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I have made a TON of homemade pizza. On a Pizza Stone - stuffed crust - whole wheat - gluten free - pan pizza, etc Lately I have been combining a few different styles together in a Stuffed Crust Pan Pizza. I coat the pan in Garlic Butter, Stuff the Crust, then heavily sprinkle on some Parmesan Cheese . . . soooooooooo good Stuffed Crust Pan Pizza Ingredients:  Pizza Crust (use my homemade crust recipe found here ) Garlic Butter (we use Chef Shamy's) String Cheese Red Sauce Mozzarella Pizza Toppings Directions 1) Pre Heat Oven to 515 degrees 2) Melt a few spoonfuls of garlic butter and pour into a cast iron pan (you want enough butter to cover the bottom of the pan) 3) Roll out pizza dough and place into pan so its dripping over the edge 4) Add String Cheese to the edge of the pan and cover with the over hanging dough 5) Add Sauce - Cheese - and Toppings 6) Bake for 15 minutes

This week has been the week of not having everything I need to make the things I want Eddie wanted me to make pizza last night and typically I make stuffed crust pizza and stuff it with string cheese . . . I had mozzarella but only enough for the pizza so I compromised and stuffed the crust with Colby Jack. . . I was a little worried about it at first but it turned out Great Colby Jack melts a whole lot more than the string cheese so it will seem like the cheese disappeared from the crust when you like at it but as soon as you take a bite it tastes like you're biting into cheesey bread Colby Jack Stuffed Crust Pizza Ingredients: -Pizza Dough -Colby Cheese (cut into String Cheese sized pieces) -Plain Tomato Sauce -Oregano -Basil -Mozzarella -Pizza Toppings STEP BY STEP Instructions Pre Heat Oven to 400 Degrees then Roll out Dough a little bit bigger than you want it and place cheese in a circle about 1 inch from the outside Fold Dough over the Cheese to ...

Eddie doesn't really like Egg Rolls in a traditional sense but when I saw pizza eggrolls show up over and over again on Pinterest I figured I'd try them out. These are now Eddie's FAVORITE Egg Rolls!! Pizza Egg Rolls Ingredients: Egg Roll Wrappers String Cheese Pepperoni Directions 1) Pre Heat Oven to 350 degrees 2) Follow these picture directions lightly wetting each corner so the egg roll sticks together 3) Place onto a well oiled baking pan 4) Bake for 20 minutes flipping the egg roll half way through

My WHOLE family came to visit me and Eddie for Easter Weekend. We had a slam packed house with 9 people in our what we used to think was big 3 bedroom house. It got a little crazy at times but sure was fun full food, drinks, and activities. DAY 1: Friday --> Everyone drove and flew in and we threw a pizza party with Caprese Salad Bites, Monkey Bread, Homemade Stuffed Crust Pizza, and some really crappy Sangria (FYI Jamba Juice Smoothie Mixes are NOT just frozen fruit) Get Recipe  here On a toothpick place cube of cheese, basil, and tomato - - Dip in Balsamic Vinaigrette Get recipe  here

Its getting to that time and me and Eddie are trying to get rid of all the food in our house before purchasing any more and while sometimes that calls for weird dinner/lunch combinations todays was anything but!! We always have stuff in our house for making pizza or sandwiches and today for lunch I combined them together for a little pizza cupcake. Served on their own or with marinara sauce on the side for dipping these were pretty Awesome :) Ham and Cheese "Cupcakes" Ingredients: -Pizza Dough (any kind) -Olive Oil -Greek Seasoning (or Italian Seasoning and Garlic Powder) -Ham -Mozzarella Cheese Directions: 1) Pre Heat Oven to 375 Degrees 2) Spray inside of a 12 cup muffin pan 3) Roll out pizza dough 4) Brush Dough with olive oil then sprinkle on seasoning, Ham, and Cheese 5) Roll up then cut into 12 pieces 6) Place each piece inside muffin tin 7) Bake for 25 minutes 8) Broil for 2 minutes

I don't know how me and eddie come up with some of the things that we do but last night when making pizza eddie suggested we stuffed everything rather than just stuffing the crust. If you've ever had my stuffed crust pizza or really stuffed crust pizza you know that the crust is the best part and we wanted to get that flavor throughout the whole pizza so hence the double stuffed pizza came about. Eddie's Double Stuffed Pizza Ingredients - Pizza Dough with an added tsp of garlic powder -Mozzarella Cheese -String Cheese -Pizza Sauce -Pizza Toppings Directions: 1) PreHeat oven to 400 degress 2) Save about 1/4 of the pizza for the "stuffed" portion 3) Roll out remaining dough a little bit bigger than your pizza pan and place on pizza pan 4) Spread olive oil on the crust then top with a thin layer of mozzarella cheese 5) Roll out the saved dough and place on top of cheese 6) Place string cheese around the border and fold over remaining dough so ev...

