Kelli's Kitchen

Pizza Night

Saturday night we made our own pizza.  I have found that with my kids, the more choices and ability to make their own, the more they eat.  Make your own pizza night is a great way to have the kids be creative and eat veggies too.  

I started with cleaning out my fridge.  I found cheese, pepperoni, pineapple, bacon, Italian sausage, and all the veggies that needed to be eaten before they went bad.  I spent about 10 minutes cutting the veggies, and grating the cheese.   My husband helped out and cooked the bacon and Italian sausage while I went to a princess birthday party with my daughter.  I made the whole wheat crust earlier that day, since it does have to rise. You can always freeze your dough to make pizza another day. I got the whole wheat recipe from
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Amazing-Whole-Wheat-Pizza-Crust/Detail.aspx

I found it easy to make and my little girl helped in the kneading. The picture above is after the dough ball has doubled in size.

Time to make the pizzas! I cut the dough into 4 separate pieces, and rolled them out to the desired size. We like a thin crust so I did them very thin. Then the kids took over.  I put everything out so the kids could construct as necessary.  I found that it was easier to decorate the pizza on the cookie sheet instead of the plates. This way you do not loose your toppings during transfer.


I also made a veggie pizza, along with a ricotta and Italian sausage pizza.  The lighting had left the room and the pictures did not turn out as well but tasty nonetheless.  We mixed up a little Italian seasoning and olive oil to dip the crusts in which was a nice way to make sure all the crust got eaten. 

My husband and I really enjoyed them.  The kids came back for more and they thought it was fun to eat something they helped make.  I hope that you enjoy this easy recipe--don't be afraid to be creative and try your own toppings. 

~Kelli