Pizza Blog

Occasionally when my family feels up to it we have pizza night. My mom buys the fresh dough from the store and we wait around and talk while it gets to room temperature and then stretch it little by little. My dad gets really into it when he starts trying to flip it around in the air like they do in pizza restaurants. He is pretty good but when I try it is never successful. We spread the dough across the tray and then stick it in the over. The pizza can be round, square, or any other form depending on whose making it. The cool thing about pizza is that you can pretty much put anything on it and it will taste good. When my mom is the only parent home, we usually make our pizza with lots of vegetables, such as spinach, mushrooms, peppers, and of course cheese and sauce. On the other hand, when my dad is home, the pizza is filled with different types of meats. He likes to add little pieces of sausage or bacon and sometimes chicken. Making pizza is also a good way to get rid of the leftovers because we can put anything that’s in the refrigerator on top and it seems to go well with the pizza. Everyone likes pizza and it is a fun and easy activity to do for dinner. I also feel like it is not as greasy or big as the ones you buy at the store. Although, I am not a huge fan of take-out pizza, my favorite in Newtown has got to be Franco’s pizza Bruschetta. It has no tomato sauce but it topped with stringy, cheese, grilled chicken, fresh tomatoes, onions and basil. I strongly suggest it.

Another fun thing that we tend to do in the summer with pizza is at our friend’s house. They have a nice outdoor patio with a brick oven on it. They fire it up when we’re eating dinner outside and it takes no time at all to make a pizza. It tastes so good like that. Sometimes they let everyone make a pizza for themselves with all different topping of their preference. I honestly think that I will invest in a brick oven like theirs when I am older and have my own house because it is so fun and a crowd pleaser. -LJ