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A long weekend, and a tasty take on Japanese Pizza

by Chris

Oh, thank goodness for long weekends! D got today off, and the Bee and I couldn’t have been happier about it!

We got a fair amount accomplished this weekend, including:

Some work on an afghan

some work on an afghan

A LOT of work on an afghan

a LOT of work on an afghan

Some exercise

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Some relaxing

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Baked cinnamon rolls from scratch (the recipe will be in an upcoming post)

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And a bunch of other stuff. Set a date for a friend’s baby shower, got some plans made for our trip to Germany in May, I finally finished those nightstands (but you’ll have to wait to see them), cleaned the craft room. Please note the colorful addition to our living room, btw – that foam alphabet mat has saved Littlebee from many a concussion, and us from many a worry. I would really like to find someone that manufactures those things to talk to them about a line in designer colors, though (much as I love the odd mix of primaries and pastels in our otherwise mostly-mid-century living room…::shudder::). It’d be nice to have them in a houndstooth check or even a taupe.

But I digress.  What I really want to tell you about is this tasty thing:

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Inspired by Heidi Swanson’s okonomi recipe (we make her version pretty regularly), this was meant to be a convenient way to use up a bunch of leftovers, and turned out to be pretty mind-blowing.

Here’s what you need:

2/3 c. whole wheat flour

a pinch of salt and pepper

2 eggs, beaten

two leaves of chard

one small head of cabbage (or half a large head)

a couple of green onions

four slices prosciutto (optional – leave this out for a still-tasty vegetarian entree)

a hunk of parmesan reggiano (stravecchio, if you can find it – the crunchy quality of it is really stupendous)

cooking spray (or olive oil, if you’re not doing weight watchers – I prefer the olive oil)

Get all your ingredients together:

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Wait a second. There’s something missing.

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That’s better!

Okay. Get ready to cook.

Shred up your veggies (I used a food processor, and didn’t take pictures of that step, because it’s really self-explanatory and not all that attractive). Put your flour, salt and pepper in a big mixing bowl.

Toss the veggies with the flour mixture.

Toss the veggies with the flour mixture.

Stir the eggs into the veggies until everything is coated evenly.

Stir the eggs into the veggies until everything is coated evenly.

Heat a frying pan on medium heat, then spray or coat with oil. Press the veggie mixture down evenly across the pan.

Heat a frying pan on medium heat, then spray or coat with oil. Press the veggie mixture down evenly across the pan.

Cook until fragrant and the pancake slides easily in the pan.

Cook until fragrant and the pancake slides easily in the pan.

Slide the pancake off onto a plate.

Slide the pancake off onto a plate.

Invert the pan over the plate, then flip the whole thing.

Invert the pan over the plate, then flip the whole thing.

Now your great big pancake has flipped in one piece, and people who see the finished product will think you are some sort of pancake wizard.

Now your great big pancake has flipped in one piece, and people who see the finished product will think you are some sort of pancake wizard.

cook until done, then slide off onto a plate and garnish with tasty cheese and/or meats.

cook until done, then slide off onto a plate and garnish with tasty cheese and/or meats.

I was starving and ate half of the pizza for 7.5 weight watchers points. A reasonable person would have been full and happy with one quarter of a pizza, for 3.5-4 points.

1 comment

1 Japanese Kimonos { 02.09.10 at 8:58 pm }

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