Pizza - the quick dinner

Whenever I want to have something that's easy and quick to make, I take out a Boboli pizza shell - the small ones since I'm cooking for one - or tonight it's an Old World Pizza Crust (Italian herb), and create a pizza from whatever I have on hand. Sometimes I spread Trader Joe's roasted eggplant sauce on it or most often, I spray olive oil - I couldn't live without my Misto sprayer.  Then I sprinkle on various herbs that are available - an Italian blend, some organic kale I dried, fresh basil from my garden.

Next, thinly sliced garlic, sliced onions, chopped green or red peppers, sliced mushrooms (Shitake tonight), some chopped broccoli (I use swiss chard when it's available), add sun dried tomatoes or chopped regular tomatoes and then sprinkle reduced fat mozzarella cheese across it all.  Be creative with whatever is lurking in your refrigerator.  I add some sliced Canadian bacon if I have a meat craving but it is easy to make this strictly vegetarian.  Only my friend Vicki makes it vegan and she even makes her own crust.  She gave me the recipe but I admit that I haven't tried it yet because, after all, this is supposed to be quick and easy and whatever attempt I would make would pale by comparison.  I miss her cooking!

Pop it in the oven at the temperature and time called for on the crust packaging.  Add a salad of romaine lettuce with shaved parmesan and ground black pepper and voila - an easy and nutritious dinner. I have a pizza cutter but I confess I usually use the knife that cut up all the vegetables.