Ingredients:
Boboli pizza crusts (I made two mini 8 inch ones)
Grated mozzarella cheese
Artichoke hearts
Sun dried tomatoes
1/2 can of olives
Ricotta cheese
I took a little bit of olive oil, and oil from the jar of sun dried tomatoes and spread it on the top of each pizza crust. Then I covered it with mozzarella cheese. I chopped up the artichoke hearts and the sun dried tomatoes into small pieces and topped the pizza with those. You don't have to chop them up, but I did because I hate it when you take a bite out of pizza covered in toppings and you end up with a piece of topping that just kind of falls off the pizza when you're attempting to bite through it. Maybe it just happens to me because I'm weird, lol.
Where was I? Oh, I cut olives in half and spread about a handful of them per pizza as well. Last, I put dollops (is that a proper term?) of ricotta cheese around the pizzas to finish them off. Then I popped the completed pizzas into the oven for about 12 minutes and you have tasty, cheezy pizza to eat!
All in all it took me almost 20 minutes to prepare everything and then another 12 for cooking. I'm a little slow when I work so if any of you decide to try this it may not take as long to prepare. :-)
Picture time!!
The completed pre-oven pizza:
A close up:
The cleanup wasn't too bad. Here is the scene of the crime:
Finally done and out of the oven!!
Close up of the deliciousness:
Plated and being enjoyed!
I obviously didn't like it.
Word to the wise though... stop eating when you're full. I know, you're thinking "Well duh Michelle, of course I'll stop eating when I'm full." I ate half the pizza and thought "Hm, I guess I could save the rest of this for lunch, but meh, let me have one more piece." Then there was one lonely piece left and I thought "Well, I can't just take one piece to work... so I'll just finish it now." I had to wait to post this blog because I couldn't look at these pictures without feeling a little ill. Don't say I didn't warn you.
Anyway! This really was a very easy and tasty meal to make and it didn't cost an arm and a leg. Chances are that you already have your favorite toppings tucked away in your pantry somewhere! You can top it with whatever you want and don't need to worry about making the dough or letting it cook long enough because you're basically sticking it in the oven to make everything warm and a little crispy.
I highly recommend this to anyone with a bit of interest in preparing a relatively quick pizza meal (without all the grease) for themselves. :-D
~Mich
4 comments:
That looks very yummy! I'm like you in that I hate big hunks of toppings you can hardly bite through. I always chop my toppings fairly fine. Never thought of putting ricotta on a pizza tho. I'll have to try it! Bobolis are good, but I prefer thawing frozen bread dough to make the crust. Not as quick to bake, but they are delicious. I love a thick, chewy bread crust on my pizza.
Now I'm hungry. Looks very good. I've done similar using tortillas instead of pizza dough, spinach, olives, tomatoes, green onions, and of course mozzarella. Yes, very easy to throw together and quick cleanup. You apparently buy the same brand of olives I do, except I generally just get the ones that are already sliced. Less work.
Mmm, that sounds very tasty. I really want pizza now. :)
Mmm, frozen bread dough does sound like it would make a better pizza. It's probably a bit healthier too, hehe!
Ooo, tortillas! That's a good idea, I may have to try that one. Oh man, spinach! I'm definitely going to make a pizza with spinach on it next. I almost bought the pre-sliced olives, but I decided not to be lazy, hehe.
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