One of my absolute favorite things in the world is pizza - I like cheapo pizza pizza, fancy topping thin crust pizza, NY style, Chicago style, you name it. I mean really what is not to like about gooey cheese, bread & getting to pick toppings. One of my favorite alternate pizza recipes is from my favorite food blog
http://www.ourfamilyeats.com/. My girls call it pizza bowls but the real name
Pizza Pot Pies, they this dish is so perfect for a family dinner because it is actually possible for the kids to make their own - I just put dishes of all the "toppings" out then let them scoop the sauce in and pile in some toppings before I put the crust on top. A while back, I had this excellent plan to make these one night and Ric got me all the ingredients I needed including some Publix bakery pizza dough - the best. So here I am with my awesome plan and I think I'll surprise the girls one night on the way home after school. As soon as I picked up Cate I had a smiling hiding just waiting for the cheer from the back seat. I picked up Lucy and couldn't wait more than a couple minutes before I said "guess what girls we are having pizza bowls tonight"!!! After a moment of silence I heard - "no" and "I want real pizza". I was crushed, they loved making them the last couple times and it had been so long I thought they'd be excited but that is what I get for anticipating my girls moods. I thought maybe they'd get into it once they saw all the stuff but they never did. They insisted on regular pizza's so much that I gave up the fight and just took the crust and made it into 4 individual pizzas. We still have fun making them but I am craving my Pizza Pot Pies so I will be having that unannounced for dinner soon!
Here are some pictures from our fun:
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| all our ingredients |
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| Lucy spreads on some pizza sauce - this one has no cheese ingredients, I didn't check the dough but Lucy can handle baked products with small quantities of milk or eggs |
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| love the motor skills practice for Cate! |
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| piling on their toppings - both girls like pepperoni but LOVE olives and mushrooms |
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| making them share the olives! |
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| Lucy adds the "lucy cheese" |
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| Daiya dairy free mozzarella is the best we've tried - it actually melts and doesn't smell awful! Lucy likes it. |
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| Cate eating, I mean adding her cheese |
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| yummy! |
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| and fun! |
Looks like they enjoyed making their own pizzas!
ReplyDeleteI just noticed your Buddy Walk badge; for our first couple of BW's I named Kayla's team Kayla's Crusaders :)