Hi chocolate pizza pies!
I always marvel how my posts involving peanut butter are much more popular than the others. They even seem to be more popular than my posts involving chocolate. You people need to sort out your priorities! Chocolate should always come first.
Still, I’m glad you liked the Peanut Butter Frosting post. Today’s post involves peanut butter too. But more importantly, it involves the power couple: cinnamon and raisin. Some things are made for each other. Chocolate and raspberry, peanut butter and jelly, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston. Hmmm, scratch that last one.
The marriage of cinnamon and raisins is guaranteed to last forever. If you need proof, just take a look at the snack I ate yesterday afternoon:
The cinnamon-raisin breakfast pizzert. I added both to the wet mix, then added more cinnamon after it emerged from the oven.
Cinnamon Raisin Breakfast Pizzert
Serves 1-2
- 1/2 cup spelt or white flour (or click for a Gluten-Free Version.) (70g)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/16 tsp uncut stevia OR 2 tbsp sugar of choice
- 1/3 cup plus 1.5 tbsp water, juice, or milk of choice
- 2 tbsp (35g) applesauce or melted coconut oil (or veg oil, mashed banana, or even baby food!)
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 cup raisins
Mix everything together and pour the batter into a greased pan. Grease very well so the pizzert doesn’t stick to the pan! Cook in an UNpreheated oven set to 420 F, for 10 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Frost with peanut butter or healthy peanut butter frosting if desired.
View Breakfast Pizza Nutrition Information
I think that the idea of marriage is wonderful– being committed to someone whom you enjoy and love. However– if you decide they aren’t right for you, are in an abusive relationship, etc. and you are already married, the divorce process is so difficult (and all up to a judge- no thanks!), especially if you have children. Marriage is really all about the ritual– having a celebration of a union with food, family, and friends. You can do that without all the legal complications!
Of course, I don’t know what I will do when the time for that comes. But these are my thoughts a the moment. My mother has shared her experiences with me, which has been helpful. I don’t think that hurdle will come for some time!
VEGirl
looks so yum! i *need* to buy wheat flour! all i have is white at home…
cinnamon and raisins are a match made in heaven for sure! i love cinnamon raisin bagels with peanut butter ; – )
Cinnamon raisin miiiight just be my most favored flavor combination ever. Add peanut butter to the mix and now you’ve really got yourself a winner!
This pizzert looks awesome, Katie! Now, I just need to make one of your pizzerts!
your pizzert looks so good! everything is better with pb on it. 😉
old couples are so adorable! eek, i donno how i feel about marriage. i know it’s not for me right now, not until i find someone perfect who is also willing to put up with me, haha.
I have been craving a pizzert all day, thanks to reading this post at breakfast haha. Please please please won’t you post your gf recipe??? I tried making it once and it totally did. not. work. I think it was about as big as… well, 1/4 of a regular pizza and didn’t exactly taste all that great either :/
but i have not given up hope on the pizzert! no way!
oops sorry.. didn’t mean to post that… :/
I have been craving a pizzert all day, thanks to reading this post at breakfast haha. I just noticed your gf comment above–and ill try it with rice flour asap! I tried making it once and it totally did. not. work. I think it was about as big as… well, 1/4 of a regular pizza and didn’t exactly taste all that great either :/
but i have not given up hope on the pizzert! no way! maybe sunday ill make it? 😀
Basically, it is just the same, except use 1/3 cup plus 1T garbanzo flour (45g) and 3T coconut flour (24g). Add a little more water (120g, or 1/2 cup). And cook for 14 mins. Also, be sure to spray/oil your pan really well, as my first attempt fell apart. But it was a delicious mess! It does taste a little hummus-y, but I love that. If you don’t, you could maybe sub quinoa flour or rice flour? lol I don’t know much about gf baking! But I’m learning; it’s fun!
i would love the gluten free pizzert recipe! i love marriage, i’ve been for 3.5yrs and i am so ridiculously in love with him it’s not even funny. we are such a great team and we honor and respect each other daily. the biggest thing is to accept each other exactly how you are so you can grow TOGETHER as you age. it’s a beautiful thing but def requires equal devotion 🙂
Awwwwwww :).
Basically, it’s just the same, except use 1/3 cup plus 1T garbanzo flour (45g) and 3T coconut flour (24g). Add a little more water (120g, or 1/2 cup). And cook for 14 mins. Also, be sure to spray/oil your pan really well, as my first attempt fell apart. But it was a delicious mess! It does taste a little hummus-y, but I love that. If you don’t, you could maybe sub quinoa flour or rice flour? lol I don’t know much about gf baking! But I’m learning; it’s fun!
Peanut butter trumps chocolate in my opinion *ducks at thrown objects* 😉
I’ve been married once before and divorced. It was not the right thing to do for a number of reasons, but I’m jaded against marriage. I’d like to be married again someday, but I’m also not in any hurry to get there. 🙂
Oy, you and Bianca! Crazy girls… but I guess that means more chocolate for me ;).
😉 That’s definitely what it means!
