Pizza Amazing!

When I met Andrew I hardly ever ate pizza. I had overdone it with mozzarella while studying in Italy (my host family considered it a vegetarian food group). Therefore I was taking a break from cheese. But since back then my guy measured the value of his food with a ratio of calories to cost, pizza was high up there on the list (calories being considered a Very Good Thing to somebody with his metabolism). Since it was his favorite food (and relatively cheap) we ate a lot of pizza--and sigh, I grew a bit more plump.

Once we become old people who tend to eat at home, we became thrilled with the frozen pizza selection (made in Italy, mind you) at our local TJ's. Though they are only about $4 each, after a few years the flavors are now tired and too familiar. So now my new favorite trick is to buy the bagged "almost whole wheat" pizza dough and make my own pizza creations.

Every pizza we have is different and pretty much just depends on what's in the fridge. Most are pretty good but a few have been incredible:

THAI CHIK'N PIZZA
(Note: this picture does not do it justice.)

It is based on a recipe with the same name I read about in Vegetarian Times Magazine. I generally have trouble sticking to any recipe and tend to stray and substitute a lot.

I have Andrew stretch the crust onto a baking sheet and then we pre-bake it a bit.

I made the pizza sauce with peanut butter, soy sauce, chili paste, curry powder, some sugar, sesame oil, and a bit of fresh garlic and ginger. So spicy and good!

Then the toppings were: crimini mushrooms, Maui onion, red bell pepper, a yellow summer squash, and chopped Veggie Chik'n Strips from Trader Joe's.

I then sprinkled it with mozzarella and baked it. Once out of the oven, I put a slice of avocado on each piece and topped it with a faint drizzle of sweet chili sauce.

Onolicious! I will certainly be repeating this Asian Fusion creation (in some variation). Who would have thought peanut butter and pizza were a good combo? My favorite Italian word works here: Incredibile! In-cred-DEE-bee--lay!