I have no idea why not, but I had never made pizza before. I don't know if that's entirely true since MH has some pizza recipes, but I guess I mean more traditional type pizza.
We are die hard Round Table Pizza fans. Between that and home cooking most our meals, we do NOT do cheap pizza. If the kids have a party we order Round Table. We've got comments about that over the years. I don't know what to say other than I am not going to buy my kids disgusting pizza on their special day.
Round Table always has $5-off coupons that we use. So it's always been something we can squeeze into our budget if we want pizza. In addition, our grocery store had the BEST fresh take & bake pizzas. For something like $10. So we would often serve those pizzas for parties or if we had people over. They stopped carrying those 2-3 years ago. We've tried some others but they just aren't very good.
Every year I try to add at least one or two different dishes that I have never tried before (or different foods that I have never cooked before). For whatever reason I've been thinking about pizza recently and how we really just need to make our own. Since we've never found a suitable replacement for our take-and-bake.
& so that is what I did this weekend. I am happy to say that I nailed it! I choose a pizza sauce recipe that was 5 stars on the internet and everyone was raving about. Doesn't mean much, but I figured I'd start with that. In the end, I think it was very similar to Round Table's zesty red sauce. It's not exactly the same, but I think it's a suitable substitute. (That was a nice surprise!) I had enough for two pizzas and the second one came out kind of perfect. I cooked it for an extra minute so that it cooked more thoroughly.
I just bought pre-made dough. What is surprising to me is how *filling* it was. I only had a couple of small pieces and I was totally good. The kids otherwise finished off two small-ish pizzas, but they agreed that it seemed really filling.
I do want to make my own dough in the future. I just wanted to do it in steps. Get the sauce and everything else right, and then I can work on the dough in the future.
MH mostly can't stand pepperoni pizza, so next time I will ask him what kind of toppings he wants. I just wanted to start with something simple.
I am salivating just thinking about how it must taste with fresh dough. We will make future lunch and dinner guests VERY happy. Everyone always raved about the store-bought pizza. Since mostly no one cooks these days, everyone thinks we are like gourmet chefs. So I can only imagine their reaction to this pizza. & it was SO EASY!
P.S. I'd add the sauce recipe but the link doesn't seem to be working today. I will check it again later.
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February 4th, 2017 at 09:22 pm
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February 5th, 2017 at 12:05 am 1486253101
We too tend toward gourmet vs. cheap pizza when we order in or eat out. Though once in a while I'll do Pizza Hut because their little personal pizzas are perfect size for kids and I like their spicy breadsticks. But the kids (and we) definitely prefer one of our two local pizza places.
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February 5th, 2017 at 04:06 am 1486267587
The pizza sauce link is not working, but I can type it out if it's still not working later. For now, I am hoping it is just a fluke.
February 5th, 2017 at 10:30 am 1486290607
February 5th, 2017 at 01:11 pm 1486300318
http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/flavorful-pizza-sauce
February 5th, 2017 at 07:24 pm 1486322673
I don't blame you...we don't do "cheap" pizzas either.
February 6th, 2017 at 12:25 am 1486340737
The wife is teaching the husband how to do it and they are really goofy and giggly, but the dough recipe is what I do, only I use my Kitchen-Aid stand mixer with the dough hook to do the kneading for me. And when I do it, I start with just 3 cups of the flour and mix it and then add the flour a cup at a time until I get to the full amount. I also add 2 tsp of garlic powder to the recipe.
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