Quick & Easy Scratch Pizza!

Creativity never ends with pizza! Here is a ridiculously mix & go recipe. 

No kneading or waiting around and it tastes scrumptious!

Ingredients: 

1 package (1/4 oz) active dry yeast

2 1/2 tbsp olive oil

1 1/4 cups whole-wheat flour

2 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

In a large bowl, combine molasses and yeast with 1 1/3 cups lukewarm water. Hot kills the yeast. 

Stir. Set aside until totally bubbly, about 5 minutes. 

Add oil to the yeast mix and stir. 

In a separate large bowl, mix flours together.

Add yeast mixture to flour and stir with a wooden spoon until dough forms.  I love using a flat wooden one. You can use the dough right away but if you let it set a bit, 30 mins. + it'll rise a nice amount. 

Grab a handful of dough & roll into ball. 

Roll out on a floured surface. This crust works well both as a thin or thick crust. 

Pre-bake for a few minutes on a pre-heated baking stone at 450* F.  Or on a non-heated cookie sheet.

I prefer using a pizza peel to transfer my pizza to and from the oven. 

Add toppings and finish baking. Your kitchen will smell like a proper Italian Pizzeria!!!

I love this gorgeous pizza peel! Ironwood Gourmet Acacia wood pizza peel

You'll find this awesome Pizza stone on Amazon. 

Terribly simple Pizza Sauce:

1 can organic tomato sauce

Dried spices: Oregano, Basil, Fennel, Garlic powder, smidge of black pepper & sea salt. Extra virgin olive oil is a nice addition. 

Unbelievable Portobello, Red Pepper & Feta w/ Vinaigrette!

Sliced portobellos, red peppers, red onion & crumbled feta or goat cheese. 

Bake up until golden & drizzle with vinaigrette fresh outta the oven. 

Vinaigrette:

1/4 c. Extra Virgin olive Oil

2 Tbsp. red wine vinegar

2 garlic cloves - minced

Lots of chopped fresh Thyme

Ground pepper

Magic Mushroom Pizza

Toss chopped mushrooms, 1 tbsp. fresh chopped rosemary, handful chopped fresh parsley, couple cloves minced garlic & pepper.

Toss arugula with some olive oil & red wine or white wine vinegar. 

Grate mozzarella onto the crust along with some feta, top with the mushroom mix & bake 350*. 

A little pizza love!

BBQ Chicken Pizza

Pre-bake crust for a couple minutes to firm up but still soft.  Add a layer of your fave BBQ sauce, we love a Chipotle spiced up one.  Shredded roast chicken works awesome for this.  I bake a chicken, shred it up & pop it into a few containers for other meals. 

Top it off with chopped red onion, black olives, pepper jack, mozzarella & anything else your heart desires. 

Garlic Butter Breadsticks

Minced garlic in melted butter. Pour and spread around. Bake. Yum!

Chopped Zucchini, Red peeper, red onion, black olives, mushrooms, ground Italian sausage, mozzarella, pepper jack, chile flakes. 

Italian sausage, Red onion, Black olive.

Taco pizza w/ homemade taco sauce
Taco sauce. Shredded chicken or not. Mozzarella. Pepper jack. Black olives. 
Tomato slices. Red pepper. Jalapenos. Tortilla chips. Cheese. Anything that goes into a taco!
Bake & top with sliced lettuce, sour cream & a bit more taco sauce. 

Ginormous calzone!
Roll out a pizza crust, I like a thin one for this. Generously load up one side, pile it up. Fold over itself & bring the under edge up and over the top edge, pinching together as you go to create a seal. 
 Drizzle with olive oil. Bake it up til' golden. 

Wee wittle puffy pizza ;) 

Spinach, mushroom, basic tomato sauce, mozzarella. 

School lunch calzones!

Basic tomato sauce, chopped red onion, black olives, feta, mozzarella, chile flakes.