I won’t bore you any more today with tales of my non-eating children (although the eldest is getting a bit more adventurous), and while I serve up veggies in their natural form every day, I also sneak in the ones they’re not eating. Balance is everything, haha.
I’ve been using hidden veggie sauce on pasta, in sandwiches, on pizza, basically anywhere I can get it. It’s based on this one, but changes with the week (don’t be fooled by the unimpressed look on Smalls’s face. She liked it. I think). I just put on a pot of tinned tomatoes and add whatever’s happening in the refrigerator. Cook till super-soft, check for seasoning (sometimes I add a little honey), and puree. Party on.
This one had half an onion, a clove of garlic, 1/4 sweet potato, 1/4 capsicum, two mushrooms, a small carrot, broccoli stalks, a rib of celery, and a couple of pieces of cauliflower.
Add to the scroll dough with cheese, roll up, bake 10-15 minutes. Voila!
PrintHidden Veggie Pizza Scrolls
- Prep Time: 1 hour 25 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour 45 mins
- Yield: 12 1x
- Category: Lunch
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Vegetarian
Description
It’s hard getting my fussy kiddos to eat a variety of veg, so I put them in scrolls. The upside is that they’re delicious as well!
Ingredients
- 290ml lukewarm water7
- 7g dried yeast
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 3 cups plain flour
- 2 cups tasty cheese, grated
- 1–2 cup hidden veggie sauce
Instructions
- To make the pizza dough, add yeast and water with the sugar and let sit for five minutes. In a large bowl, add the flour and the salt. Pour in the water.
- I did this in the breadmaker, but by hand just incorporate the ingredients until they come together.
Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic (about 10 minutes) (no need to do this if you’ve made it in the breadmaker). - Put back in the bowl and cover. Leave to rise in a warm place until doubled in volume (half an hour to an hour). Gather your cheese and sauce supplies.
- Punch the dough down and give it a quick knead. Roll out into a large rectangle on a floured surface. I left it about a centimetre thick.
- Cover the dough with the veggie sauce. Then add grated tasty cheese right to the edges, but leaving a strip about a centimetre wide down one of the longest sides.
- Roll up from the widest edge (sometimes I need a spatula or knife to help lift it off the bench if I’ve been a bit stingy with the flour) until you have a fat little roll.
- Slice crossways at one-inch intervals and lay them cut side down on a greased baking tray.
- Bake at about 180C for 10-15 minutes, or until dough is cooked through and browned. Best on the day they’re made, but can be frozen.
Keywords: veggie scrolls, cheese and tomato scrolls, pizza scrolls, hidden veggie scrolls
The Vegetarian Mermaid says
I’d probably make some for myself. Hahah
My oldest nephew is that way, he won’t eat spaghetti if he sees a piece of tomato, onion, or anything he considers to be a vegetable. The best way is to just hide it in there. Thank goodness for blenders!
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Veggie Mama says
I ate two of these myself! I had to make more, haha
Jackie @ Hippie Mumma says
Whoa, wait… Is a stock of celery really called a “rib”? Amazing!
Veggie Mama says
Haha I’m full of useless knowledge. Yes 🙂
Katie Rainbird says
Looking goood! Eat these dammit small people, it’s pizza!
Veggie Mama says
haha when I had a win with pizza, I wondered if this could be the next step. Pizza took me AGES.
Hugzilla says
It’s a shame that my non-veggie-eating children have a not-good-at-cooking mother otherwise I would totally make these.
Veggie Mama says
Make them in your thermomix…
cybele@blahblah says
Thank you, I’m now on the hunt for hidden vege meals, since my 4yo has decided they’re ‘yuck!’
I’m still in denial and hoping it’s a phase that we can just slide through with the odd disguise x
Veggie Mama says
haha I have one coming out of the anti-veg phase, and one going into it. can’t win!
Lisa Mckenzie says
Very Cool good for non veggie eating husbands as well x
Veggie Mama says
I didn’t think of that!
sammie@theannoyedthyroid.com says
That’s exactly what I was thinking, Lisa! Great minds think alike!
StyledbyBec says
Love hidden veggies in recipes. Never made scrolls. I guess you could make the sweet too with cinnamon and sugar?
Veggie Mama says
sure can!
sammie@theannoyedthyroid.com says
I’m totes going to give the sauce a go on my veggie-phobic man baby!
Veggie Mama says
haha what’s with dudes and veggie phobia?!
Jess @ alittlepartoftheworld says
This is awesome!! I need to get this into my kids. They getting so much better but there’s no way I could get this array into them otherwise. Thank you!