I try and make homemade pizza at least once a week. I thought we had pepperoni in the house but I didn't so we did all sausage and guess what??? Still AMAZING :) Eddie's Sausage Stuffed Crust Pizza Ingredients:  Pizza dough String Cheese (for stuffed crust) Sauce Mozzarella Cheese Sausage Seasoned salt Cayenne pepper Directions: 1) Make Pizza Crust (recipe here ) 2) Roll out dough (follow direction here  at the bottom of the page for stuffed crust) and place on pizza stone 3) Pre-Heat oven to 450 4) Cook sausage adding seasoned salt and cayenne pepper 5) Top dough with cheese, sausage, then more cheese 6) Bake for 20 minutes

I swear you can't not mess up this Cheesy Bread Recipe . . . I have tried it with pre made dough and homemade dough and as long and you follow up a few guidelines it comes out perfect every time I made it last night with Trader Joe's Whole Wheat Dough and again PERFECT!!! Guidelines: 1) Preheat oven to 450 degrees 2) Melt 1/2 a stick of butter and put it in the bottom of a baking sheet 3) Top butter with pizza dough 4) Top Dough with a ton of cheese and herbs 5) Cook at 425 degrees for 15 minutes then lower the temp down to 350 for the last 10 Seriously you can't mess it up . . . Really its all up to you *Use whatever dough you want *Use whatever cheese that you want *Use whatever herbs that you want Here are two links to get you started - -  With Homemade Dough - -  With Canned Pizza Dough

While trying to replicate the Big Vinnie Pizza for Eddie I ended up making the biggest pizza ever. It takes a little big of extra time but if you are looking for a Big Deep Dish Style Pizza this one is definitely yummy Eddies Deep Dish Pizza Ingredients: 2 pizza crust dough 1/2 stick butter pizza sauce Oregano Basil Mozzarella Cheese Garlic Powder Pepperoni Directions: 1) Double crust recipe (View my recipe  here ) 2) Let stand 30 minute while oven preheats to 350 3) Melt half stick of butter and pour into bottom of a cast iron skillet leaving a little for top of crust 4) Add dough to skillet - press to fill whole pan  5) Brush with remaining butter then top with garlic paste  6) Cook for 30 minutes 7) Take out of skillet put on pizza stone 8) Add sauce + oregano and basil 9) Add cheese + garlic powder 10) Add pepperoni 11) Add cheese 12) Bake for 20 minutes 13) Broil top for 2 minutes  Side View of the pizza - isn't it ...

I really didn't think that I could make our Copy Cat Cheesy Bread Recipe any better but then we added in Homemade Dough and WOW!! Cheesy Bread Take 2 Ingredients: -Homemade pizza dough with 1/4 tsp garlic powder added into dough -1/2 cup of butter (melted) -8 oz of Mozzarella Cheese -Parmesan Cheese -Greek Seasoning Directions: 1) Pre-Heat oven to 425 degrees 2) Follow the Homemade Dough Recipe found here  adding 1/4 garlic powder to the dough 3) Melt 1/2 cup of butter and place into the bottom of a baking sheet with a lip 4) Roll out dough and place on top of butter  5) Top dough with mozzarella, Greek seasoning, and Parmesan cheese 6) Cook at 425 degrees for 15 minutes then lower the temp down to 350 for the last 10

Pizza is ALWAYS on the menu at our house and if we are not BBQing when we have friends over Pizza is probably what we are making. Zesty Sauce has been on eddies mind lately - especially when thinking of his favorite pizza places back in San Fran - - After a few tries we realized its just all about the spices. Zesty Pizza Sauce Ingredients: -Plain Tomato Sauce -Dried Oregano -Dried Basil -Garlic Powder Directions: Spread the plain tomato sauce on your pizza - top with equal amounts of the 3 seasonings (the more you use the zestier the sauce will be) NOTES: -Need some pizza ideas check these posts out:  Pizza Crust  -  Cheesy Bites Pizza  -  Stuffed Pizza Pie

While being Gluten Free me and Eddie have been on the Quest trying to find the BEST GF Pizza on the market - whether is was using some kind of crust mix or pre made we tried a lot of different options. . . We tried the Namaste Foods Gluten Free Pizza Crust Mix last month with not the best results. The pack came with 2 servings and no matter how much I cooked it or thin I spread the mix it just didn't taste right as you are see here. Since then we have tried two more options: Udi's Gluten Free Pizza Crusts These we found in the freezer section of the grocery store you can either keep them frozen or in the fridge (we keep them frozen and they defrosted in like 15 minutes) It comes with in the bag and they are the size of a personal pizza and you top them with whatever you want then throw them into the oven. While these were defiantly better than the Namaste Foods Pizza Crust they still did have a little bit of a gummy texture to them. If we were to try them again I woul...

