no meat for me

Last night, my mom made philly cheese steak calzones. They're very delicious and something I love, but something I no longer eat. With the pizza dough in the house, I was inspired to create something veg with it. So, I made up a portobello and asparagus pizza...

• Preheat oven to 425.
  
• Cut pack of asparagus into 1-inch pieces, steam in boiling water for 4 minutes, set aside.
• Simmer about 4 tbs balsamic vinegar with 1 tbs cane sugar for about 20 minutes. (Makes balsamic glaze.)
  
• Gill and cut 2-3 portobello mushrooms into slices.
• Heat olive oil and 1 tsp basil in skillet, throw in mushroom slices and saute until golden brown. Add 1-2 cloves finely chopped garlic and saute with mushrooms and oil for about 30 seconds. Add 1 tbs balsamic vinegar, stir briefly, then remove from heat. Set mushrooms aside with asparagus.
  
• Get out pack of pizza dough and spread evenly out on a baking pan/sheet. Spread oil/garlic/balsamic mixture from skillet on top of dough. Put dough in oven and bake for 4-6 minutes, or until dough sets.
• Remove crust from oven, place mushrooms and asparagus on crust. Place slices of mozzarella cheese over vegetables and drizzle with any remaining oil.
• Place pizza back in oven and bake for 5-15 more minutes. Check occasionally, remove when cheese and crust are browning.
• Take out of oven, drizzle balsamic glaze over pizza, let set for few minutes, cut and serve!

So. Good. And I'm very proud of myself for 1) not eating the philly cheese steak calzone even though I really really wanted to, and 2) making up a recipe on my own! Might have only been a pizza recipe and relatively easy, but it turned out to be so delicious and all my own...