Quick Easy Pizza

Pizza is my favorite meal, because I can take what ever I am craving and turn it into a quick and tasty meal. Most of my pizzas are what every I can find in the refrigerator and then add some cheese and tomato sauce and call it a pizza! One time I put peas on my pizza and it was fabulous because it added some sweetness.

One thing I have never tried is making pizza dough.  The thought of making a break produce is overwhelming. I found this great produce at Safeway last month.  They sell fresh pizza dough. When I went to buy it they only has one package left and I wanted two dough balls so Safeway said they had some dough that was still frozen. That worked perfect for me, because it makes a quick and easy freezer meal.

I learned a trick for using refrigerated or frozen dought. If its frozen allow it to thaw over night. Then about thirty minutes before you want roll it out take it out of the refrigerate and allow it to come to room temperate. This makes the dough softer and easier to roll out.  This is the first time I have done this and it was easier to handle.

After I had the dough ready to go it was time to figure out what to put on it. This is my favorite part, looking thought my pantry for yum stuff to add to the pizza.  This time I added pizza sauce, a little cheese, sweet peppers and mushrooms.  I kept looking at the pizza and kept thinking it needed some more protein other then the cheese...hmm.. then I remembered I had some Easy Crockpot Pulled Pork in the freeze.  That thawed really quickly under some running water. 

The pizza just before it was baked.

Now the pizza was ready for a little more cheese then be placed in the over.  I used my pizza cooking stone to cook it.  My stone is not well seasoned so I added a little EVOO to the stone before I cooked it.  I cooked the pizza for about 15 minutes then placed some sliced tomatoes on it and cooked it for a few more minutes.  The pizza was about 5 minutes undercooked.

This pizza was supper yummy and even better for lunch the next few days.  I like to top my pizza with some kind of hot sauce and some light plain yogurt.  The yogurt cuts down the spice of the hot sauce.

Ingredients:

1 Safeway Pizza Dough

1/2 c. Pizza Sauce

3 Handfuls of Cheese

Couple Sweet Peppers

Mushrooms

5 oz Pulled Pork

Easy Crockpot Pulled Pork

 I found this on the internet about I year ago and it is so yummy!! Quick and easy. 

Must try.  And is freezes wonderfully.

INGREDIENTS:
1 large Vidalia onion, sliced thin
1 (4-6 lb) boneless pork butt or shoulder

RUB
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon paprika
2 teaspoon kosher salt
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Sauce
¾ cup cider vinegar
4 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1 ½ teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes
1 ½ teaspoons sugar
½ teaspoons dry mustard
½ teaspoon garlic salt
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper

DIRECTIONS:
1. Rinse pork roast under cold water and pat dry with paper towels.

2. Place onions in crock-pot. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar, paprika, kosher salt and pepper; mix thoroughly. Rub mixture all over roast and place the roast on top of the onions.

3. In a medium bowl, combine vinegar, Worcestershire, red pepper flakes, sugar, mustard, garlic salt and cayenne pepper; whisk to combine. Drizzle about 1/3 of vinegar mixture over roast. Cover and refrigerate remaining vinegar mixture.

4. Cover crockpot; cook on low for 10-12 hours. Drizzle about 1/3 of reserved vinegar mixture over roast during last ½ hour of cooking.

5. Remove meat and onions; drain. Chop or shred meat and onions. Serve with remaining vinegar mixture or your favorite barbeque sauce.