Sweet Summer Goodness

I love food. I love making, eating, seeing and smelling it. That about sums it up. 

Simple, fresh, high quality ingredients and a little time in the kitchen can make dinner special every night.  I recently have been asked by friends and family to start documenting all things food.  With a beautiful new Cannon camera in hand, I am ready to post away.  I hope this inspires you to make some delicious food in your kitchen.  Cheers!

Kate

 Grilled pizza with pureed corn, ricotta, tomatoes and basil:

(a twist on a Cooking Light Aug 2012 recipe)

*Pizza dough -I used store bought whole grain pizza dough for this recipe 

*Corn- 2 cobs

*Parmesan Cheese-1/2 c. grated

*garlic- 1 clove minced
*olive oil - 2T.

*salt, pepper

*ricotta -8oz. i used homemade but it can be store bought (FYI, homemade ricotta recipe coming soon)

*tomatoes- 1 large or 2 med

*basil- handful

 Heat grill to med heat.  Bring the dough to room temperature, lightly spread a little olive oil over the dough and spread out into whatever shape you'd like. In a small food processor add corn cut off the cob, cheese, garlic, olive oil, salt and pepper to taste. Puree corn mixture until combined but still chunky. Cut your tomatoes in slices, season with salt and pepper. Gently place the dough on grill and cook for 5 min or until crust begins to brown. Flip pizza, spread corn mixture on cooked side of dough, place tomatoes and ricotta on top of corn.  Close grill lid and cook for another 5 minutes or until topping are heated and crust is browned, even slightly charred.  Top with torn basil leaves, eat and enjoy.  (wine note: a chilled dry french rose pairs beautifully with this pizza).