It's one of the best times when everyone is helping to prepare dinner together (plus, it makes less work for you). It's also one of the best times to talk with your kids.
When your preparing a meal together with your kids, they naturally start communicating with you about the task at hand (what step comes next, what else needs to be done, etc.) or asking questions. It feels good as parent to have your children, no matter what age, look to you for help and guidance or to simply open up and communicate! That's why I'm excited to post about "talking" pizza.
We opted to use the Hunt's tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese. Then we added lots of veggies and pepperoni to top off our pizza.
Our favorite drink to have with pizza is root beer, and homemade is the BEST! Here is the root beer recipe that we use:
Pizza is definitely one of our family favs. Whenever my kids ask what we're having for dinner and I say, "pizza," I always get a big smile. (Kinda makes you feel like mom of the year, sweet!) Although it's quick and easy to pick up a pizza on your way home from work, it's more fun to have homemade pizza. Homemade pizza is yummy, affordable, and you can add as toppings as you want!
*Pizza also is a great party food. So, if you want to create a fun "party" atmosphere for your family or even just you and your husband, pizza is perfect! Pizza is fun to have at the dinner table
or while watching a family movie together.
Here is the pizza dough recipe that we used (from Boche):
Pizza Dough
3 cups hot tap water
1 TBS. Saf yeast
2 TBS. honey
1 TBS salt
6-8 cups flour
1 TBS dough enhancer
Put water, honey, and 3 cups of flour in a mixing bowl. Mix until paste consistency. Add yeast and salt. Add flour 1 cup at a time until the dough pulls away from sides of the bowl. We used whole wheat flour and kneaded it for 10 min. If you are using white flour knead for 5 min. (depending on mixer it may vary). Add the dough enhancer the last 2 minutes of kneading. Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Roll crust, add toppings, and bake for 7 minutes (or until crust is light brown and cheese is melted). In my oven, it took me approx. 12 minutes to cook a large pizza.
Put water, honey, and 3 cups of flour in a mixing bowl. Mix until paste consistency. Add yeast and salt. Add flour 1 cup at a time until the dough pulls away from sides of the bowl. We used whole wheat flour and kneaded it for 10 min. If you are using white flour knead for 5 min. (depending on mixer it may vary). Add the dough enhancer the last 2 minutes of kneading. Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Roll crust, add toppings, and bake for 7 minutes (or until crust is light brown and cheese is melted). In my oven, it took me approx. 12 minutes to cook a large pizza.
*Note: This recipe
makes A LOT of dough, so you might want to half the recipe. Or you can save half in the fridge for bread sticks or rolls to go with tomorrow's dinner.
We opted to use the Hunt's tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese. Then we added lots of veggies and pepperoni to top off our pizza.
Our favorite drink to have with pizza is root beer, and homemade is the BEST! Here is the root beer recipe that we use:
Root Beer
6 cups white sugar
3 1/3 gallons of cold water
1 (2 ounce) bottle of root beer extract
4 pds. Dry ice
1 (2 ounce) bottle of root beer extract
4 pds. Dry ice
Enjoy your own family "talking" pizza. Bon appetite!
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