PIZZA!!!!

Who doesn't love pizza?!?! Pizza is just so amazingly delicious! And you can make millions of different variations of pizzas with types of crust and toppings! It's spectacular! Then again, I'm Italian and was born with a bowl of spaghetti and a large pizza...and singing Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" [that's my all-time favorite song and has been since I was 11-12 years old].

I made enough pizza dough for eight pizzas about two weeks ago, and I kept most of them in the freezer to use for a later date. [Dough can be kept frozen for about three weeks.] So last night, I made some homemade pizza for dinner. Mark and the boys love when I make homemade pizza! Michael goes nuts while the crust is in the oven for 5-10 minutes, he watches me put the toppings on the crust, he watches it when I put it back in the oven to cook, and he stares at it when it cools down because he LOVES pizza! [You can definitely tell he's my son!] For Mark and the boys, I made them a large pepperoni pizza. I cut it into eight slices, and only two slices are left. Mark ate three slices, Michael two, and Brayden ate one.

For my pizza, I used mozzarella flavored vegan "cheese", vegan "pepperoni", mushrooms, and chopped green onions. Before last night, I never had vegan "pepperoni". I was a bit nervous about it, not going to lie, but it was amazingly great!!!!

I didn't have a plain ol' crust on my pizza either. Oh no, no, no! For the crust, I melted vegan "butter", and added some garlic powder, parsley, and oregano. Then I brushed the mixture on the crust before I put it in the oven for 5 minutes. When I took it out of the oven, I put on the sauce and toppings; then I brushed some more of the "butter" mixture on the crust and put it back in the oven for about 16 minutes. [I'm Italian! What do you expect, me to not put garlic on my food?! Are you crazy?! LOL.] Other than the crust, there was not one bit of greasiness on the pizza! That's right, there is no grease on the pizza!! I know pizza is "suppose to be" greasy [yuck!], but greasy foods are just so bad for one's digestive system!! I prefer not having digestion pains, thank you very much!

I love, love, love pizza! I try to make myself pizza once every 10-14 days because I love it so much. I know it's not healthy to have pizza so often, but since it's vegan, I don't feel very guilty! I enjoy being able to have vegan Italian food!