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Some nights are fancy

Some nights aren’t.

Pepperoni pizza

There comes a time in every wife and mother’s life, when frozen pizza is worth it’s $4.99 in gold.

Slice of Pepperoni pizza

There are nights when the family doesn’t know the difference between fancy fresh fish and frozen tomato sauce and dough from a box.

Or doesn’t seem to care. And that’s okay.

Pepperoni pizza

I didn’t feel like picking around the pepperoni or tasting any of those sodium-laden pepperoni oil-infused bites so I let the family make quick work of this.

Pepperoni pizza slice

Along with a random smorgasbord from my crisper drawer, including that asparagus that I bought a week ago needed attention and a sweet potato in the back of the cupboard, I had tempeh and cucumber sticks.

I could take a bath in balsamic reduction.

tempeh and cucumber sticks with balsamic reduction

I had extra bananas to use and a spare orange and so we had Baked Orange Banana Coconut Donuts with Orange Coconut Vanilla Cream Cheese Glaze for dessert.

As long as I was running the oven for the pizza, may as well pop in a tray of donuts was my logic.

Baked Orange Banana Coconut Donuts with Orange Coconut Vanilla Cream Cheese Glaze

What’s your favorite kind of pizza crust and toppings?

Thin crust is a must for me and it must be super crispy. I hate crispy and crunchy in desserts and cookies, but for pizza crust, it’s the only way to go.

Deep dish is like eating a loaf of dough to me and I’d rather save my carbs for this kind of dough.

My favorite toppings are cheese, pineapple, and a sprinkling of hot pepper flakes. Basically a Hawaiian pizza without the bacon. Pineapple and peppers give me the sweet ‘n spicy that I love, without the sodium bomb.

The winner of the Enjoy Life Plentils Chips Giveaway is Lindsay

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Comments

  1. Aaaaaaah I’m your fan, I swear hahaha, I’ve been making some of your recipes and my friends are becoming crazy. I’ve noticed that there’s only like 4 recipes of pizza in your blog. I would be so happy if you make a pizza recipe, pan pizza or cracker pizza, but the real thing, I mean real pizza, old school pizza. I’m your fan but I would be totally in love with you if you make a pizza recipe. I’m so done with spending money on pizza and all those recipes out there are so… Meh. Sending a lot of love to you.

    1. I have this pizza dough recipe https://www.averiecooks.com/2013/02/one-hour-whole-wheat-pizza-dough.html and once you make that dough, just takes an hour – you can doctor it up any way you want! I don’t make lots of pizza for my blog because well, my pizzas are always vegetarian and I don’t feel like that would be that ‘interesting’ to most people so I usually never blog about them but thanks for saying you’d like to see more pizza recipes. I’ll try as the weather cools off :)

  2. I love seeing pizza on your blog!! Is it a first?

    All pizza is pretty great in my books, and green olives are one of my favourite pizza toppings.

    1. One other time I showed a picture of pizza when I was at a street fest, but yes, other than that…it’s a first :)

  3. you are kidding!!!!!! OMG THAT IS SO GREAT! I’m seriously freaking out right now!! haha! We have a great new student center that is AMAZE and you need to come back and see it!!!

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  4. How did you manage to make frozen pizza look amazing?! Great pictures as always.

  5. I’m desperately searching for a ‘good and healthy’ protein powder. Iherb sounds like a great place to buy some!! What kind do you recommend?? I do like choc and vanilla flavors, and not a fan of whey. I would love to get your advice on what to choose!!! Thanks and you are awesome!!!

    1. I have used the first two from this link, the choc & the vanilla (the natural is too boring) and they are the best for me. But I don’t tolerate protein powders well but they are the best of what I’ve ever tried. However, there are sooooo many types out there, it can be trial and error.
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      And I noticed your email addy…do you go to UST? That’s where I went to college!!!

  6. My favorite toppings include pineapple, avocado, chicken, and goat cheese! And I like a good hearty wheaty crust.

  7. Nothing wrong with frozen pizza! I like the ones they have at Trader Joe’s with pesto and broccoli or I’ll assemble my own with a frozen crust.

  8. Frozen pizza is just so CHEAP and HANDY. I also love a crisp pizza crust, although I can’t get enough of chewy cookies! Crust is definitely a huge factor in pizza success. Chicken caesar is one of our family favorites for pizza toppings.

  9. Yes, yes, thin and crispy pizza! Dustin doesn’t like it crispy, but he’s wrong about that, lol. When we buy it at a pizza dive, I reheat it in the oven to get it crispier again. Dustin is ok eating it soggy. Blek, lol.

  10. I’ve never seen the allure of homemade pizza. If you find a good store-bought one, that seems to me like one of those times it isn’t worth the bother to do homemade, you know?

    I rarely eat pizza anymore because of the gluten thing, but when I did, I ALWAYS had it with pineapple. Never that nasty canadian bacon or ham though – bell peppers, muchrooms, and pineapple. SO good!

  11. If that’s frozen pizza you made it look good!!! I was undecided myself for dinner, so I made eggs. How exciting! My favorite pizza is one of tow either a tomato basil or veggie pizza with extra peppers and light on the cheese YUM!!

  12. I love that you manage to make frozen pizza look good! I usually love my pizza loaded with vegetables: spinach, broccoli, peppers, olives—as much as you can pile on. I have to say, though, I had pizza with shredded brussels sprouts & pancetta on top a few weeks ago and it was divine…

      1. Haha totally! hey, you turned on the oven and made sure it didn’t burn—that counts! At least in my book. I’ve definitely forgotten to turn on the oven before.

  13. I just scanned through the comments to see if anyone else asked but I don’t see it — what kind of frozen pizza is that?! It looks phenomenal and makes me crave frozen pizza for the first time since like, high school!

    My favorite pizza toppings are roasted red peppers AND banana peppers. I’ve been doing the red peppers for a long time but just recently discovered banana peppers as topping. So, so good. And on a super thin crust. Even better if it’s brick oven. Oh, then there’s also margherita pizza, which is its own amazingly awesome category. OMG, can you tell I’m pizza obsessed?

    1. I knew someone would ask and here’s the thing..I don’t remember! I had a coupon for a free pizza so bought it about 6 mos ago but the box was HUGE and wouldn’t fit in my freezer, so I tossed the box and just kept the pizza wrapped in it’s factory-sealed plastic in the freezer and couldn’t for the life of me tell you what brand it was. Sorry!

      1. LOL, no worries. And thus begins my search for the perfect frozen pizza ;)

  14. My stepdaughter loves Hawaiian pizza and my husband loves a thin crust. I don’t care for all the salt in frozen or commercially made pizza either, so if I can, I make it myself. My favorite toppings are peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, fresh basil and a sprinkle of feta.

    1. Yes the sodium bomb effect in commercially made dressings, pizza, sauces, etc. just do not agree with my body!

  15. I know New York and Italy are supposed to have the best pizzas, but I like pizza from this place in Michigan called Jets. It’s a thicker crust (but not like deep dish at all) but the bottom part is really crispy and delicious. It’s served in a square pan so the edges are all crispy and crunchy. The corners are the best pieces. But yeah, I think I’ve had that about once in the past 2 years…so I rarely indulge in it.