Vegetarian Pizza I

-Preheat your oven to 450°F.

-Chop up about 2 cups of summer squash (2-3 squash).

-Heat 1 TBS olive oil in heavy sauté pan over medium heat.

-Add the summer squash, dried red pepper flakes to taste and 2 cloves of garlic put through a garlic press.

-Sauté until vegetables are almost tender, about 5 minutes then remove from heat.

-Place a pizza crust on baking sheet.

-Spread ¾ cup mushroom pasta sauce or pizza sauce over the crust.

-Slice up 10-15 Kalamata olives.

-Spread the squash over the crust and top with 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese and the olives.

-Sprinkle with ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese.

-Bake pizza until cheese melts and crust is crisp, about 13 minutes.

-Remove from oven and let cool for 2-3 minutes, then cut into pieces and serve.

Tomato Salad with Castelvetrano Olives and Lemon Zest

-Cut up 1 pound of slicing tomatoes into slices.

-Cut 1 pint of Sungold cherry tomatoes in half.

-Arrange on a serving platter.

-Take the pits out of 20 Castelvetrano olives (or another type of olive) by pressing down on each olive with the back of a chef’s knife and crushing it.

-Lightly chop the olives.

-Zest 1 lemon over salad.

-Drizzle with extra virgin olive oil and season with Celtic sea salt and freshly ground pepper.