Pizza , Pizza .

PIZZA, PIZZA

Who could even say pizza, pizza without thinking of the image of Little Ceasar running around the tv screen.   When we order pizza, we always get Sicilian with everything on it except anchovies.   I am always the one who has to call it in and pick it up….The owner of the pizzeria  seems to remember me and always gives me a great price.  We can eat for days on that one pizza.

With it being football Sunday,  it seemed like a good day to have pizza.   I remembered we had gotten some pizza dough when we were grocery shopping not to long ago, so I though…Hey… lets make homemade pizza.   We do that a lot.   I love our homemade pizza…. Just have to be sure to remember to take the frozen dough out of the freezer for it to thaw.  I have not been able to master how the pizzeria guys take that ball of dough and flip it around some and before you know it, it is ready for the pan .  Maybe I will have to add that to my bucket list.

We had some sauce, some red peppers, some green peppers, onion,  so far so good.    There are usually mushrooms in the house but not today…. No big deal…. We can skip them tonight.    So as I start to construct the pizza, I realize I have to get the cheese….I go to the basement fridge to get some of that $.99/bag cheese that was on sale ..and only find…… Mexican mix….. Hey cheese is cheese… Who says pizza has to be made with mozzarella anyway.   It will have to do.  

I guess I must have been feeling like I was a participant on “chopped” because my creative juices started to flow …...what am I going to do with these ingredients to make an amazing pizza that the judges will love ? 

So I start to rummage thru the fridge and find the left over chicken parmesan we had the other day… I think …. Why not…. Chop the chicken and throw it on the pizza…. I thinly slice up a tomato and zucchini (micro-wave for 1-2 minutes) and add them on too.  Finally, the Mexican Mix cheese.  

I look at my pizza and it reminds me of the new food pyramid plate.  (I guess it is not a pyramid anymore)  I don’t know if the serving portions are right but hey, it has protein, vegetables, and scientifically speaking, a tomato is a fruit, and the starch.  Cheese is considered dairy isn’t it?  – a nice healthy meal if you ask me.  

Twenty minutes later…. Dinner is done. 

bon appétit

I wonder what the judges will think ?