Tomato Grandma Pizza

 Another tomato season recipe I found and decided to try.  What I used:

Calzone

I would have told you I never made a calzone before tonight, but then I searched my blog and saw I have!  I asked my son if he wanted this or homemade pizza tonight and he said this.  His wish was my command...

Pizzadilla (Quesadilla Pizza)

This flashed up on social media and I knew I wanted to make it for my son for dinner.  What I used:

Half Whole Wheat Pizza Dough

After making a "no yeast" dough (blech), I finally was able to find yeast!!!  So a pizza was in store.  I like whole wheat crust, it's a texture thingy.  My son will eat it but it is not his fave, so I used half whole wheat flour to compromise.  I used my stand mixer with dough hook for the ease of it, but you don't need one to make this dough.

Homemade "No Yeast" Pizza

I've tried to order yeast in my online grocery shops but have failed.  I couldn't get flour either and was lucky a friend picked me up a big bag.  Then I started to see on social media that everyone is home baking bread through this pandemic... A local bakery sells pizza dough right by my house here, but it's $8 and it makes one pizza.  While it's great dough with local ingredients, it's pricey!  Below is a vegetarian pizza I made with theirs a while ago.

Turkey Pesto Calzone

I had some frozen pizza dough in the freezer.  I still haven't gone grocery shopping since coming home from vacation so this is what I came up with for dinner, for my son tonight.  I needed a little help to get started so found this post helpful.

Cauliflower Crust Pizza

I didn't make the crust but there are many recipes out there.  I even have one bookmarked, though I haven't tried it yet.  I know my friend tried a recipe once, but it wasn't the most successful outcome.  Lucky for me, Trader Joe's sells them!  $3.99 USD.

Arugula, Mozzarella, Prosciutto & Egg Flatbread Pizza

I made this for my son tonight.  Another rainy day found me walking to Costco again at lunch and I saw flatbreads so thought I would check them out.  I have never bought them before.

Deep Dish Pizza in a Cast Iron Pan

Yes, lately, I've been a little obsessed about my cast iron pan.  My dad swore by his and I grew up watching him cook everything in it except acidic foods.  I had one for 20 years that was so seasoned, like my dad's, you could fry eggs on it and they slid out like they were on teflon.  My son left mine on a burner he was heating when he was young(er) and forgot it for hours.  Thankfully, it never burnt the house down, but the bottom fell out!!!  I was so devastated, I had to buy a new one (Lodge) and it's taken me over 5 years to get it seasoned properly.  It might even be 10 years, I can't remember when that happened now...Cast irons take time to "perfect" - depending how much you use them, but when they get there, nothing is better...you could 'google' for days and read about the glorious meaning they have to cooks - if that interested you, of course.  ;)

New Haven-Style White Clam Pizza

I've made this before and thought it was really tasty and my son loved it.  I used this recipe.  I wished to find fresh pizza dough, but it didn't pan out since I only decided to make this at lunch, so I used Pillsbury pizza dough.  I will need to find real dough the next time since I won't make it.  I got the clams from T&T Market.