WYATTS RECIPE Learn to make spinach pancakes in time for St. Paddy’s Day

surprise brunch TAKE EATING VEGETABLES TO A NEW LEVEL

WRITER: WYATT SQUIRES

1. Blend the milk, egg, spinach, chives, flour and baking powder in a blender on medium-high until completely mixed and bright green (include salt and pepper to taste if desired). Transfer to a bowl and stir cheese into the batter. 2. Heat a skillet over medium heat and add butter to the pan allowing to heat until foaming subsides. Ladle desired amount of batter onto skillet and spread using the back of the ladle or a spoon. The mixture won’t spread on its own. 3. Cook about two to three minutes until top is set and starting to bubble and bottom edges are brown and crisp. Flip and let cook for about two more minutes until brown and set. Cook time will be longer for thicker cakes. 1 cup whole milk 1 egg 1 cup spinach (chopped) 1/3 cup loosely packed chopped chives 1 cup flour 1 tsp. baking powder 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese 1-2 Tbsp butter (or other substitute to grease skillet) Salt and pepper (optional) INGREDIENTS DIRECTIONS

March 2020 NEWBURGH MAGAZINE 21 PHOTO BY: LISA POLK PHOTOGRAPHY & DESIGN

we give a’zip

HOW A COLLEGE DREAM BECAME A TRI-STATE REALITY

WRITER: WYATT SQUIRES

Try me during the month of March

AZZIP PICKS

March Crabness

PHOTOS BY: MAEGAN SAALWAECHTER

If you walk into Azzip Pizza today, you would never think the thriving chain of restaurants was an idea conceived by a college student.

Owner Brad Niemeier did just that. As a student, Niemeier won Purdue’s Burton D. Morgan Business Plan Competition and $20,000 to launch the business. With the help of friend Blake Kollker, an accomplished chef, Azzip’s menu and concept went from business plan to reality. With Mom as his accountant, Dad as his handyman, and brother rolling dough, Azzip sold its first pizza on February 5th, 2014 in Evansville.

Now, Azzip Pizza is gearing up to open a 10th location, a first in the Indianapolis area, this Spring. In addition to the Newburgh location, which opened in September of 2014 just seven months after the original restaurant on the west side of Evansville launched, the restaurant also has two other locations in Evansville as well as locations in Bowling Green, Terre Haute, Bloomington, Lafayette and Owensboro.

Azzip offers a personalized pizza experience. Restaurant goers can create their own delicious personal pizza by mixing and matching sauces, proteins and veggies. Plus, customers can watch at their pizza bakes in front of their eyes in 2 1/2 minutes.

With made-in-house dough rolled out in a kids’ size, 8”, and 11” crusts, plus a gluten-free crust and a low-carb cauliflower crust, there’s a size and style for everyone.

Azzip also offers catering options and features the ‘We Give A Zip’ giveback program which benefits local organizations and schools in the area of each location. Newburgh Elementary School was the first to benefit in a ‘We Give A’Zip’ giveback in 2016.

For information or to learn more about Azzip Pizza, visit their website at www.azzippizza.com.

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