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Baking a pizza at home is a very relaxing experience. From stretching the dough to sprinkling the shredded cheese and adding the toppings, a homemade pizza is made with love rather than being just another pie filling a ticket in a corporate establishment.
This past Wednesday, Mare & I baked a homemade pizza topped with Canadian [...]

The ‘Za of the Week was topped with: two Italian sausage links, half of a red onion, seven white mushroom caps, and ricotta. Yes, ricotta. This very mild cheese normally used in lasagna makes an excellent pizza topping. I learned this one from a pizzeria I was employed at for years. They used it on [...]

With the frequency of ‘Za of the Week posts versus posts about anything else, this blog ought to be renamed Modern Pizza Box. This week’s pie was topped with: pepperoni, red onions and pineapple.

The dough stretched so well this time around, and extra sauce was used again. We were going for an interesting topping combination [...]

Simplicity was what we were going for this time around. Pepperoni and fresh mushrooms topped this ‘Za of the Week.

Nothing real special going on here. Keep in mind that fresh mushrooms will shrink down when baked on pizza, so be liberal with them. This particular pie contained six whole mushrooms sliced and placed evenly. The [...]

Mare requested that I make this week’s ‘za with pita. These were some deluxe little pies. We made them based on the style of chicken carbonara, and they came out great.

We used six pieces of pita.

They were stacked high with delicious toppings.
This is how it went down:

Pita
Marinara sauce
Parmesan cheese
Italian cheese blend
Sliced white mushrooms
Fried garlic
Seasoned chicken
Sliced [...]

For dinner tonite, Mare and I planned on a pizza topped with 2½ links of Italian sausage, six freshly-sliced white mushrooms, half of a red onion sliced, and a sliced jalapeño on half. The sauce was marinara, and we used mozzarella cheese.

The prepared pie awaiting entry into the preheated oven.

A snapshot of some of the [...]

On Thursday, Mare and I made a specialty pizza. This one did not have too many toppings, but it was a break from the usual marinara-based pizza. We used an Alfredo sauce topped with spinach, chicken and marinated artichoke hearts.

The chicken was prepared the same way as last week’s ‘za. Spinach keeps well in the [...]