Grilled Pizzas!

One of my best friends introduced me to grilled pizza a few years ago.

I was hooked from the first bite and even shared about them in 2012!

I promised I'd share about them soon and I guess I failed on that.

Or that soon is apparently almost four years later...whoops!

These pizzas are well worth the wait though.

They are a step up from your regular pizza with a smokey grilled flavor.

And while basic pizza toppings like pepperoni are always good,

unique flavors like these below are by far my favorite!

The Goods:

Pizza Dough

Dates

Prosciutto

Thyme

Mozzarella Cheese

Tomatoes*

Baby Greens or Arugula*

(*Not Pictured)

Cut dough in half, stretch out and then grill both sides on cast iron grill pan.

Add your topping to each pizza dough.

I did date, prosciutto and thyme on one

and fresh diced tomatoes and prosciutto on the other.

Grill with top covered for 5 to 10 minutes, 

until bottom is crisp and cheese is melted.

I added a bunch of baby greens and more fresh tomatoes to the one without dates.

Fresh tomato, prosciutto and baby greens.

Date, prosciutto and thyme.

Yummmmmmmmmmmmmy!

Now go make yourself some grilled pizza.

You and your stomach will be very happy!

Date and Prosciutto Grilled Pizzas

1 Package Premade Pizza Dough

5 to 6 Dates, Chopped

4 Slices Prosciutto, Chopped

4 to 5 Sprigs Thyme, Leaves removed from stems

1 to 1 1/2 Cups Shredded Mozzarella Cheese

1. Cut dough in half, stretch out and then grill both sides on cast iron grill pan.
2. Add your topping to each pizza dough.
3. Grill with top covered for 5 to 10 minutes, until bottom is crisp and cheese is melted.
4. Cut and devour immediately! 

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Fruit Pizza

My aunt offered to make me a birthday cake this year,

and since food really is my love language,

I offered to make a birthday cake for her in return!

She agreed to a birthday treat, but didn't want a cake.

She said she wanted something with fruit on it,

so that's when I turned to trusty Google.

I found quite a few things that looked absolutely amazing,

but I pretty much stopped looking when I found this!

I was drooling just looking at the recipe if I'm being honest.

I wanted the Fruit Pizza to be perfect for the birthday,

so I did the only logical thing one would do...

make one ahead of time as a trial run!!!

Now keep reading to see how the trial run went.

The Goods:

Shortening

Sugar

Orange Zest

Vanilla

Eggs

Whole Milk

Flour

Baking Powder

Salt

Marshmallow Fluff

Cream Cheese

Fresh Fruit

Combine the flour, baking powder and salt.

Set aside.

In a large bowl, add shortening, sugar, orange zest and vanilla.

And then cream the above mixture.

Add in the eggs.

Then beat until fluffy.

Now time for the milk.

Mix that up too.

Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.

The dough when finished mixing.

Flatten the dough between two sheets of waxed paper.

And refrigerate at least one hour.

(Dough can be refrigerated a few days!)

Remove dough from refrigerator.

And at this point I cut my dough in half.

Then press half the dough into a greased 9x13 sheet pan.

Bat 350 degrees for about 15 minutes.

The edges will be a nice golden brown when done

Let cookie cool completely.

Add the marshmallow fluff and cream cheese to a bowl.

Using the whisk attachment, beat until combined, light and fluffy.

Spread mixture onto cooled cookie crust.

I didn't leave an edge on this one,

but did for my aunt's and I like both equally.

Place the fresh fruit all over your fruit pizza to your liking.

Cut yourself a nice big piece...

And then dig in!!!

Fruit Pizza

(Recipe from The Pioneer Woman)

1 1/3 Cup Shortening

1 1/2 Cup Sugar

1 Teaspoon Orange Zest

1 Teaspoon Vanilla

2 Eggs

8 Teaspoons Whole Milk

4 Cups Flour

3 Teaspoons Baking Powder

1/2 Teaspoon Salt

2 Jars (13 oz) Marshmallow Fluff

2 Packages (8 oz) Cream Cheese

Fresh Fruit

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
3. In mixing bowl, cream the shortening, sugar, orange zest and vanilla.
4. Add the egg and beat until fluffy.
5. Add the milk and mix again.
6. Combine the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients and mix until combined.
7. Press dough mixture between two sheets of wax paper and refrigerate for at least one hour, but up to a few days if needed.
8. Cut dough in half and press one half into greased 9x13 baking sheet.
9. Bake for about 15 minutes, until edges are golden brown.
10. Cool completely.
11. Using whisk attachment, mix 1 block of cream cheese with 1 jar of marshmallow fluff. 
12. Spread mixture over cooled cookie crust and top with fresh fruit.
13. Slice and then devour a slice. And maybe have a second too! 

Sunday Night Dinner: Take 20

Another Sunday Night, another Sunday Night Dinner post! Tonight I enjoyed the company of good friends, two different kinds of delicious Grilled Pizza (I'll blog about this soon - I promise!) and Caesar Salad with homemade croutons! Mmm mmm mmm!

Vegetable Pizza

My friend Ron came over the other night and I made a vegetable pizza for us to enjoy together. I've made many kinds of pizza before, but never one like this! While I have made dough from scratch in the past, I didn't this time and I relied on the pre-made kind from Trade Joe's.

This Vegetable Pizza is so easy to make and can be modiefied however you'd like. Here's how I made ours pizza!

The Goods:

Trade Joe's Whole Wheat Pizza Dough

Pizza Sauce

Mozzorella Cheese

Broccoli

Green Pepper

Tomatoes

Red Onion

Let dough sit and stretch out to pan shape.

Cover in pizza sauce.

Add some Cheese and Veggies.

Add more Cheese and more Veggies!

Preheat oven to 450 degrees and bake for 8 to 10 minutes.

 MMMMM!

Devour alone or with a great friend like I did!

Turkey Taco Whole Wheat Pizza

While browsing recipes online recently, I ran across a website with a lot of cool recipes and one of them really stuck out - Taco Pizza! Really!?! I love tacos and I love pizza but I'd never thought about combining the two. And from the pictures, it looked like it may resemble an Indian Fry Bread. MMMMM Fry Bread! (Note to self: Find Indian Fry Bread Recipe and attempt to make it SOON!)

So after oogling over the recipe and pictures, I decided I'd make this for dinner one night last week. I made it for a friend and at first, they were a skeptic, but after smelling it bake and trying the first bite - they were convined it wasn't half bad. Heck - I thought it was quite tasty and enjoyed it on more than one occasion that week - partly because it makes a large quantity and it's quite filling.

Now that I've told you all about this amazing creation, let me show you just how to make it! 

It's very simple - I promise!

The Goods:

Ground Turkey (Not Pictured because I'm an idiot...)

Taco Seasoning

Refried Beans

Shredded Cheese

Pizza Dough (I used Whole Wheat)

Lettuce, Tomato, Green Onions, Cilantro, Lime, Salsa

Spread out dough and cover evenly with beans.

Add cooked, seasoned ground turkey.

And then a bunch of shredded cheese!

Bake according to dough package directions.

Halfway through baking!

Andddddddd done!

With all the toppings!

All topped and ready for consumption!

(Confession - I almost forgot to take a picture and took a bite first!)