Goat Cheese Salad Croutons

Menu:
Warm, Crisp and A Little Melty Goat Cheese Salad Croutons || Smitten Kitchen
Mixed Green Salad with Red Onion & Red Wine Vinaigrette
French Bread Rolls

Skillet Polenta with Tomatoes and Goat Cheese

Menu:
Skillet Polenta with Tomatoes and Goat Cheese || Flour Arrangements
Butter Leaf Salad

NOTE: I'm back! We just got back from an amazing 2-week RV adventure to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons. And guess what? Between my husband and the rest of my family, I barely cooked. It was awesome. Now that we are home, and it's actually getting cool enough to fire up the stove, I'm hoping to ramp things up here a bit again.

Asparagus, Potato & Goat Cheese Pizza

Menu:
Asparagus, Potato & Goat Cheese Pizza || Inspired by Every Day Food
Cheese Pizza

Movie:
Nacho Libre

Asparagus, Potato & Goat Cheese Pizza

Ingredients:
All-purpose flour, for rolling
1 pound pizza dough, thawed if frozen, divided in half
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 medium Yukon Gold potato, peeled and thinly sliced
Coarse salt and ground pepper
1 bunch asparagus (1 pound), trimmed and shaved with a vegetable peeler
4 ounces fresh goat cheese, crumbled (1 cup)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 500 degrees, with racks in middle and lower thirds. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough into two 6-by-16-inch ovals and transfer to two parchment-lined rimmed baking sheets. Brush each with 1 tablespoon oil. In a medium bowl, toss potato with 2 teaspoons oil and season with salt and pepper. Arrange potatoes on dough, leaving a 1/4-inch border. Bake until edges of crusts are golden and potatoes are beginning to crisp around edges, about 12 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through.

Meanwhile, toss asparagus with 2 teaspoons oil and season with salt and pepper. Reduce heat to 450 degrees, remove sheets from oven, and top flatbread with asparagus. Return sheets to oven and bake until asparagus is crisp-tender, 5 minutes. Top with cheese and bake until cheese is warmed through, 3 minutes. Drizzle each flatbread with 1 teaspoon oil, then cut into wedges to serve.