We love pizza. I mean...we LOVE pizza. I would go so far as to say it is probably my favorite food, and Simon loves it as well. I could eat pizza for every meal, and remember on a holiday to Lanzarote I did eat pizza for every dinner for 2 weeks - probably one of my proudest moments!So, of course, we love to eat pizza for dinner. However, buying it all the time gets expensive and while Dominos is delicious, it isn't overly healthy either. Supermarket pizzas are OK, but for us, nothing can beat a delicious home made pizza. They are so quick and easy to make, and Isabelle always loves them. They are a great food to eat with your hands, and obviously can be customised for every member of the family, so the fussiest family member is just as happy as the one who eats everything. Depending on your method and what toppings you add, I also think they are pretty healthy. Yes, there is a lot of cheese, but for Isabelle it is a great source of calcium and fat.
There are 3 ways we make homemade pizza - however, they are all essentially the same thing, it's just the base which differs in each case.
Ingredients:
- Pizza base / tortilla wrap / bagel
- tomato puree
- cheddar cheese, grated
- toppings (we use bacon and pineapple most often)
The method is the same for which ever we are making. We spread the tomato puree across the base, before adding the cheese and toppings. If I am making bagel pizzas for lunch, I toast them lightly first, then finish under the grill. The tortilla base pizzas also get cooked under the grill, while I oven cook the traditional pizza base style instead.
You can buy actual jars of pizza sauce, or of course you could make your own, but for me none of them are as tasty as plain old tomato puree. I think that it is the reason I love homemade pizza so much - it is so tasty on them!
Most often, we serve these just on there own, however this week we had them with sweet potato chips which were delicious.
I can't wait until Isabelle is bigger and she can help make them and design her own pizza. At the minute, all she wants to do is eat the grated cheese!
