The Date with no Date

Pizza and a movie?  Sounds like a cozy date night to me.  Unfortunately my date is still in Ontario playing soldier.  Boooo.

But my pizza was fab.u.lous!

After work I made a batch of Jenna’s Best Pizza Dough.  It’s super easy, comes together in no time, and only has to rise for about an hour.  I added Italian Seasoning and flax seeds for a little something extra.  Divided it into two servings…one for tonight and one for the freezer.

While it rose I finished puttering around the house, and then prepped my toppings.  I’ve been planning this all week.  My pizza was inspired by the veggie pizza we served at the cafe I worked at when I was younger.  The restaurant was a cool cappucino bar (long before Starbucks took over the world) and we served a mostly vegetarian menu of all homemade foods. 

The pizza was topped with carrots, broccoli, mushrooms, red onion and pineapple. 

With grated part-skim mozzarella and fresh parmesan.

Baked at 425 for 15 minutes and then broiled for about 3 minutes to make a crispy crust on the cheese.

Deeeeeeeelish!  and huge!  I ate half and saved the rest.  I was definitely courting a food baby in my belly after all that doughy goodness. 

The rest of my date night consists of a movie and popcorn.  Although I’m not sure where I’ll fit the popcorn…so we shall see.

Earlier today, lunch was the ultimate childhood comfort soup…Lipton’s Chicken Noodle.  When you want it, nothing else will do.  :)

I added a cup of frozen veggies to the pot.

And served with cheese and crackers.  Reminds me of Mom.  :)

For the 4pm pick-me-up I did a water chugging challenge and snacked on a chocolate Nature Valley bar.  A little hydration and sugar boost to beat the dulldrums of the first snow day of the year. 

Time for some Ryan Reynolds (*drooool), so goodnight all. 

Happy weekend!!