| My kids have both always loved pizza. We | | | | We use pizza sauce, alfredo sauce and barbeque |
| discovered some great easy pizza recipes over the | | | | sauce. A restaurant chain here in California is famous |
| years. It can get very costly to keep ordering pizza | | | | for their barbeque chicken pizza. We can make that |
| from the local take out places. So, we began making | | | | also. Instead of pizza sauce, we put barbeque sauce |
| our own pizzas and today, 20 years later, my kids still | | | | on the english muffin or the bagel, then add the |
| love the homemade pizza over the take out pizza. | | | | cheese and chicken cubes. |
| There are several ideas for crusts. We have used | | | | If you love vegetables, you can add cut up onions, |
| bagels as the crust. We've used large bagels, small | | | | cut up bell peppers, sliced zucchini or any other |
| bagels, onion bagels, jalapeno bagels, cheese bagels | | | | vegetable your family enjoys. |
| and even egg bagels. We cut them in half, add sauce, | | | | You can also add meats. Sliced pepperoni is often a |
| add cheese and then add any toppings we want. | | | | kids' favorite. You can also brown hamburger meat |
| We have also used english muffins for the crust of | | | | to add to your pizza. If I use hamburger meat, I let it |
| the pizza. We like the pizza crunchy, so we always | | | | marinate for a little while in the pizza sauce so that |
| toast the english muffins before adding the sauce. As | | | | the meat has flavor. |
| above, we add sauce, and then we add cheese and | | | | We've had a lot of fun trying different cheeses and |
| any other toppings we want. We buy pineapple | | | | different toppings on our pizzas. Ask the kids what |
| chunks, black chopped olives and even use leftover | | | | they want and let them help with the creation. |
| cubed chicken pieces. | | | | Add a salad and you have a great inexpensive meal. |
| We have also used refrigerated biscuits as our crust. | | | | Bon Appetite!! |
| Just unroll them and flatten them out on a cookie | | | | ~ ~ ~ ~ |
| sheet. I bake them so the dough is not raw then add | | | | Audrey's mom always entertained when she was |
| your sauce and toppings and then put them under | | | | growing up. Audrey learned to prepare for large |
| the boiler. These make wonderful mini pizzas with a | | | | groups and has often entertained 15-30 people in her |
| very light tasting crust. | | | | home at a time. |
| We also have used different sauces on our pizzas. | | | | |