Friday, July 1, 2011

out of the garden pizza

this is one of our favorite dinners to make. it is super easy and you can make it based on what's fresh in your garden.... or fridge! Our tomatoes aren't quite ready to eat yet but our basil is growing like crazy. We could have made some homemade pesto but Trader Joe's makes it so easy for you!

Ingredients:

~ 1 package of martha white pizza crust (follow directions on the back for cooking time and temperature)
~ 1 tomato, sliced
~ handful of basil leaves, washed and dried
~ fresh mozzarella, sliced about 1/2 inch or less
~ pesto for the sauce
~ little bit of olive oil for the dough

Step-by-Step (NKOTB anyone?!)

~ follow directions on back of package. Basically you mix the package with hot water (1/2 cup I think) then roll into a ball of dough, brush with olive oil and let sit for about 5 minutes.
~ After 5 minutes press dough out onto pizza pan, cookie sheet whatever you use to cook pizza.
~ Prick the dough with a fork all over and place in oven for 5 minutes.
~ take pan out and "dress" your pie!

We used pesto out of a jar for the sauce but you could use whatever you like.
We then layered tomato's, basil and fresh mozzarella on the top.
Cook for about 10 minutes.....

yum! Enjoy