Rainy Mondays.

It is a sad day when the computer doctor, aka mac genius, tells you there is no saving your hard drive.  Yet, at the same time, it offers you an important choice.  I could (a) be frustrated and whiny and stomp my feet a little, or (b) realize it is only a computer that was mostly backed-up and be happy it is covered by warranty. Thankfully mature Kimmi stopped by for a visit, and I went with the latter choice. It does mean, sadly, that I have lost pictures for the last few recipes. So, re-cooking and re-photoing I will do. I ended the evening with some pizza, beers, salad and some girls for a late post-class cooking session.  


Menu:
Cheesy Veggie Pizza (#180)
Mixed greens with vinaigrette

Wow, you are cute.

I picked up this adorable little box-o-tomatoes at the market around the corner and hoped it would be just the tomato-y goodness needed for the pizza.  Beth brought the fresh pizza dough you buy at Whole Foods, which I love.  It makes super delicious pizza attainable on any random night.  And anything that can guarantee that is a good guy in my book.  

strain those tomatoes

Pile of toppings

 Another essential for perfect pizza is a super hot oven.  I mean inferno hot.  Set it to 475 degrees, even 500 if you are comfortable with that, and let it completely heat before putting the pizza in there.  Mix some chopped garlic with the ricotta cheese to add a bit more flavor, slice onion super thinly, slice peppers and top-top-top-top-top away.  Put the whole thing in that hot oven for about 10 minutes until the crust is nice and crispy.  And voila!

yum yum yum

For the cheese, I just added dollops of ricotta here and there and then put a thin coating on shredded mozzarella over the veggies.  Next to a salad on this chilly Monday night, it wasn't far from perfect.  Oh, and the Bud Light didn't hurt either.

120 to go...