White Veggie Pizza and a Spinach Cucumber Salad

"I had a lot of veggie's in the fridge that I need to use before they went bad. Has this ever happened to you?  I decided to once again make a pizza.  This time I did not make my own dough. Boo, I know! It really isn't as good when you don't make your own, but sometimes, it's about making things quick and easy.  I used Pillsbury's thin crust pizza dough and simply followed the packaged instructions.  For the sauce, I used an organic alfredo sauce mix packet.  I boiled 1 1/2 cups of milk, 1 tablespoon of butter and the sauce mix until thick and then added some fresh Parmesan cheese.  I used the white sauce for the pizza and then topped the pizza with sliced onion, green pepper, spinach, tomatoes, mushrooms, mozzarella cheese, salt and Italian seasoning.  The pizza was then baked for 10 minutes at 400 degrees.    I enjoyed using the white sauce instead of the same old marinara pizza sauce.  The sauce gave the pizza a more creamy texture, but was balanced by the crunch of the vegetables and crust. "

"Along side of the pizza I had a salad with spinach, cucumber, quinoa and a balsamic dressing.  For those of you that don't know, quinoa is a grain -like crop grown for it's seeds. It's not part of the grass family, it's more part of the beet or tumbleweed family.  It gave the salad a unique grain texture which in my opinion was marvelous.  If you haven't tried using it you should give it a try. "