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