An Attempt at Japanese Pizza

I think it may be my stubborn nature, but I can never seem to follow a recipe's directions. Let me clarify - while I am very capable of following the directions, I never seem to want to. I think that bread is the only recipe I will follow to a T. Sadly, this lack of discipline often leads to my recipe not coming out as planned. This is a perfect example. I bought what I thought was small head of cabbage for making 101 Cookbook's Japanese Pizza. I cut the cabbage in half and chopped it up, thinking it would be the perfect amount - it was WAY too much. I don't know what possesses me to do this, but I figured I would improvise. It is usually at this point when I just start doing my own thing with still expecting the recipe to turn out. This recipe, however, is one where I needed to flip the mixture over and after looking at it in the pan, I knew there was no way that was going to happen. So instead I decided to mash it up and make a kind of cabbage slop. Luckily Jason will try anything, so I asked him to try and let me know what he thought. Surprisingly, he loved it. He said it reminded him of a hearty pie filling - SUCCESS! However, since it was a success, I definitely did not learn my lesson in following directions.

Okonomiyaki Crumble

Adapted from 101 Cookbook's Okonomiyaki (Japenese Pizza)

Ingredients

• 3 cups of chopped cabbage
  
• 1 cup of onions
  
• 1 cup of frozen peas, not thawed
  
• 1 cup of frozen corn, not thawed
  
• 1 cup of all purpose flour
  
• 3 eggs beaten
  
• salt 
  
• pepper
  
• olive oil

Directions

1. Combine the cabbage, leeks, peas, corn, and flour in a bowl and mix well.
2. Whisk eggs in a separate bowl and then add to the mixture. Mix until everything is coated.
3. Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add at least 1 tbsp olive oil, but more if you'd like. Pour in mixture and push down. Let cook at least 5 minutes. If you can flip it, go ahead and flip it. If not, crumble it up like scrambled eggs and mix it around so everything cooks. It will take about 10 minutes total. 
4. Serve with salt and pepper.'

**I plan to try making this into a pie. I would preheat an oven to 375F. Make a standard pie crust and fill with this mixture. Bake for maybe 35 minutes, or until the filling is set and browned. If the crust is browning but the middle isn't done, cover the crust with foil. I don't know for sure about the temp and times, but that is what I would guess. Let me know if you try this!