On my first date with my husband we had pizza. On my 3rd date with my husband we had pizza. And again on the 6th date, and again on the 10th. Some of the ladies out there may be wondering how this man who insisted on eating pizza on 4 out of 10 dates became my husband, and to that I answer....he's really cute.
I'm not a pizza lover. I crave it every so often, but it's a once or twice a year thing, and not an every other day thing like it is with certain men that I live with. I'm pretty sure that if you could lay out all the pizza boxes that were ever thrown in my trash end to end, you could get from Kentucky to California and back again.* There is always some form of frozen pizza in my freezer, whether it be DiGiorno(not recently), Totino's Pizza Rolls, Red Baron French Bread Pizzas, the list goes on. It's incredibly rare for me to ask "what do you want for dinner?" and NOT have the answer be "pizza". There's gourmet pizza, cheap pizza, take out, and delivery, and Papa Murphy's, which is basically like a Subway restaurant, but for pizza. In 9 years, I've never ever seen him turn down pizza. That's my test for him. Like, if I'm ever worried that the body snatchers have taken him I'll offer him pizza and if he says no then I'll know...he's not Jim, he's a body snatcher - or whatever the body snatchers were actually called. I've never actually seen that movie.
Part of it of course, is the fact that pizza can be delivered. The fact that you can pay someone to bring you food, and you don't even have to change out of your pajamas to receive it truly is one of the best things to ever happen in this world. And since no decent Chinese places deliver to my house, when I don't feel up to cooking, and Jim doesn't want to put pants on and go out, 9 times out of 10, we have pizza. The other time, I usually suck it up and go pick up wings.
And now, pizza places are so much more than pizza it's incredible. They'll bring you salads, wings, nachos, desserts, and drinks, and even sandwiches! You can order from a pizza place, and instead of pizza, you get a sandwich!? Ridiculous. Ridiculously awesome.
I guess what I'm trying to say here is that my husband likes pizza.
So, I was looking around earlier this week for a recipe for the amazingly large carton of blueberries that I bought at Sam's Club last week(Seriously? 2 lbs of blueberries? What was I thinking?), and I found a recipe that looks awesome(more to come on that in a future post), but I also found a recipe for stuffed pizza rolls. Check out Kate and Sara's blog as soon as you can. They rock, and not just because Sara spells her name the right way(no H).
I knew that this recipe would be a hit as soon as I saw it. They're like little balls of pizza. I mean, what's not to like? I really actually liked these a lot - they were super easy, and you're limited only by your imagination, and the pizza toppings you can find at the grocery store. You like peppers? Throw some in. Hate mushrooms? By all means, leave them out.
I went old school...cheese and pepperoni. It's a classic for a reason, people.
Stuffed Pizza Rolls(adapted from Our Best Bites)
Ingredients Needed:
1 roll of refrigerated pizza dough(you can make your own, but that would take away the "quick" part of the recipe)
2 tbsp grated parmesan
1 tbsp olive oil or melted butter
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 tbsp dried Italian seasoning**
mozarella cheese
pizza toppings of your choice
marinara or pizza sauce
To Make:
Preheat oven to temperature specified by the pizza dough you are using. If you've gone ahead and made your own, use 375-400. Roll out the pizza dough on a floured surface, and roll until thin, and about 12-18 inches. Cut into squares. The original recipe said you can get 24 squares...I only got 18. In the middle of each sqaure, place your toppings, but don't overfill. About 1 tsp of cheese and each topping per square should do you just fine. Also, no sauce on the sqaures...that comes later.
Now, once all your toppings have been laid out, take each square, and fold up, making a little pizza ball. Secure the seams at the bottom, and then place, seam side down, in a pie pan or 9 inch baking dish that you have prepared by spraying it with cooking spray.
Next, lightly brush on olive oil or melted butter. I used oil, but I think the butter would do a better job of browning the rolls. Sprinkle with garlic powder, seasonings, and the grated cheese.
Once all pizza rolls are in the pan, bake for 15-20 minutes, but start keeping a close eye on them after about 10 minutes. Mine actually did take the entire 20 minutes.
Remove from oven, and serve warm with marinara or pizza sauce for dipping.
*This is not a scientific fact. I just made that up. for all I know, it could only get me from Kentucky to Tennessee and back.
**I didn't have italian seasoning, so I used a mix of basil, oregano, and parsley. Which is basically Italian seasoning when you think about it.
