Back on Track

Good Morning All:

So sorry I have been silent the last two days. I have been struggling with an allergic reaction and my hubby was out of town so I've been a single mama. But I am feeling much better today and wanted to get back on track. Today I will be doing a lot of cooking in between conference calls and tons of work. I will be food prepping for both my family and the high school's prom on Sat. This is the second year they have asked me to cater prom and it is a fun experience that I really enjoy and appreciate that the kids think so highly of me and my cooking. This year's theme is Rustic Romance. So I am making "romantic food". I keep asking them what that exactly means but they aren't quite sure. To me it means one bite foods, non messy and not garlicy. LOL! They did specifically ask for these wontons I make so I did promise those, on top of pinwheels, mini fruit kabobs, loaded mashed potato bites, mini lemon tarts, mini cupcakes and cookies. But as for as the family goes I have food prep to get us prepared for the end of our crazy baseball, prom filled week.

Yesterday I went to Trader Joes and found some amazing finds for my family. Did you know that Trader Joes has pizza dough already made for you? Lately it has been a bit of a quest for me to find alternatives to the frozen Schwans pizza or the pizza from Papa Murphys, and our local pizza place. Pizza is the one food even my very healthy son cannot resist and it upsets his acid reflux and tummy problems nine times out of ten. So yesterday at Trader Joes I saw the pizza dough and thought I would try it.

They had two flavors-1 regular and 1 Herb inspired. I got all my fresh ingredients for toppers. Heirloom tomatoes, turkey meatballs, crushed tomatoes, basil, parmesan cheese.

This recipe was great with the kids as well. We made 3 pizzas. Emma Grace made a thick crust with crushed tomato sauce, cheese and turkey meatballs. Alex made a thin crust, crushed tomato, light cheese, pepperoni, and turkey meatball pizza. I made thin herb crust pizza sticks, that were just drizzled with a little olive oil and basil.

The littles and dad had their pizza, Alicea and I had salad with turkey meatballs and fat free balsamic dressing and our herb bread stick. I don't eat white flour very often but this was a little treat and quick and easy and still pretty healthy for a pizza night. One I would definitely recommend and would do again.