You Need to Try This Sweet Potato Pizza Now

Nutrition
A sweet potato pizza

FROM JUNK FOOD TO WHOLE-FOOD STAPLE

A sweet potato pizza

A world without the versatile, sweet potato is no world at all. ... Especially for runners. This vitamin- and mineral-packed superfood is easily mixed with both sweet and savory dishes, transforming even the unhealthiest meal into a nutritious staple.

The tasty tubers can be added to soups, baked into brownies, blended into chocolate pudding, chopped and roasted for hash, even mashed into pizza crust. Yes, pizza crust, our current favorite, thanks to this Instagram post by Fleet Feet CEO Joey Pointer.

In addition to over 200-percent of your daily vitamin A requirement, just a cup of baked sweet potato is packed with Vitamin C, manganese, copper, B vitamins, fiber, potassium, and more. Yes, indeed, the almighty sweet potato is a whole-food every runner should eat.

With waning days of summer comes fall and marathon training season. If you’ve ever trained for a marathon, you know that, along with more miles, comes an expanding appetite. If you’re not careful, it’s easy to get carried away with post-run nosh. In comes sweet potato-crust pizza! This recipe is crazy easy to make, tastes delicious, and is healthy to boot!

INGREDIENTS

For the crust:

  • 1 C mashed sweet potato without skin
  • 1 C almond flour or gluten-free baking mix of your choice (plus a little extra)
  • 1 T Italian seasoning
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda (unless you're using baking mix that already has baking soda in it)
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/2 tsp coconut oil (set aside)

We used the following toppings:

    • olive oil drizzle with chopped and roasted garlic (pizza base)
    • handful of Lacinato (Dino) kale
    • 10 sliced cherry tomatoes
    • 1/4 C locally-sourced breakfast sausage
    • 10 to 12 sliced Greek olives
    • 1/2 C (or more!) shredded cheese
    • a few thin slices of red onion

    DIRECTIONS

    1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
    2. Grease the bottom of a pie pan or baking sheet with coconut oil and set aside.
    3. In a large mixing bowl, mix together all dry ingredients.
    4. Blend in sweet potato.
    5. Turn crust mixture out onto a greased baking dish. Use your palm and a sprinkling of extra almond flour or baking mix to help spread and flatten the dough (if you make a round crust, your pizza circumference will be about 8 to 12 inches).
    6. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until edges are slightly browned.
    7. Remove from oven and add your toppings.
    8. Turn oven to broil and pop in the pizza. Watch closely now; you're just waiting for the cheese to melt.
    9. Remove from oven and let the pizza cool slightly before you slice.
    10. Enjoy!

    Recipe created by Ivy Pointer.

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