Cluck! Pizza it is!

Like myself, Mabel still enjoys a good picture book.  The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza, by Philemon Sturges and illustrated by Amy Walrod, was always one of her favourites.  Emily's too.
I thought of this book tonight as I wanted to make dinner without going to the store...AGAIN, but each time I went to the cupboard with a new idea of what to make, I was missing an essential ingredient! "Cluck!"
The little red hen would like to make pizza and each time she goes to her cupboard, she too is missing an essential ingredient. Unlike myself, the hen ventures out for all the missing ingredients one-by-one and each time she returns home with a fantastic assortment of "other stuff".  The anticipation of what she will bring home next, along with the very creative cut paper illustrations and insertion of a little adult humor, make this picture book a really fun read for everyone. So many enduring visual touches, from her dolphin-safe tuna to her bunny slippers, and the cup of "chickweed tea" she sips while she patiently waits for her pizza to bake...  ...Can't help but love her polka-dot platform shoes and fashion-forward teal scarf knotted at her neck as she heads out to the market to retrieve anything but pickled eggplant!
I too decided to make pizza tonight and similarly had no help from my peeps to get it on the table, but I took a page out of this twist on the classic moral tale and I still shared my pizza!  I wonder if they will help me clean up...??

Spicy Italian Sausage, Kale and Sweet Pepper Pizza
2-3 Spicy Italian sausages removed from their casings and crumbled
large onion
several handfuls of kale/spinach
I keep a bag of New Star cooking greens in my freezer for smoothies, sauces, pizza, curries
sweet red pepper
hot banana peppers (optional)
pizza sauce
parmesan
mozarella
Suraj Garlic Naan bread (makes a perfect individual pizza crust)

Preheat your oven to 425 degrees (lower if your oven runs hot)
Saute your sausage, onion and greens in a little olive oil until fully cooked and set aside.
Dice more onion, sweet peppers and grate your cheeses.
Spread your sauce on the naan, add your toppings and top with a little parmesan then mozzarella.
Put on your bunny slippers and sip a cup of chickweed tea while baking your pizzas at 425 degrees for about 14 minutes.
Share with the people...yes even if they did not help make the pizza :D
Continue to enjoy your hard work while they clean up the kitchen for you.