{"id":6921,"date":"2017-10-20T10:57:31","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T15:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bowlofdelicious.com\/?p=6921"},"modified":"2022-05-19T11:05:10","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T15:05:10","slug":"bacon-and-kale-pizza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bowlofdelicious.com\/bacon-and-kale-pizza\/","title":{"rendered":"Crispy Bacon and Kale Pizza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As some of you know, I started my very first vegetable garden this past spring. I got quite a bit of food out of it! One of the last and final crops holding on even through the Texas heat was a little bit of kale. I put it to good use with this Bacon and Kale Pizza, which is our new family favorite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This pizza recipe is SUPER simple. It uses only 5 total ingredients, and takes under 30 minutes to throw together (assuming you have pizza dough<\/a> already made)<\/em>. Thank you to my sister- and brother-in-law for the awesome inspiration for this recipe!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s what makes the kale amazingly delicious. First, it’s sautéd in the bacon fat. Why? Because it’s the right thing to do, that’s why. Oh, and because adding fat to a bitter green like kale can make it taste less bitter (you can read more about this in my Massaged Kale Salad Recipe<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second, it continues roasting in a super hot oven on top of the pizza, resulting in crispy crunchy pieces similar to kale chips. Honestly, I don’t know which is better- the crispy kale pieces or the crispy bacon pieces. And that’s saying a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bitter green vegetables and bacon go together soooo well. And actually, this pizza recipe is very similar to my brussels sprouts and bacon pizza<\/a>. This time, however, I used prepared Alfredo sauce<\/a> as the base instead of olive oil. I wanted this recipe to be extra quick and easy so I used store-bought sauce, but you can certainly make your own<\/a> if you want to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps the most exciting part of eating this pizza was the fact that we were able to give Zoey some little nibbles of it! She got the go-ahead from her pediatrician to eat (almost) <\/em>anything and everything under the sun, so I’ve been giving her all kinds of tastes of things. And we figured the sooner we can get her to eat kale, the better. She loved it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AND, for those of you who read my last post (Smoky Chicken and Avocado Tacos<\/a>)<\/em>, I have good news: Zoey is slowly but surely coming around to liking avocados! Phew. She is my daughter, after all. I was worried for a while there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I usually make pizza using my cast iron pizza pan<\/a>. If you have one, good for you! If you don’t, I highly recommend one. But you can use a pizza stone, or rimmed baking sheet, or anything that you usually use to make pizza for this recipe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t feel like messing with a pizza stone? <\/strong>Make this into a sheet pan pizza<\/a> instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More bacon recipes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n