Cheesy Peach Pizza

Dear El + Em, 

For some reason, in which I do NOT understand....neither of you were digging this incredibly delicious pizza tonight. You both like when I make plain white pizza. You both love peaches. I'm confused, but then again you were both ganging up on Daddy and I today in an effort to drive us nuts. Congrats, you both succeeded in doing so. The rest of us gobbled this pizza up (of course)!!! I will be making this again, and something tells me that you both will have a change of heart as long as you aren't wearing your cranky pants!

Ingredients:

Pizza Dough (I buy mine from the bakery section at Publix)

Extra Virgin Olive Oil - 1 tbsp.

Ricotta - 1 1/2 cups 

Parmesan Cheese - 3 tbsp (grated)

1 Clove of garlic - crushed

Fresh Mozzarella - Sliced 

1 Peach - Sliced

Salt and Pepper 

Fresh (or dried) Herbs - basil, thyme, oregano - whatever you have on hand

1 peach - sliced

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.

2. Roll out the dough. I usually like to make my pizza pretty thin so there's more surface area for cheese!

3. Brush the dough with extra virgin olive oil.

4. In a bowl, combine ricotta, grated parmesan cheese, crushed garlic, salt and pepper to taste, and whatever herbs you have on hand (I save some herbs for garnish when the pizza is done. 

5. Generously put dollops of ricotta mixture on pizza dough.

6. Top with sliced fresh mozzarella and sliced peaches. 

7. Cook for 18-25 minutes. I use a pampered chef pizza stone, and in about 23 minutes my thin pizza crust was nice and crunchy!

8. Sprinkle with additional herbs for garnish and ENJOY!

***Side note - this would probably be amazing with a drizzle of reduced balsamic vinegar! I didn't have any for tonight...but next time! (Ooooooh maybe that's what the girls were missing!!!)

Seeeeee! Ella was VERY excited about these peaches a little more than 24 hours prior! She  literally begged to take them home!

Mediterranean Chicken Pizza

Oh man, this is a good one! My apologies for the blurry pic! Why does it only have cheese on half? The fun half was Hubby's. Unfortunately I'm watching the dairy consumption (I've since started cheating a bit here and there). We make a lot of pizza in our house. I love the endless possibilities. This particular creation was too good not to share with you all. We've made it a second time as a flat bread (just split the dough in half, roll it out thin and cook for less time). Both ways were delicious...I didn't even miss the cheese, no joke!

Ingredients:

2 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil

2 boneless skinless chicken breasts - cut into chunks

2 cloves of garlic

1/4 red onion - sliced

3 cups of fresh spinach (could also use a package of frozen)

1/2 cup of roasted red peppers - sliced

1 cup of marinated artichoke hearts - chopped

1/4 cup of kalamata olives - halved

Pizza dough

1-2 cups of pizza sauce

Shredded mozzarella cheese

Parmesan cheese

Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Heat up olive oil in a pan over medium-high heat. Add chicken, stir often until cooked throughout. Lower heat to medium, add red onion and garlic - cook for 2-3 minutes. 

2. Add spinach, stir often until wilted, then add roasted red peppers, marinated artichoke hearts, and kalamata olives. Stir thoroughly so veggies are all combined - add salt and pepper to taste. Turn down heat. 

3. Roll out pizza dough, add desired amount of sauce, top with chicken/veggie mixture and then as much mozzarella and parmesan cheese as you wish! Cook pizza according the the directions for the dough. 

Mmmmmm, so tasty!

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