Focaccia

Spinach and Feta-Stuffed Focaccia with Romaine, strawberry and orange salad

This recipe comes from Cooking Light: The Essential Dinner Tonight Cookbook.

Ingredients

Focaccia
1 tbsp olive oil
1/2 c chopped onion
3 garlic cloves
2 (6-oz) pkg baby spinach, divided
3/4 c (3-oz) crumbled feta cheese
2/3 c golden raisins
3 tbsp pine nuts, toasted
2 tbsp fresh lemon juice (I just used lemon juice from a bottle)
1 1/2 tsp chopped fresh oregano (I used dried)
1/4 tsp ground red pepper (I used crushed red pepper.  What can I say?  I was hungry and didn't read the instructions closely)
1 (13.8-oz) can refigerated pizza crust dough (I made my own crust from this website)
Cooking spray
1 tbsp 2% reduced-fat milk
1 tbsp water
1/4 c grated parmesan cheese

Salad
6 c romaine lettuce (I had leftover herb salad and leftover spinach that I just mixed)
1 c sliced strawberries
1 c drained canned mandarin oranges
3/4 c sliced red onion

Dressing
2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
1 tbsp honey
2 tsp olive oil
1 tsp Dijon mustard
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp back pepper


Directions

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
2. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.  Add onion and garlic; saute 1 minute.  Add half of spinach; cook 1 minute or until spinach wilts.  Add remaining spinach; cook 2 minutes or until spinach wilts, stirring constantly.  Remove from heat; stir in feta and next 6 ingredients.
3. Place dough on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray (Oops, I forgot this step, but it didn't stick too bad); pat dough into a 15x12 inch rectangle.  Spread spinach mixture lengthwise over half of dough, leaving a 1-inch border.  Fold dough over filling; press edges together with a fork.  Cut 5 (1-inch) diagonal slits in top of dough (Oops.  Also forgot to do this... but it seems to be okay).
4. Combine milk and water; brush evenly over dough.  Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes or until golden. 
5. While the focaccia bakes, prepare the salad ingredients and dressing.

Yield: 6 servings

Cost:

Yellow Onion: $.35

Baby Spinach: $5.98

Feta cheese: $2.79

Raisins: $1.75

Pine nuts: $4.25

Red Onion: $1.11

Strawberries: $3.00

Mandarin oranges: $1.25

I had the rest of the ingredients on hand.  This comes out to a total of $20.48, or $3.41 per serving and I had leftover red onion and strawberries for lunch this week!