Spinach, Tomato & Roasted Garlic Flatbread

December 29, 2014 by Kristi 38 Comments

This Spinach, Tomato & Roasted Garlic Flatbread is full of garlic-y flavor, layered with an Italian cream cheese spread and topped with crisp, fresh spinach and cherry tomatoes.

What would YOU make with this list of mystery ingredients?

OMGosh, can I just tell you how much I love Mystery Dish? If you don’t know what that is, I explained it in this post.

I remember when my dear friend Marcie @ Flavor The Moments invited me to join the Mystery Dish Gals. At the time, I was over-stressed, had no spare time and couldn’t even wrap my head around the concept – especially if it had deadlines! Let’s just say, the last thing I needed to do, was add something else to my already full plate.

Ever been there?

Two months later when I was more ‘prepared’ to accept a new challenge, I reached out to Marcie asking if I could join. I can’t even tell you how life changing that was! I have come to love Mystery Dish more than even I could have imagined.

There is something enticing, exciting and exhilarating about coming up with a unique recipe from ingredients someone else has pre-determined. The 1st month I tried Mystery Dish, I was a nervous wreck! The 2nd month, I have this challenge nailed – and I couldn’t possibly love it more!

So, let’s get to it. I’ll give you the list of ingredients we had to choose from, then I want you to post a comment on what YOU would have made. Are you ready for this? You need to choose at least 3!

“The December 2014 Mystery Dish List” + my choices

1) White Chocolate
2) Peppermint Bark
3) Muenster Cheese
4) Eggnog
5) Nutmeg
6) Canned Biscuits
7) Browned Butter
8) Cherry Tomatoes
9) Spinach
10) Roasted Garlic
11) Vanilla Ice Cream
12) Cream Cheese

You all know I *had* to pick the savory ingredients, right? 🙂 That’s how it works around here. Savory over sweet. every.single.time.

For this recipe, I used a Krusteaz Italian Herb Flatbread Mix. I’d never used one before, but it was part of the swag from IFBC. What a gem of a find! This flatbread smells amazing when baked and it is so easy to throw together. I am definitely a fan, and will be buying it again. It made making a flatbread appetizer so easy!

This flatbread recipe is rich in garlic (which we love) – so if you want a less garlic-y flavor, use only one head of roasted garlic. The flavors really shine with the fresh, crisp spinach and juicy, plump cherry tomatoes. You will love how soft, fresh and crisp it is, bursting with that great cherry tomato flavor!

Roasting your own garlic is really easy, and the roasted garlic is so savory, mild and sweet. It adds such a complex flavor to the dish.

To roast garlic, simply cut 1/2″ off of the top of the garlic to expose the cloves, then drizzle 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil over the top. Wrap tightly in tinfoil (I like to make them look like flower blossoms!), then bake in a oven-safe dish (to prevent leaking or spillage) for 30 minutes at 400 degrees.

When done, remove them from the oven and let them cool (the cloves inside will be very hot to the touch!), so I highly recommend you letting it cool before extracting those sweet roasted cloves!

The other great thing about roasted garlic is that the cloves are simple to remove. Using the tip of a spoon, just slide the spoon down between the layers of papery skin, and the clove will pop right out!

See how all that EVOO just soaked into the garlic making it soft, supple and ready to mash? It’s ready to make your Spinach, Tomato & Roasted Garlic Flatbread sing!

When you get a chance, visit all the other lovely ladies that participated in this month’s Mystery Dish and see what delectable dishes they came up with!

Come see what everyone else made! Here’s the list:

Spinach & Tomato Quiche (The Well Floured Kitchen)

Roasted Garlic, Spinach & Tomato Whole Wheat Pizza (Yummy Healthy Easy)

Chocolate Peppermint Bark Cookies (I Dig Pinterest)

Spiced Biscotti with Eggnog Glaze (The Pajama Chef)

Brown Butter Eggnog Banana Bread with Cream Cheese Glaze (Flavor The Moments)

Creamy Chicken Pasta Skillet (Simply Gloria)

Brown Butter Nutmeg Melted Ice Cream Cupcakes (The Sweet {Tooth} Life)

White Chocolate Chip Gingerbread Blondies (Culinary Couture Blog)

Enjoy!

Spinach Tomato Flatbread | Inspiration Kitchen

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