{"id":5298,"date":"2010-03-25T07:00:32","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T12:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/?p=5298"},"modified":"2010-03-24T21:26:11","modified_gmt":"2010-03-25T02:26:11","slug":"homemade-pizza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/homemade-pizza\/","title":{"rendered":"Homemade pizza"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Pizza<\/a>
Homemade Pizza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As I’ve mentioned before, the nights Laurie is out and about are always a bummer — but they also give me a chance to “experiment” with new recipes and meals.<\/p>\n

(Which I’m sure Laurie’s happy about that — she doesn’t have to pretend she likes whatever it is I’m experimenting with :-).)<\/p>\n

Last night was no different. <\/p>\n

I decided I’d try something new with homemade pizza.
\n
\nLaurie may have actually missed out on this one.<\/p>\n

We had some left over frozen rolls in the freezer and frozen potatoes — so like a good son of my dad — I decided to put them to use.<\/p>\n

I thawed the 4 or 5 rolls in the microwave for a minute, making them pliable and moldable for the pizza crust. Once they were thawed, I put them together and rolled out a pizza crust. (You can also make a quick easy crust from scratch as well<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

After it was prepped, I drizzled olive oil over it and put it on the oven on broil. <\/p>\n

I also drizzled a little olive oil over the potatoes, added a little salt and basil and put them in at the same time.<\/p>\n

I let the crust cook till it was slightly browned (10-15 min) and kept the potatoes in until they were fully cooked (20 min or so).<\/p>\n

\"Pizza<\/a>
Pizza crust<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While the pizza crust was cooking I started on the sauce.<\/p>\n

Drizzled a bit of olive oil in the skillet. <\/p>\n

Diced a garlic clove and tossed it in the skillet.<\/p>\n

Sliced a few slices of onion and diced them, tossing them in the skillet as well.<\/p>\n

After they had a chance to cook, I took a can of Rotel (drained) and added it to the onion and garlic.<\/p>\n

As it cooked, I added basil and oregano to the mix. I cooked the mixture till it was nice and warm.<\/p>\n

\"Pizza<\/a>
Pizza sauce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After the crust and sauce was done, I started assembling the pizza.<\/p>\n

Sauce first.<\/p>\n

\"Pizza<\/a>
Pizza with sauce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then I added the cheese. <\/p>\n

We have a bunch of sliced cheese, so I decided to use it instead of our chopped cheddar cheese.<\/p>\n

\"Pizza<\/a>
Pizza with cheese<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And added the roasted potatoes.<\/p>\n

\"Pizza<\/a>
Pizza ready for the oven<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I threw the pizza back in the oven until the cheese was melted. <\/p>\n

\"Pizza<\/a>
Ready to chow down<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Awesome!<\/p>\n

If potatoes aren’t your thing, they could easily be substituted with chicken, beef, or whatever favorite topping you like. Same for the cheese. Pick your favorite cheese — or do like I did and use whatever’s available.<\/p>\n

While this is a quick and easy pizza to make — from almost all natural ingredients — its also the kind of pizza that goes great with a fork and knife. <\/p>\n

Don’t rush through it by picking it up with your hands. <\/p>\n

Pour yourself a glass of red wine (or cold beer) and enjoy it — slowly<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I’ve mentioned before, the nights Laurie is out and about are always a bummer — but they also give me a chance to “experiment” with new recipes and meals. (Which I’m sure Laurie’s happy about that — she doesn’t have to pretend she likes whatever it is I’m experimenting with :-).) Last night was … Continue reading Homemade pizza<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2414],"tags":[3413,4665,2542,594,3414,596],"class_list":["post-5298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eats","tag-cheese","tag-eats","tag-homemade","tag-pizza","tag-potatoes","tag-sauce"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pEnSo-1ns","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5298\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}