Specials: Food Recipe

Tomato Baguette Pizza  

Feeling tired of having a hole in your pocket? Feeling guilty after stuffing yourself with fast food? Fret no longer, as our very first food review of 2014 by TCSH’s Food Club will be reviewing a healthy and hearty meal this week.

Have you ever felt like ordering a large box of pizza from Pizza Hut, Domino’s Pizza or any other pizza place but dread the feeling of guilt after consuming all that cheese and calories and CHEMICALS in one box? Well, we here at the Food Club have the perfect remedy for you! You can try making this homemade tomato baguette pizza. It’s easy to make, healthy and most importantly, yummy!
 

Here’s our recipe:  

                   

TOTAL TIME: 25 min.

SERVINGS: 6 

INGREDIENTS: 

·         3 cups sliced fresh mushrooms

·         2 medium onions, sliced

·         2 teaspoons olive oil

·         2 garlic cloves, minced

·         1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning

·         1/4 teaspoon salt

·         Dash pepper

·         1 French bread baguette (10-1/2 ounces), halved lengthwise

·         1-1/2 cups (6 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese, divided

·         3/4 cup thinly sliced fresh basil leaves, divided

·         3 medium tomatoes, sliced

METHOD: 

1.   Preheat oven to 400°. In a large skillet, sauté mushrooms and onions in oil until tender. Add garlic, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper; cook for a time duration of 1 minute.

2.   Place baguette halves on a baking sheet; sprinkle with 3/4 cup cheese. Top with 1/2 cup basil, mushroom mixture, tomatoes and remaining cheese.

3.   Bake for 10-15 minutes or until cheese is melted. Sprinkle with remaining basil. Cut each portion into three slices. Yield: 6 servings.

4.   You can choose to add whatever ingredients you want and lastly, enjoy your meal!

REVIEW:  

 
You do not have to be a professional chef to whip this simple recipe up. Just be sure to be careful when using the knife and the oven.

This tomato baguette pizza might not smell like your ordinary pizza but it still gives out a really refreshing and mouth-watering smell. Not to mention it does not make you feel guilty after eating a tray full of these.

If you’re rushing for college, you can just prepare the ingredients overnight and make them in the morning as breakfast or keep them in a container to be brought to college. It still tastes as good and it’s not time-consuming.

Don’t forget to offer these healthy pointers to your vegetarian friends, or in fact, all your friends. Now all of you can be healthy together, even if it is just for a day. Enough with the fried chicken and burgers that you deeply favoured before, as you now embrace the healthy way of dining.

Everything just melts in your mouth once you eat it. So be sure to try this recipe out and have a good time!

Written by Jia Hui Heng
President of TCSH Food Club