Thai Veggie Pizza

I spent the last couple of days out of town for work and ate out for every meal. I was really looking forward to a dinner at home when I got back. My husband picked out the ingredients for a new pizza to try. We've made a Thai chicken pizza several times that is awesome, this vegetarian version was a great way to change it up.

Thai Veggie Pizza
1 pizza crust
1/2 c cream cheese, softened
1/4 c smooth peanut butter
2 large garlic cloves, minced
1 T fresh ginger, minced
2 T Thai chile garlic sauce or to taste
2 T chives, chopped
Juice of 1 lime, divided
1 red bell pepper, sliced
1 c shredded cheese
1/2 jalapeño, minced
1 carrot, shredded
1 cucumber, peeled, seeded, and sliced
Handful cilantro, chopped
1/4 c roasted peanuts, chopped
1/2 c bean sprouts
1/2 avocado, sliced

Pre-heat oven to 500.

We have a pizza crust recipe that we love (I will share it next time), but for a quick weeknight meal, we like to use the refrigerated crusts from Trader Joe's. Use your favorite pizza crust for this recipe.

Roll out pizza dough into 12 inch circle. Poke with fork to prevent bubbles when baking. Pre-bake crust at 500 degrees for four minutes. In a small bowl combine cream cheese, peanut butter, garlic, ginger, Thai chile sauce, chives, and juice of 1/2 the lime. Once pizza is out of the oven, cover with the cream cheese, peanut butter mixture. Top with red peppers, jalapeño, and shredded cheese. Bake for an additional 6 minutes. When the pizza comes out of the oven, top with carrots, cucumber, cilantro, bean sprouts, peanuts, and avocado. Slice and enjoy!

This pizza will definitely make it into our pizza rotation! It was awesome!

For my birthday this year, my husband got me a kit to make our own wine. He has been making beer with his buddy for a few years now, but this is our first foray into wine making. Last night we bottled thirty bottles of the homemade wine. We have to wait at least one month to try it. It's going to be a long month!