YUM – PIZZA!!!

So delish. So easy. So fun.

Homemade Pizza may be one of my favorite foods!  I love being able to adjust a simple recipe into any direction you want to go.  You can have the normal pizza sauce with pepperoni or sausage, but if you know me at all, I typically don’t do normal.  An adventure is always around the corner for me!

Today we have Homemade Tomato Basil Pizza and Chicken BBQ Pizza!  YUM!!

First Step:

Preheat that oven to 425 degrees. Then make the pizza dough.  Normally I suggest to pull out that old recipe that has been handed down from Great Grandma but today, I’ll let you in on a wonderful found secret…
Pillsbury has made this Hot Roll Mix!  Let me just say it is magnificent!

May be the closest thing I have found to a homemade recipe! You can make so much with it too.  Adjust the recipe a bit and you’ll have Cinnamon Rolls or Dinner Rolls, but today we’ll just stick with Pizza Dough.  Whip this up, knead the dough and let it sit to rise for a bit!

Next Step:

Figure out what kind of pizza you want to make, or better yet, you want to eat, and begin to prepare the ingredients while the dough is rising.

I chose a Tomato Basil Pizza and a Chicken BBQ Pizza

Trick to cutting round vegetables.  Cut it in half and then place cut side down.  Now you have a flat surface to balance your vegetable on and it won’t roll and slip away from you!

Ingredients for the Tomato Basil Pizza

Roman Tomatoes
Red Onion
Basil (usually I prefer fresh but in January it’s hard to find, so dried basil will do)
Spinach
Fresh Mozzarella
Shredded Mozzarella
Olive Oil, Basil, Garlic Powder – for the Sauce

Directions

When the dough is ready divide it in half.

Spread it out evenly on a Pizza Pan.  Drizzle some Olive Oil on the dough, sprinkle some basil and garlic powder. Once all the Ingredients are chopped, first lay down a thin layer of Shredded Mozzarella (to help the toppings stick to the dough),

then start layering each ingredient! Finally top with a sprinkle of basil and garlic powder, remaining Mozzarella Cheese and drizzle some olive oil to finish!

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Ingredients for the Chicken BBQ Pizza

BBQ Sauce
Red Peppers
Fresh Cilantro
Chicken (already cooked)
Shredded Chedder/Mozzarella Cheese
Red Onion

Directions

Take the other half of the dough and spread it out evenly on a Pizza Pan.

Drizzle some BBQ Sauce on the dough and spread out.

Once all the Ingredients are chopped, first lay down a thin layer of Shredded Cheddar/Mozzarella Cheese (to help the toppings stick to the dough), then start layering each ingredient!

Finally, top with the remaining Cheddar/Mozzarella Cheese.

Place in the oven for 15 minutes.   Keep a close eye on it to make sure it doesn’t burn!

Once the Pizza’s are done.  Pull them out and enjoy!

-happy eating!