Eddie's request this week for Football Sunday was pizza - I recently purchased a new cast iron skillet and decided to put it to use by making a stuffed pizza . . .However when it came out of the oven it was sooooooo huge we couldn't think to call it anything else but a literal pizza pie Eddie's Pizza Pie Ingredients -Pizza Crust ( Click Here  for my Pizza Crust Recipe) -Tomato Sauce -16oz Mozzarella Cheese -1 Package of Pepperoni -1 1b of Cooked Italian Sausage Directions 1) Pre-Heat Oven to 400 degrees 2) Melt 1/4 stick of butter and brush around a cast iron skillet 3)Roll out 3/4 of the pizza dough so that it is about 2 in larger in diameter than your cast iron skillet 4) Add a layer of sauce, cheese, pepperoni, and sausage 5) Add a second layer of cheese, pepperoni, and sausage 6) Top all the toppings with a second layer of sauce 7) Roll out the remaining dough so that it tops the pizza 8) Roll together both layers of dough to form a crust 9) Cut sl...

One of mine and Eddies favorite things to order when we get pizza delivered is Cheesy Bread . . . YUM!!! Just thinking about it makes me drool . . . Anyways on Pinterest there has been a ton of recipes floating around for copy cat recipes and figured I might as well try it out, plus with me making my own pizza crust now I have been looking for something to do with the extra roll of pre-made crust in the fridge. My recipe is based off of Joshua Trent's Recipe , however with mine I have simplified it and added in some extra seasonings Copy Cat Cheesy Bread Ingredients: -1 can of pizza dough -1/2 cup of butter -8oz of Mozzarella Cheese -Parmesan Cheese -Garlic Salt -Italian Seasoning Directions: 1) Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees 2) Melt 1/4 cup of butter in the microwave and pour into the bottom of a cookie sheet with a small lip around it 3) Un-roll pizza dough and place on top of butter 4) Melt another 1/4 cup of butter in microwave and brush onto top of pizza crus...

If you didn't know already PIZZA is a favorite in our house. . . Eddie would probably eat pizza every day if he could and it is something we always have the ingredients for along with 1 or 2 frozen pizzas in the freezer. With that said I have always made my pizza with store bought crust whether it be pre-made crust from Trader Joe's or in a can from various grocery stores (next to the can of biscuits). However last week I got the crazy idea to make it myself and with the help of my secret ingredient it is super simple. . . Thank You Pizza Crust Yeast!!!!! Homemade Pizza Crust Ingredients: -3 cups Flour -1 packet Pizza Crust Yeast -1 1/4 cups Warm Water -1/2 teaspoon Salt -1 tablespoon Honey -1 tablespoon Olive Oil Directions: 1) Place 1 cup of flour into a mixing bowl followed by the yeast, water, salt, honey, and olive oil 2) Turn mixer on low or use hands to mix all the ingredients together 3) Slowly add the remaining 2 cups of flour until a dough...

Quite Frequently Eddie sees commercials on TV and rather then thinking about ordering them he thinks "OOOOO Sabrina Needs to Make That!!!!" The Newest thing that Sabrina needed to make is Cheesy Bites Pizza from the new Pizza Hut commercial (I think . . .don't quote me on that) but figured since I could do stuffed crust pizza this shouldn't be that hard and surprisingly it wasn't  . . . Ingredients : 2 cans premade pizza crusts 1 Package of String Cheese Pizza Toppings Directions : 1) Open 1 Can of Pizza crust and lay out on a baking sheet or pizza stone making the crust as circular as you can 2) Open the second can of pizza crust and lay out on a cutting board keeping the rectangular shape 3) Lay 2 cheese sticks across the top and roll until the cheese in covered in dough 4) Cut the covered cheese stick off then cur each stick into 3-4 pieces (so you end up with 6-8 mini cheese bites) Then place these bites around your crust 5) Repeat until entir...