Earlier this week, my husband was out of town for work - so the kids and I decided to splurge on pizza for dinner, but not just any pizza - homemade pizza. And since I was the sole entertainer for the evening (first of two), I turned it into a pizza party to give us plenty to do before bedtime.
Does anyone else get a wee bit nervous when they are 100% responsible for an extended period of time more than they're used to? Maybe it's because I'm a working mama, so most of the time when I'm with my kids, it's in partnership with my husband. And typically I'm the one traveling for work... But I do love the one on one time and getting to do something different, and of course, it's always no big deal (but I do find myself reviewing my CPR and heimlich instructions from kid training - haha). Ok, so maybe I'm just neurotic.
I digress... Pizza party for all! I picked up different ingredients to make two different kinds of pizzas (with the best pizza dough from Trader Joe's): the standard pepperoni that I know my kids will eat, and an experiment kind that I'm pretty sure no one will even try except for me. And as luck would have it, we all had fun - and even had enough ingredients left over for the pizza after Nora ate more of her dinner from the set up!
I gently urged them to add kale to their pepperoni pizza in the form of getting to decorate the pizza more! They weren't nearly as excited to actually eat the kale after it cooked as they were to add it to their pizza masterpiece.
The second pizza, my experimental one, actually turned out pretty good! The kids helped me "decorate" it and Nora even tried it after it cooked (she ate the strawberries off of her slice). It was created out of goat cheese, sliced strawberries, basil and balsamic vinegar atop whole wheat dough.
Oh hey - pro rookie tip: put your basil on AFTER your pizza cooks (unlike kale, it doesn't taste as good crispy). This one tasted more like dessert - the fruit tastes so good cooked!
Do you have any fun homemade pizza ingredients/kinds I can try?