Marriage is something I’ve always looked forward to, even as a child. I am lucky enough to have two parents who are in a loving relationship with one another, and I can’t wait to enter into that kind of bond with someone special:)
1. Holy yum that looks amazing!
2. I was never psyched on marriage. I wanted to get married, but I wasn’t really all that concerned about when or how. That changed after so much time with my future hubby. Not only do I love the idea of marriage now, but I love the idea of a ceremony. For me, it took being with the right person to get me interested 🙂
Umm gluten free pizza recipe please!! And marriage is totally worth it. I’m not saying it is easy, it so isn’t. But if you live your life without taking risks (marriage is a risk that is well worth it), is it really worth living??
Basically, it’s just the same, except use 1/3 cup plus 1T garbanzo flour (45g) and 3T coconut flour (24g). Add a little more water (120g, or 1/2 cup). And cook for 14 mins. Also, be sure to spray/oil your pan really well, as my first attempt fell apart. But it was a delicious mess! It does taste a little hummus-y, but I love that. If you don’t, you could maybe sub quinoa flour or rice flour? lol I don’t know much about gf baking! But I’m learning; it’s fun!
well cinnamon raisin just happens to be my favorite combo ever! i have got to try this pizzert…..now you got me thinking about tons of other vehicles for cinna-raisin deliciousness! Single lady muffins possibly?
This is going to sound strange coming from someone who is getting married in exactly 100 days, but I don’t think marriage is as important as many people make it out to be. Honestly I love my fiance more than life, and have been with him minus one break for the past 8 years. However, I don’t feel like anything magical is going to happen when we sign that marriage certificate or walk down the aisle. I want to get married more for the celebration of us being a family, than to make it “real”.
I think it’s crazy in a way how so many people are dying to “just get married already” when it’s not about the marriage, it’s about a true and complete friendship-partnership-loving relationship. Personally I like the idea of growing old with my best friend, but if I didn’t have him, I think I would seek the companionship over the actual marriage certificate. That being said – when you find your best friend you stop becoming high maintenance because they simply love you as you. Veganism, running, reading, yoga habits… they don’t make me a difficult person, they just make me a me!
I made a pizzert this morning, using a combination of tapioca flour and sorghum meal (to make it gluten free), with chopped frozen banana, mixed seeds, dried cranberries and cacao nibs. It was yummy! It came out a bit like a giant pancake (which I think was partly due to the fact that I added some Xantham Gum to compensate for the lack of gluten), but it was super tasty – I ate the whole thing (half for breakfast, and half mid-morning).
With regards to marriage – I’ve been married almost two years and think it’s the best thing ever. It is definitely not to be entered into lightly and is a lot of hard work, but it’s so rewarding, and I think there are few things better than sharing your life with your best friend.
Ooo sounds good! I’ll be sure to give your comment a shout out when I do my pizzert post, so others can see your recipe variation :).
No, I cannot think of a food that doesn’t taste better (fabulous) with peanut butter! And actually, I have thought about this very same question in the past and the answer is always the same. Everything is better with (peanut) butter! You could probably dip my flip flop in peanut butter and call it dinner!
I think this might be the funniest comment I’ve ever received LOL!
Love your recipes, Katie! Your marriage question is kind of a loaded one! I guess I have to ways of viewing it: one as a practicing Marriage and Family Therapy, and the other as an actually newly married person. For my husband and I we both knew from the get-go that our faiths were very important to us…and we also knew that because of this faith we both viewed marriage as sacred and pretty binding for life. This gives me a lot of security because I know that no matter how bad the conflict, we will always try our best to work it out before ever considering the “D” word. We also dated for about 6 years so we were WELL INFORMED about what we were getting into with eachother!
As a marriage and family therapist, I know that marriage (and relationships in general) can be pretty tricky…and the media doesn’t help when it’s portraying that we should always “feel” in love. The fact of the matter is, love isn’t always a feeling…it’s a decision and a commitment. Feelings will always ebb and flow…but it’s falling back on this remberance of the commitment that I believe keeps people together. Also, it’s hard because we live in a very “ME” oriented culture (ex- do whatever makes YOU happy). But, in marriage/relationships, this is no good…it’s about doing what makes your partner happy…and more than likely…they will reciprocate.
On the flip side…i think that single people should enjoy their singleness…it’s a perfect opportunity to learn yourself, to drop everything and have fantastic experiences, to travel, to pursue your dreams, etc…because when you’re tied to someone else, you can’t always fly on a whim or do what you want to do because the other person is relying on you for some stability (and probably a steady paycheck). Perhaps, even then, you’ll be rooted by owning a home so you’re not as free to pick up and go travel or go back to school… or whatever! It is this time of development that makes someone an even better for a partner in the future!
Just my thoughts:)
I love how you said that love isn’t always a feeling, but a commitment. SO true! Society really does mess us up (which is obvious when you look at how few divorces there were many years ago). I know my parents have had a ton of trying times, where both wanted out and definitely didn’t “feel” in love. But I–and they–are very glad that they stuck through those times. I’m lucky because I have some very good role models :).