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I'm not a pizza lover. I crave it every so often, but it's a once or twice a year thing, and not an every other day thing like it is with certain men that I live with. I'm pretty sure that if you could lay out all the pizza boxes that were ever thrown in my trash end to end, you could get from Kentucky to California and back again.* There is always some form of frozen pizza in my freezer, whether it be DiGiorno(not recently), Totino's Pizza Rolls, Red Baron French Bread Pizzas, the list goes on. It's incredibly rare for me to ask "what do you want for dinner?" and NOT have the answer be "pizza". There's gourmet pizza, cheap pizza, take out, and delivery, and Papa Murphy's, which is basically like a Subway restaurant, but for pizza. In 9 years, I've never ever seen him turn down pizza. That's my test for him. Like, if I'm ever worried that the body snatchers have taken him I'll offer him pizza and if he says no then I'll know...he's not Jim, he's a body snatcher - or whatever the body snatchers were actually called. I've never actually seen that movie.
Part of it of course, is the fact that pizza can be delivered. The fact that you can pay someone to bring you food, and you don't even have to change out of your pajamas to receive it truly is one of the best things to ever happen in this world. And since no decent Chinese places deliver to my house, when I don't feel up to cooking, and Jim doesn't want to put pants on and go out, 9 times out of 10, we have pizza. The other time, I usually suck it up and go pick up wings.
And now, pizza places are so much more than pizza it's incredible. They'll bring you salads, wings, nachos, desserts, and drinks, and even sandwiches! You can order from a pizza place, and instead of pizza, you get a sandwich!? Ridiculous. Ridiculously awesome.
I guess what I'm trying to say here is that my husband likes pizza.
So, I was looking around earlier this week for a recipe for the amazingly large carton of blueberries that I bought at Sam's Club last week(Seriously? 2 lbs of blueberries? What was I thinking?), and I found a recipe that looks awesome(more to come on that in a future post), but I also found a recipe for stuffed pizza rolls. Check out Kate and Sara's blog as soon as you can. They rock, and not just because Sara spells her name the right way(no H).
I knew that this recipe would be a hit as soon as I saw it. They're like little balls of pizza. I mean, what's not to like? I really actually liked these a lot - they were super easy, and you're limited only by your imagination, and the pizza toppings you can find at the grocery store. You like peppers? Throw some in. Hate mushrooms? By all means, leave them out.
I went old school...cheese and pepperoni. It's a classic for a reason, people.
Stuffed Pizza Rolls(adapted from Our Best Bites)
Ingredients Needed:
1 roll of refrigerated pizza dough(you can make your own, but that would take away the "quick" part of the recipe)
2 tbsp grated parmesan
1 tbsp olive oil or melted butter
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 tbsp dried Italian seasoning**
mozarella cheese
pizza toppings of your choice
marinara or pizza sauce
To Make:
Preheat oven to temperature specified by the pizza dough you are using. If you've gone ahead and made your own, use 375-400. Roll out the pizza dough on a floured surface, and roll until thin, and about 12-18 inches. Cut into squares. The original recipe said you can get 24 squares...I only got 18. In the middle of each sqaure, place your toppings, but don't overfill. About 1 tsp of cheese and each topping per square should do you just fine. Also, no sauce on the sqaures...that comes later.
Now, once all your toppings have been laid out, take each square, and fold up, making a little pizza ball. Secure the seams at the bottom, and then place, seam side down, in a pie pan or 9 inch baking dish that you have prepared by spraying it with cooking spray.
Next, lightly brush on olive oil or melted butter. I used oil, but I think the butter would do a better job of browning the rolls. Sprinkle with garlic powder, seasonings, and the grated cheese.
Once all pizza rolls are in the pan, bake for 15-20 minutes, but start keeping a close eye on them after about 10 minutes. Mine actually did take the entire 20 minutes.
Remove from oven, and serve warm with marinara or pizza sauce for dipping.
*This is not a scientific fact. I just made that up. for all I know, it could only get me from Kentucky to Tennessee and back.
**I didn't have italian seasoning, so I used a mix of basil, oregano, and parsley. Which is basically Italian seasoning when you think about it.
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1 comments:
Okay, you hit me in my weak spot! These look beyond yummy. I could eat these all day long. Might have to make them next opportunity. Nice pictures too!
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