Goat Cheese Pita Pizza

Ingredients:

• 1 pita bread 6 1/2 inch diameter
• 1/3 cup prepared marinara sauce
• 3 ounces fresh goat cheese broken into large clumps
• 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves or 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 2 tablespoons finely slivered red onions
• 4 imported black olives
• 1 tablespoon finely diced red bell pepper
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• salt
• pepper
• 1 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest of
• 1 tablespoon chopped flat leaf parsley

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450F
• Place pita on baking sheet spread sauce to within 1/2 inch from edge
• Crumble cheese on top
• Sprinkle thyme onion olives and peppers and season
• Bake until cheese melts about 10 minutes
• When out of oven sprinkle with lemon zest and parsley
• Serves 2 as an appetizer or 1 as an entree
• NOTE Veggies should be blanched to ensure tenderness