Top This Pizza

I ventured to Whole Foods again this weekend and found some great finds but my best find is the whole wheat Top This Pizza Crust. I love this crust because it is super thin and is great for a quick and easy dinner.  I made two pizzas so that Joe could have leftovers for lunch for the week.


One pizza was made with caramelized onions topped with fresh spinach and the other had turkey pepperoni. My favorite was the onion and spinach one I just love greens on top of my pizza, if you haven't tried this yet it is a must! My favorite green topping on a pizza is fresh arugula but unfortunately I didn't have any at home when I made these.

The key to making the caramelized onions is to use a non stick pan and keep the heat up medium high and stir the onions frequently and they come out delicious, I didn't even need to use butter or oil.

Cook the pizzas at 450 degrees until the cheese is melted. I add the spinach or greens right at the end and let them cook for just a minute or two. Let cook then slice and serve and enjoy some delicious pizza!

 

 

Question: What is your favorite type of pizza dough?

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Pizza Night

Tonight I had a class at the gym that is called APC Circuit, APC stands for Athletic Performance Center. The class is a circuit class where we go to 4-5 different stations and perform an exercise for 45 seconds to one minute. We usually have a burst of cardio in between each exercises, tonight we did burpees and jump squats after completing each exercise in the circuit. The class is only 30 minutes but it is such a great workout. We usually finish with some sprints which I love!

This morning I decided we would have homemade pizza for dinner since we had everything we needed in the freezer so we wouldn't have to go to the store.

Excited about making pizza!

 
 

I decided to make a cheese pizza on multi grain dough and a pepper and onion pizza on the Portland Pie Co. garlic dough. They both came out delicious!



I took tomorrow off for work but I still have to be up early to run with my BOMF team then head to the gym for a class and a personal training session so it is off to be for me.

Question: What is your favorite type of workout?

White Pepperoni Pizza

After a week of traveling I was looking forward to cooking dinner tonight but I caught some sort of a cold while I was away so I wanted to make dinner quick and simple. Joe and I headed to the store and we were able to find Portland Pie garlic pizza dough so we knew what we were having for dinner.

I haven't made a white pizza for awhile so we figured a white pizza would be great with the garlic dough, which it was! I seasoned the dough with a little olive oil, garlic powder, onion powder, oregano and italian seasoning.

Once I put my seasonings on I topped the pizza with some reduced fat pizza cheese and half of the pizza with turkey pepperoni.

The pizza was delicious and I absolutely loved the dough, I would highly recommend this brand and flavor if you can find it in your local grocery store. t tastes delicious and rises very well.

 

Question: What is your favorite quick and easy dinner to make?

WIAW Pizza Edition

Happy WIAW, you know what that means we are half way through the week!

Last night I decided to make homemade pizza for dinner. I started with fresh dough from the store, one was multi grain and the other basil. Both were delicious and rose well. I placed them in the oven for about 5 minutes once they were rolled out to get them cooked a little prior to adding my toppings.

Basil Dough

Multi Grain Dough

Once they looked a little cooked I grabbed them out of the oven and added my toppings. On the basil dough one I just did a traditional sauce and cheese. On the multi grain I put on the sauce then added uncooked pepper and onions then the cheese.

Once the cheese was melted and the crust was crispy I removed them from the oven. I topped the plain cheese with some fresh arugula to get some veggies in on that one too.

  

 

The doughs on both were delicious, I will be using them again next time I decide to make pizza.

Question: What is your favorite pizza topping?

Wicked Pizza

Yesterday morning my sister and I took a 30 minute circuit training class at my gym with my trainer Keri. After we headed over to visit my Nonna and plant some flowers up at the cemetery for my Nonno and Papa Non. Once we finished our planting we headed over to Legacy Place in Dedham for lunch.

Nonna and I

We ended up at Wicked Fire Kissed Pizza which is a restaurant that offers an organic menu. We started off sharing a caesar salad and strawberry and goat cheese salad. I didn't try the caesar but the strawberry salad was delicious and was made with arugula which I love!

Caesar Salad

Strawberry and Goat Cheese Salad

 For pizza we opted for the fig and prosciutto and the spinach and portabello. Both pizzas were very good but my favorite was the fig and prosciutto, I just love that flavor combination.

Spinach and Portabello Pizza

Delicious Fig and Proscuitto Pizza

I will definitely be heading back to Wicked soon, it was so delicious!

Question: What is your favorite type of pizza?

Family Fun

This morning I headed to castle island to meet my sister and cousin for a run while my mom and a few friends walked Abigail. It was such a beautiful day for a run, I even got a little color on my face. We ran three miles at a pace of a little over 9 minute miles. My sister is just getting back into running after the baby so I we took it easy today.

Castle Island!

After our run my mom, sister, Abigail and I stopped at Borders because they are going out of business. I didn't buy anything but it was fun to look around. On my way to Kristina's house I stopped at Marylous for an iced coffee. The flavor of the month for May is toasted coconut and I love coconut so I got a medium iced coffee with soy, which was delicious. Then I headed to Kristina's to spend some time with my family.

Abigail!

 When I left the house I forgot to take something out for dinner so I threw together a quick pizza with peppers, onions and turkey pepperoni on a whole wheat crust from Whole Foods.

Pepper, Onion and Turkey Pepperoni Pizza

 

Finished product minus a bite (oops)


This morning was a little crisp but it was still beautiful out for my morning workout with my BOMF family. Breakfast was a protein smoothie with a banana, berries, soy milk, wheat germ and ground flax seed.  Have a great Monday everyone, how can you not we caught Bin Laden!

Sunrise this morning on my way to meet my BOMF members

Question: If you forget to take something out for dinner do you throw something together or call for take out?