Poor Man's Sicilian Pale-izza

Now I know what you are thinking...some Sicilian out there is reading this post in pure disgust.  How can you take such an Italian staple and just annihilate it!?!?  I get it! Really, I do, but having the energy to work out and working towards a lean, sculpted body is simply worth it.

So with that...I bring you...(drum roll please....)  a Paleo approved PIZZA!

Ok, so sorry I only have a picture of the final product - one day I'll improve on my photography skills and take pictures of steps along the way.

So for now, be creative, use your imagination.

For the crust:

• 1-2 Yams (FINELY GRATE them so it's like a pulp-you can use a food processer or kick it old school with the hand held cheese grater)

Add:

• 2 eggs
• a dash of sea salt
• dash of oregano
• dash of thyme
• a good dash of garlic and onion powder

Mix with your hands (don't be a sally, roll up your sleeves and get in there!)

Prepare your cookie sheet with parchment paper, set your oven to 375 degrees

Make your pizza crust patties and lay them out on the parchment paper lined cookie sheet - flatten/thin them out to your desired thickness.

Toss them in the oven for 35-40 minutes.  You may want to flip them over 25-30 minutes in.  Cooking time will vary depending on how thick you make your crust.

For the Tomato Sauce:

Dice up 2-3 tomatoes
Dice up 1 onion

Coat your medium sized pot with olive oil and toss in the onions till browned.
When onions are nice and carmelized, toss in diced tomatoes

add a good heaping tablespoon of tomato paste
1/4 -1/2 cup water
a good dash of basil
good dash of oregano
sea salt sprinkle

let sauce stew on low to medium heat

For the Meat Topping:

Ground Beef
Italian Sausage
Bacon (why not?  It makes everything better!)
Shallot

Fry up 1-2 slices of bacon, carmelize your shallot, toss in your meats and let them brown up good - VOILA meat topping DONE.

Once the crust and sauce is done, assemble your Paleo-izza and STUFF YO FACE!...Uh, I mean, Manja!

Thanks for reading my awesome blog!  Hope you feel inspired :-)