Post NYE treat - Pizza Party!

Its been  3 days since we celebrated New Year's Eve and its only natural (not to mention practical) that the whole household would still feast on what else? -- the left overs.  Or as what I love to call them, in what I imagine a scary mortician would sound like, "The Remains".

hehehehehe [insert maniacal laugh] hehehehe ...

Anyway, while I'm always grateful for having a full fridge, tons of leftovers and plenty more food on the table, my palate still thanks me for at least trying to come up with different meals especially after spending weeks feasting on the Yuletide offerings of hams, cheeses, pastas, cakes and pastries plus an assortment of fruits. Yummy.  No complaints here.

However, Monday signals the end of Christmas holiday vacation thus I invited the kids (a.k.a. my nieces and nephews) for a weekend make-your-own pizza as a weekend send-off.

First, I made my own dough.  Its quite easy and the ingredients are just here in my pantry: I'll probably write about it on a future post.

I prefer homeade dough, but if I'm crunching for time, then store bought pizza dough, French Bread or even pandesal makes a good pizza too!

I only have a tiny oven so to maximize on space, I opted for the non-traditional square shape instead instead of the usual round.

I like my pizza dough covered in 2 Tbsp. of EVOO (Extra Virgin Olive Oil), some italian seasoning (rosemary, oregon & basil) before spreading the pizza sauce.

As for the cheese, while Mozarella would be the best option, Cheddar was all I had. And it was good.

As for the other pizza toppings? A quick fridge digging got me a couple of treasures such as Bell Peppers, Mushrooms, Onion, an assortment of additional Cheeses and of course, left over Ham and Beef meatballs.

Banking on the skills I gained working for a giant pizza parlor, I put my talents to good use and decorated my pizza according to standard, with no 2 toppings overlapping for even cooking.

Then into the hot oven it goes (175-200 degrees celsius) for 20 minutes or until the dough turns slightly brown on the bottom and edges.

And voila! Here's to my very own home-made pizza.

And the best part is, left-over pizza was still good the following day! I just popped them in an oven toaster for 3 minutes. It tasted even better.