Sunday's Plate

Someone asked for my pizza recipe. So once again I'm going to post it, but I will add some suggestions to make the pizza at home with some "I never thought to do thats."

Basic pizza dough is easy. For one regular round large pizza or one regular cookie sheet pizza you will need:

1 heaping tablespoon of yeast
1 cup baby bath warm water
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons canola or olive oil
3 - 4 cups flour

Note: healthier flours make your meal healthier.

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.

In a warmed bowl (rinse with warm water) place your cup of warm water along with your yeast and the sugar and let stand for about 5 minutes.

Add your salt, oil, and stir.

Begin to add your flour with a spoon until you have a glob of sticky dough.

Put a cup of flour on the counter and turn out the dough from the bowl onto the floured counter.

Kneed the dough, that is, roll and twist your dough into the flour, until the dough is not sticky but still remains light to the touch.

Let the dough rest on the counter about 5-10 minutes.

Spray your pan or pizza stone with pan spray.

Roll dough with a rolling pin into a shape resembling your pan. Fold dough in half and lift, and reshape to the pan's or stone's shape.

Onto the uncooked bare pizza dough in the pan, you will need a sauce. There are many sauces to consider:

Plain tomato sauce out of the can
Last week's left over spaghetti sauce
Yesterday's cheese sauce
Any salad dressing - my favorite is blue cheese with Chinese hot sauce
Taco sauce
Gravy
Sweet and sour sauce
or nothing

You will need about 1/2 - 1 lb of cheese to make your pizza really cheesy.

Next, think of all the stuff in your fridge that could add to the taste of your pizza.

Bacon
Lunch meat
Left overs like pot roast, chicken, meat loaf chunked, steak, sausage
Vegetables like squash, broccoli, onion, mushrooms, tomatoes, green peppers

Sprinkle with lots of Parmesan cheese.

Bake at 400 degrees for about 10 minutes.