Canadian Bacon, Baked Egg, & Mozzarella Pizza

Pizza Dough
Pizza sauce
8 oz. Canadian bacon cubes slices, finely chopped
1/4 tsp. dried thyme
9 oz. Mozzarella cheese, drained & coarsely torn
2 C. Mozzarella cheese, shredded
4 eggs

Roll-out dough ball into 2 separate thin pizzas.  Divide the pizza sauce between the 2 pizzas.  Scatter the bacon, thyme, and half the cheese on top.

Bake the pizza for 8-10 minutes.  Remove from oven, and make small indentation in the center of each half of the pizzas.  Pour an egg in each indentation, top with remaining cheese, and bake in the oven for an additional 3-5 minutes or until the cheese in melting and turning golden and the crusts are crisp underneath.  Serve immediately.

Recipe from 100 pizzas from 1 easy recipe; p. 62

Roasted Tomato Soup

Soup:
3 pounds Roma tomatoes, halved, stem ends removed
1 red onion, coarsely chopped
6 garlic cloves, peeled
2 Tbsp. EVOO
3/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. pepper
6 sprigs fresh thyme
4 C. vegetable stock
2 Tbsp. lemon juice

Parmesan Croutons:
2 C. cubed whole-wheat sourdough bread
2 Tbsp. EVOO
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
Shredded Parmesan cheese

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

on a large baking sheet, toss the tomatoes, onion, and garlic with EVOO, salt, pepper, and thyme.  Spread the vegetables out into a single layer, arranging the tomatoes cut side up, and roast in the oven for about 45 minutes, until the vegetables are soft.

To make the croutons, reduce the oven heat to 300 degrees.  Toss the cubed bread with EVOO and sprinkle with salt and pepper.  Spread the bread cubes in an even layer on a baking sheet and bake in the preheated oven for about 30 minutes.  Sprinkle with the cheese, return to oven, and bake another 5 minutes (or so) until the cheese in melted and beginning to brown.

Finish the soup while the croutons are baking - in several batches in a blender or food processor (or use a handheld immersion blender) puree the vegetables along with the stock.  Bring the puree to a boil in a large saucepan over high heat.  Reduce heat to medium and simmer, stirring occasionally, for about 15 minutes.  Just before serving, stir in the lemon juice.  Serve hot, garnished with croutons.

Recipe from 300 calories or less!; p. 66

Grilled Sirloin & Blue Cheese Pizza

Pizza Dough Tip (thanks to Steven Dial) - Sam's Club sells a box of frozen pizza dough which they use for their pizzas in store.  Keep frozen & let rise on day you're ready to use it for any pizza.  We divide it out and make 4 individual thin-crust pizzas (some to eat & the rest to store for leftovers).

1 Pizza Dough
Sirloin or Top Round Steak
EVOO
Steak Seasoning
Prepared Tomato Salsa (medium)
12 oz. blue cheese crumbles
Pepper
Fresh Arugula leaves to garnish

Preheat broiler to high.  Oil and season the steak with the steak seasoning on both sides.  Place the steak on a broiler rack and broil for 9-10 minutes, turning once, or until cooked to your liking.  Remove from the broiler, let rest 5 minutes, then slice thinly.

Turn oven to 425 degrees and bake pizza dough until done (your liking - Paul prefers a bit more done & brown than Tim does).  We also flip the dough halfway through original baking. 

Divide salsa between pizza crusts, spreading almost to the edges.  Top with the meat and cheese and season to taste with pepper. 

Bake the pizza until cheese is melted.  Top with fresh arugula and serve immediately.

Recipe from 100 pizzas from 1 easy recipe; p.86.

December 2013

It's the most wonderful, happy, joyous, exciting BUSY time of the year!  Oh my goodness are we busy bees.  But, never fear, we're still eating - and doing so in style this month.  A ton of "open" evenings and a week of eating out on the cheap fills this month's menu due to the multiple activities we have going on.  So, instead of writing about how busy we are (as everyone is), we'll just simply skip to the menu for the week.  Merry Christmas to all, and to all a very relaxing 2 week break.

Here's what's for dinner this month:

Dec 1 - Open
Dec 2 - Thanksgiving leftovers
Dec 3 - Papa John's
Dec 4 - Freebirds
Dec 5 - Subway
Dec 6 - Independence Winter Classic Debate Tournament
Dec 7 - IWC Debate Tournament (we run the hospitality room) - 8pm Heartland Men's Chorus Concert
Dec 8 - Open
Dec 9 - Turkey & Leek Lasagna
Dec 10 - Yardhouse @ the Legends
Dec 11 - Chiusano's Brick Oven Pizza @ the Legends
Dec 12 - Roasted Tomato Soup & Gourmet Grilled Cheese*
Dec 13 - Guadalajara Café in Lee's Summit
Dec 14 - Melted Brie & Bacon Pizza
Dec 15 - Open
Dec 16 - Pumpkin Cheddar Mac'n'Cheese
Dec 17 - Bangers & Mash
Dec 18 - Bristol - 7pm KCREP
Dec 19 - TBD - Musical Theatre Heritage - Christmas Spectacular 2013!
Dec 20 - Bluestem
Dec 21 - Family Christmas #1 (Dial side)
Dec 22 - Chili
Dec 23 - Chicken & Sun-dried tomato pasta
Dec 24 - Kielbasa & Onion Pizza*
Dec 25 - Christmas Day! Family Christmas #2 (Scruggs side)
Dec 26 - Open
Dec 27 - Open
Dec 28 - Open
Dec 29 - Family Christmas #3 (Martin side)
Dec 30 - Open
Dec 31 - New Year's Eve!  Open