Tuesday's Food Tip: Make This "Garden Pizza"

Try this "Garden Pizza" right now in mid-summer, when you can gather most of the ingredients straight from your garden (or load up on them at the farmer’s market) - sweet orange and yellow peppers, juicy red tomatoes, and basil so fresh it will take your breath away.



Start with a single-serve prepared pizza crust like Boboli, or some flatbread. I prefer a flatbread-wrap type bread called Flatout. You'll need one single serving Boboli or one piece of Flatout per person.

Use a pastry brush to spread the Flatout, or pizza crust, with a light coating of olive oil, then put it in the oven at 350 degrees for about 5 to 7 minutes.

While the crust is in the oven, take a few pieces of fresh garlic and saute them in olive oil. Then, remove them from the oil and mash them in a bowl with a fork. Add about 1/2 cup of softened cream cheese to the garlic and mix together well. This will be enough cheese mixture for about 4 individual pizzas.

Remove the pizza crusts from the oven. Cover the top of the crusts with the cream cheese mixed with garlic, spreading it out evenly over each pizza. Next, for every two pizzas, cut an orange pepper and a yellow pepper into thin strips, slice a ripe tomato, and tear a few fresh basil leaves into small pieces. Place all these items onto the top of the pizza crusts (as shown). Grate a little Parmesan cheese over the vegetables and add a little freshly ground pepper. Put the pizzas in the oven for about 15 more minutes until the cheeses melt. Serve immediately.