluten-free thin crust pizza shell (I will post the recipe for Super Thin Pizza Crust soon).  You can use any of your favourite thin crust pizza shell or flatbread.  The recipe makes over 2 cups (500 ml) of sauce.

INGREDIENTS:

For the Power Greens:

Yield:  1 lb. of organic power greens = 3 cups of ground power greens

  • 1 lb. assorted power greens (spinach, arugula; kale, chard, etc.)

For the Power Sauce:

Yield:  2 1/3 cups sauce/ 575 ml

  • 1 cup ground power greens
  • 2 – 156 g (6 oz) cans of tomato paste
  • 1 clove garlic, minced (or 2 pre-roasted garlic cloves)
  • 1 teaspoon Kosher salt or sea salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano or Italian Seasoning
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 Tablespoon olive oil

For the Power Pizza:

Yield:  1 – 14″ large pizza (10 -12 pieces or 4 – 6 servings)

  • 1 pre-baked large thin crust or gluten-free thin crust pizza crust
  • 1/2 cup – 1 cup Power Sauce
  • Toppings of your choice:  I used pre-cooked, diced bacon and thinly sliced mini portobello mushrooms
  • Shredded pizza mozzarella, as needed (about 2 cups)
  • Salt and pepper to taste

METHOD:

For the Power Greens:

  1. Place the greens in the bowl of a food processor and grind finely. There should be approximately 3 cups of ground greens when you are done.  Utilize immediately or place the ground greens in a sealed bags in 1 cup portions and freeze.

For the Power Sauce:

  1. Place all of the ingredients for the Power Sauce into the bowl of a food processor and blend to a smooth consistency.  You should have approximately 2 1/3 cups (575 ml) of sauce. Taste for seasoning and adjust to your preference.  Use immediately or store in the refrigerator for up to one week.  For longer storage, freeze in 1/2 cup to 1 cup portions.

For the Power Pizza:

  1. Spread 1/2 cup to 1 cup of Power Sauce to cover the large pre-baked pizza crust.  Sprinkle with your favourite toppings and bake at 425°F/220°F for 10 to 15 minutes or until hot and bubbly.  Enjoy!

Here is the visual shown in step-by-step photographs:

Power Greens: a blend of chard, kale, spinach | urbnspice.com

Power greens are a blend of greens: arugula, spinach, kale, chard, etc.

The Greens are stuffed into a food processor and ground finely | urbnspice.com

Power greens are stuffed into a food processor and ground finely to use in smoothies or made into Power Sauce

1 lb of Power Greens make 3 cups of ground greens | urbnspice.com

1 lb. of power greens make 3 cups of ground greens | urbnspice.com

1 lb of Power Greens equals 3 cups of ground Power Greens | urbnspice.com

1 lb. of power greens equals 3 cups of ground power greens

Use the greens immediately or freeze the ground greens in one-cup sealed container | urbnspice.com

Use the greens immediately or freeze the ground greens in one-cup sealed container

Power Sauce, rich and healthy with power greens galore | urbnspice.com

Power Sauce, rich and healthy with power greens galore

The Power Sauce is spread onto a pre-baked pizza crust and topped with your favourite toppings | urbnspice.com

The Power Sauce is spread onto a pre-baked pizza crust and topped with your favourite toppings

Power Pizza is almost ready for the final baking | urbnspice.com

Power Pizza is almost ready for the final baking sprinkled with favourite toppings

Power Pizza ready to eat | urbnspice.com

Power Pizza baked, melted and ready to eat

Enjoy a slice of Power Pizza | urbnspice.com

Enjoy a slice of Power Pizza

More Ideas using Power Sauce:

Gluten Free Flatbread served in small wedges as a small plates offering | urbnspice.com

Gluten Free Flatbread served in small wedges as a small plates offering

Gluten Free Flatbread using Power Sauce and a few select topping ingredients | urbnspice.com

Gluten Free Flatbread using Power Sauce and a few select topping ingredients

Panini spread inside and served with Power Sauce | urbnspice.com

Power Sauce is spread inside a panini as well as served alongside as a condiment

Power Shake is another way to use the Ground Power Greens | urbnspice.com

A Power Shake is another great way to use the healthy Ground Power Greens

There is really no limit how you can use Power Sauce (and power greens).  Just to mention a few uses:  use it on hamburgers; as a topping on meatloaf; serve with charcuterie plates; serve alongside toast and scrambled eggs; and any place that you would use mayonnaise.

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If you try this recipe using Power Greens to make Power Sauce or Power Pizza or Power Shakes, please come back and leave me a comment below with your feedback.

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Smashed Potato Pizza

By Denise Pare-Watson

The UrbnSpice kitchen is a creative place and I love that. Sometimes, inspiration falls into my lap unexpectedly and then ideas and possibilities materialize so quickly that I cannot create fast enough. This is what happened when I was presented with an opportunity to develop recipes using nugget potatoes. So, how did the idea of a Smashed Potato Pizza come about?

Recipe development is definitely a large part of what I do as a chef, and many of the recipes that I develop for folks are for gluten-free dishes. One of the dishes that they tell me they miss the most is pizza. Now add to that another dietary restriction that indicates a grain free limitation – well, that gets a bit more complicated, doesn’t it? I took that challenge of finding a grain-free, gluten-free option that would not leave anyone sitting on the sidelines while everyone else was enjoying pizza. Thus, the recipe for Smashed Potato Pizza was born.

Smashed Potato Pizza - Ready to Eat | urbnspice.com

Smashed Potato Pizza – Grain Free, Gluten Free – So no one is left out

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