Eating Healthy with Spinach Mushroom Pizza

I've got a lot of pizza recipes on here, I counted them all and had to admit that I wasn't sure if I should post another one but oh well...eating healthy shouldn't mean I give up everything I love. Pizza is one of those meals that like salads, I can top it with anything I want and how much I want too. What do I like about pizza? I think that in my mind, it's a cross between a casserole and a pie. A casserole to me is having a bunch of main ingredients mixed together cohesively that marry each other and taste better the next day. A pie because of biting into and tasting a crisp crust. There's no way I could ever stop eating pizza! No way...

Also, pizza is easy to make and takes little time. Everytime I make it, it turns out differently. I like that it's not predictable. Coming from Chicago, I've eaten tons and tons of great pizza, even the next day I've eaten it for breakfast. I'll never get enough of it!

This topping is healthy, easy, quick, and delicious! Thinking about cheese melting makes my mouth do a happy dance!

Love Spinach especially with melted cheese!

Ingredients:

1 12-inch pre-baked pizza crust
 or you can buy refrigerated pizza dough and bake it. I like Pillsubry pizza crust the best or you can

 buy pizza dough from your favorite pizza place or grocer.*

3 tbsp. EVOO
1 tsp. sesame oil
1 c. fresh spinach, rinsed and dried
8 oz. shredded mozzarella cheese
1 c. sliced fresh mushrooms

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Place pizza crust on pizza stone.

In a small bowl, mix together olive oil and sesame oil. Brush onto pre-baked pizza crust, covering entire surface. Stack the spinach leaves, then cut lengthwise into 1/2 inch strips and scatter evenly over crust. Cover pizza with shredded mozzarell and top with sliced mushrooms.

Bake in preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes, or until cheese is melted and edges are crisp.

*If you opt to bake the pizza dough, I just roll it on the stone and sprinkle a bit of EVOO on it then take a fork and poke holes throughout the dough (you don't have to poke too hard, just enough to keep the dough from rising in the oven). Then bake in a pre-heated 400 degree oven until it is golden brown, I would say about 7 minutes but your oven temps may vary. Then take out and follow the directions above.