Sausage Pizza with Chard, and Butternut Squash

Did you know that Butternut squash is really good on pizza?  Well, it is.  Pizza is great because you can do so many things with it.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 Butternut squash, peeled and cut into strips or cubes
• 1 red onion, chopped
• sausage
• 1 bunch chard, chopped
• pizza crust
• pizza sauce
• cheese

Directions:

I could put my crust recipe on here, but I just use the one out of my Betty Crocker cookbook.  I like it and so does my family.  Use what you like.  I partially baked my crust and then added tomato sauce seasoned with Italian seasoning, but use whatever pizza sauce you like.

Okay, heat about 2 Tbsp oil up in a pan.  Add the onion and squash and cook about 10-15 minutes until the veggies are soft.   You can also add the chard to this pan if you want.  I didn’t.  I cooked the sausage in another pan and once it was cooked through, I took out the sausage and cooked the chard in the drippings.  Add sausage to the veggie mixture.  While you are cooking, have whatever child is helping with dinner grate the cheese.

Once your crust has sauce on it, cover with cheese.  (I believe cheese goes on the bottom of the pizza, but you can do it last if you want).  Spread chard over the sauce, then top with your sausage/veggie mixture.  Put in the oven and cook for about 12-15 minutes until crust is browned and cheese is melty.

Verdict:  I really liked this.  I went light on the sausage because I’m not a huge meat lover, but my sweet husband thought there were too many vegetables and not enough meat.  He also isn’t a fan of butternut squash on pizza.  I will convert him, yet.  The kids had pepperoni pizza.  For those who want to know how to prepare the squash.  When it is whole, I will take my vegetable peeler and just peel of the outside rind of the squash, then I cut off the top and bottom, scrape out the seeds, and slice or dice or whatever.  Easy, peasy.  I’ve never had chard on pizza, but I could definitely do it again, but next time I will chop it smaller.